Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 22, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2353-2354)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 22, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015
This bill amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to permit a person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to provide payment or financing for sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba or to an individual or entity in Cuba.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 22, 2015 to Jun 7, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Apr 22, 2015 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Apr 27, 2015 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | May 4, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 5, 2015 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Jun 8, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Jun 11, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Aug 4, 2015 | |
| D-IN | Joe Donnelly | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | May 9, 2016 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Jun 7, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 22, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 22, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2353-2354)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S662 | Heidi Heitkamp D-ND | Feb 4, 2016 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2353 | Heidi Heitkamp D-ND | Apr 22, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43926 | Cuba: Issues and Actions in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 18, 2017 |
| R44119 | U.S. Agricultural Trade with Cuba: Current Limitations and Future Prospects Archived | Report | Sep 21, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 275 | Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 2, 2017 |
| S 2132 | An Act Making Appropriations to Stop Regulatory Excess and for Other Purposes, 2016 | Related bill | Oct 6, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to allow the financing by United States persons of sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2015Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
