US Congress House Bill 1531 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)
Status: Introduced on March 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to House Financial Services
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 - 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 Cuban 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.

Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009

Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. John Tanner [D-TN]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to House Financial Services
2009-03-16		Referred to House Agriculture
2009-03-16		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-03-16		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-16		Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2009-03-16		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.

HB4645 (Related) 2010-09-29 - Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 111-653, Part I.
SB1089 (Related) 2009-05-20 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB3112 (Related) 2010-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1531/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1531/BILLS-111hr1531ih.pdf