United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2025
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2025
This bill repeals the trade embargo on Cuba and other provisions restricting trade and travel to Cuba.
Specifically, the bill (1) removes restrictions on certain transactions related to trademarks used in connection with a confiscated business or asset, (2) extends nondiscriminatory treatment (i.e., normal trade relations treatment) to Cuban products, and (3) prohibits and rescinds limits on remittances to Cuba.
The bill authorizes common carriers to provide telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba. In addition, travel by U.S. citizens and residents to Cuba may not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would be lawful in the United States.
The President shall take all necessary steps to engage with Cuba to (1) negotiate settlements relating to claims that Cuba had taken the property of U.S. nationals, and (2) secure the protection of internationally recognized human rights. The President may, with respect to Cuba, impose new export controls and exercise powers related to declared national emergencies.
The President must submit a specified determination about a foreign country to Congress prior to denying an income tax credit for taxes paid to the foreign country.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Jun 24, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Mar 10, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Jun 24, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12650 | U.S. Policy Toward Cuba: Recent Developments and Congressional Considerations | Insight | Feb 3, 2026 |
| IN12499 | U.S. Cuba Policy: Recent Developments and the 119th Congress | Insight | Feb 6, 2025 |
| IF12894 | U.S. Sanctions Policy in the 119th Congress: Recent Executive Actions and Legislative Implications | Resource | Feb 3, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7521 | United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026 | Related bill | Feb 12, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Agricultural trade
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Cuba
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government liability
- Human rights
- Income tax credits
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Latin America
- Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Sanctions
- Taxation of foreign income
- Trade restrictions
- Travel and tourism
- War and emergency powers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced 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.
