3.0.0 403 2023-01-15T22:18:43Z 2023-01-15T22:18:43Z Senate S S 2003-02-13 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-02-13T22:47:48Z 2003-02-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-02-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2478-2479) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-02-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2003-02-13 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2003-02-13 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-02-13 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-02-25 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2003-03-17 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2003-03-17 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-05-15 False International Affairs Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Aliens American property in foreign countries Armed Forces and National Security Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Debt relief Democracy Development credit institutions Drugs EBB Terrorism Economic assistance Economics and Public Finance Embargo Energy Export controls Export finance Expropriation Federally-guaranteed loans Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign investments Foreign loans Foreign tax credit Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government liability (International law) Health Human rights Immigration Import restrictions Income tax Intellectual property International agencies International broadcasting International claims Latin America Law Liability (Law) Medical supplies Merchant ships Most favored nation principle Negotiations Normal trade relations Nuclear facilities Postal service President and foreign policy Right of property Right to travel Sanctions (International law) Science, Technology, Communications State-sponsored terrorism Sugar Taxation Telecommunication industry Telecommunication systems Telephone Television broadcasting Trade agreements Trademarks Trading with the enemy Transportation and Public Works V-chips Visas International Affairs 00 2003-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba (except that such requirement shall apply to countries that have been determined to repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism).

Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents.

Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.

Urges the President to take all necessary steps to conduct negotiations with the Government of Cuba to: (1) settle claims of U.S. nationals against Cuba for the taking of property; and (2) secure protection of internationally recognized human rights.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should promote democratic change and economic reform by normalizing trade relations with Cuba; and (2) upon the enactment of this Act, it will no longer be necessary for the United States to continue to use Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 with respect to Cuba, understanding that the President retains full authority to invoke Article XXI and comparable provisions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in the future in all appropriate circumstances.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Cuba.

Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that any U.S. person may make. Declares that this prohibition does not prohibit the prosecution or conviction of any person committing a criminal offense relating to the laundering of money or engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activities.]]>

United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2003 Display Title United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-02-13T05:00:00Z 2003-02-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.