Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007

To facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes.

6/21/2007--Introduced.
Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to U.S. agricultural producers, cooperative organizations, or state agencies to promote U.S. agricultural exports products to Cuba. Authorizes the issuance of temporary entry visas to Cuban nationals to facilitate purchase of U.S. agricultural products. Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to repeal the prohibition on enforcement of rights to certain U.S. intellectual properties and such properties' transfer. Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, and any regulation restricting or prohibiting such travel shall have no effect, relating to:
(1) accompanied personal baggage;
(2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services;
(3) travel arrangements;
(4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions, (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and
(5) normal banking transactions. States that such provision shall not apply in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers. Amends the Democracy Act of 1992 to repeal the requirement for onsite verification of certain medical exports to Cuba. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) increase the airport ticket tax for transportation between the United States and Cuba by $1; and
(2) establish in the Treasury the Agricultural Export Promotion Trust Fund.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
• and 54 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1]
  • Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13]
  • Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3]
  • Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3]
  • Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]
  • Rep. Julia Carson [D, IN-7]
  • Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11]
  • Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1]
  • Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7]
  • Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3]
  • Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25]
  • Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5]
  • Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8]
  • Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17]
  • Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20]
  • Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
  • Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22]
  • Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15]
  • Rep. William Jefferson [D, LA-2]
  • Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30]
  • Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5]
  • Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13]
  • Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3]
  • Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10]
  • Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9]
  • Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14]
  • Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16]
  • Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4]
  • Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7]
  • Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3]
  • Rep. Michael McNulty [D, NY-21]
  • Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3]
  • Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1]
  • Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8]
  • Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]
  • Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
  • Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9]
  • Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16]
  • Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2]
  • Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13]
  • Rep. John Tanner [D, TN-8]
  • Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
  • Rep. C. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
  • Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10]
  • Rep. Tom Udall [D, NM-3]
  • Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33]
  • Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
  • Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
  • Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0]
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Committees

• House Financial Services
• 6 more
  • House Judiciary
  • House Agriculture
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Foreign Affairs
  • House Judiciary
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2819

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 21, 2007

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• Jul 18, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552)
• Jul 16, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
• Jun 27, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Financial Services
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Agriculture
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
• Jun 21, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Financial Services, 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.
• Introduced on Jun 21, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• S.1673

Related Issue Areas:

• Visas
• Transportation
• Taxation
• Right to travel
• 26 more
• Presidents
• President and foreign policy
• Medicine
• Medical supplies
• Medical instruments and apparatus
• Medical care
• Latin America
• International finance
• International banking
• Intellectual property
• Government trust funds
• Foreign trade promotion
• Foreign banks and banking
• Finance
• Export controls
• Excise tax
• Cubans
• Cuba
• Civil liberties
• Caribbean area
• Budgets
• Bank deposits
• Airline passenger traffic
• Agriculture in foreign trade
• Agriculture
• Trade

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