HR 525 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Introduced Jan 13, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Eric A. "Rick" Crawford R-AR

Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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IntroducedJan 13, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

This bill amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to exempt from prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba: (1) any exports under the market access program, the export credit guarantee program, and the foreign market development cooperator program; or (2) any obligation or expenditure of funds to promote trade with Cuba by federal commodity promotion programs established in accordance with a commodity promotion law.

This exemption shall not apply if the U.S. assistance recipient would be an entity controlled by the Cuban government, including the armed forces, the Ministry of the Interior, or any subdivision of either governmental entity.

A person subject to U.S. jurisdiction may invest in the development of an agricultural business in Cuba if the Department of State and the Department of Agriculture jointly determine that the agricultural business:

is not controlled by the government of Cuba, including the armed forces, the Ministry of the Interior, or any subdivision of either governmental entity; and
does not traffic in property of persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction that was confiscated by Cuba on or after January 1, 1959.

Certain language limiting financing of agricultural sales to Cuba is repealed.

Cosponsors 66

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 13, 2017 to Sep 26, 2018; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TX	Blake Farenthold	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-AK	Don Young	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MS	Gregg Harper	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-KY	James Comer	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-KS	Roger Marshall	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Jan 13, 2017
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-IN	Todd Rokita	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Jan 13, 2017
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jan 17, 2017
R-IN	Trey Hollingsworth		Jan 20, 2017
R-IL	Darin LaHood		Jan 27, 2017
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jan 31, 2017
R-VA	Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.		Feb 6, 2017
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Feb 9, 2017
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Feb 14, 2017
R-GA	Austin Scott		Feb 15, 2017
R-LA	Clay Higgins		Feb 27, 2017
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Mar 2, 2017
R-VA	Scott Taylor		Apr 24, 2017
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		May 18, 2017
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		May 24, 2017
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jun 6, 2017
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jun 26, 2017
R-OH	Bob Gibbs		Jun 27, 2017
R-TX	Brian Babin		Jun 27, 2017
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Jun 27, 2017
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Jun 27, 2017
R-GA	A. Drew Ferguson IV		Jun 28, 2017
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Jun 28, 2017
R-NC	Mark Meadows		Jun 28, 2017
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		Jun 29, 2017
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Jul 3, 2017
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jul 17, 2017
R-NC	Ted Budd		Jul 24, 2017
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Jul 26, 2017
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		Jul 27, 2017
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jul 27, 2017
R-MI	Jack Bergman		Aug 4, 2017
D-IN	André Carson		Aug 11, 2017
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		Sep 7, 2017
R-KS	Ron Estes		Sep 7, 2017
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington		Oct 25, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Oct 25, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch		Nov 16, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 27, 2018
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 15, 2018
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		Jun 22, 2018
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Sep 26, 2018

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 13, 2017
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Jan 13, 2017
House	Agriculture Committee	Referred Jan 13, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has thepower to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant tothe enumerate powers listed in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution, to regulate Commerce with ForeignNations.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 9, January 13, 2017, page H547.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 115-13	STATE OF THE RURAL ECONOMY65 pages	Agriculture Committee	Feb 6, 2018
Serial No. 115-6	STATE OF THE RURAL ECONOMY: SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE SONNY PERDUE105 pages	Agriculture Committee	May 17, 2017

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
R45120	Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 22, 2019
R44822	Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 15, 2019

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To modify the prohibition on United States assistance and financing for certain exports to Cuba under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Subjects

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Jan 13, 2017Introduced in House

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