Cuba Agricultural Exports Act
Latest action · Apr 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cuba Agricultural Exports Act
This bill exempts from prohibitions against U.S. assistance to Cuba (1) any exports under the market access program, the export credit guarantee program, or the foreign market development cooperator program; and (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 or the Ministry of the Interior.
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 or the Ministry of the Interior; and
- does not traffic in property of persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction that was confiscated by Cuba on or after January 1, 1959.
A person subject to U.S. jurisdiction may provide payment or financing for agricultural sales to Cuba or to an individual or entity in Cuba.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2019 to Feb 4, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Tom Emmer | Dec 3, 2019 | |
| R-KY | James Comer | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-CA | TJ Cox | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 4, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2019Referred 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House
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