US Congress Senate Bill 428 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repeals both the President's statutory authority to impose an embargo on Cuba and various prohibitions against providing assistance to Cuba. It also repeals provisions related to (1) the President's authority to impose sanctions on countries that provide assistance to Cuba, (2) the prohibition against U.S. investment in domestic telecommunications networks within Cuba, (3) restrictions on vessels that have departed from a port in Cuba within 180 days of loading or unloading freight in the United States, and (4) restrictions on remittances to Cuba. The President is authorized to impose export controls with respect to Cuba and exercise certain emergency economic powers in relation to unusual and extraordinary threats to the United States.

Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB2404 (Related) 2019-05-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/428/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s428/BILLS-116s428is.pdf