Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007

A bill 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 citizens, 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. Expresses the sense of Congress that temporary entry visas should be issued 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

• Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]
• and 12 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]
  • Sen. Maria Cantwell [D, WA]
  • Sen. Michael Crapo [R, ID]
  • Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]
  • Sen. Michael Enzi [R, WY]
  • Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
  • Sen. Mary Landrieu [D, LA]
  • Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D, AR]
  • Sen. Mark Pryor [D, AR]
  • Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
  • Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
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Committees

• Senate Finance

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1673

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

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• Dec 11, 2007: Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
• Dec 11, 2007: Committee on Finance. Date of scheduled hearing. SD-215. 10:00 a.m.
• Jun 21, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
• Jun 21, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8234)
• Introduced on Jun 21, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.2819

Related Issue Areas:

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

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August 12, 2008 McCain's Cuba position

Starting in 2007, according to disclosure firms and Ogilvy itself, Green and his firm also worked with members of Congress on HR 624, which would repeal the Cuba embargo entirely, and also for HR 2819/S. 1673, which would leave the ...

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August 01, 2008 High-Ranking McCain Campaign Staffer Lobbied For Repeal Of ...

Starting in 2007, according to disclosure firms and Ogilvy itself, Green and his firm also worked with members of Congress on HR 624, which would repeal the Cuba embargo entirely, and also for HR 2819/S. 1673, which would leave the ...

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July 10, 2008 A Word From Our Speaker on the RGB

With our strong support, legislation (S.1673/ A.4069) that would stop this trend in its tracks has been repeatedly passed by the State Assembly only to die in the State Senate. Passage of this measure into law would empower the Council ...

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