3.0.0 950 2023-01-15T23:33:06Z 2023-01-15T23:33:06Z Senate S S 2003-04-30 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2003-11-11T23:42:30Z Markup by 2003-11-06T20:37:09Z Referred to 2003-04-30T15:04:09Z Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2003 108 2071 HR 2003-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. Related bill CRS 2003-11-11 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385. Calendars 2003-11-11 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 2003-11-11 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2003-11-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. 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[D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2003-06-23 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2003-07-07 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2003-07-23 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2003-07-29 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2003-07-31 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2003-08-01 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2003-09-22 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2003-10-28 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2003-10-28 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2003-10-30 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2003-11-12 False D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-03-01 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2004-05-03 False 2003-11-19T06:00:00Z S. 950, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15050 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 11, 2003</p> 2003-11-19T06:00:00Z S. 950, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15050 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 11, 2003 International Affairs Aliens Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Cuba Democracy Dissenters Europe European Union Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Free enterprise Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights Immigration International agencies International banking Latin America Political prisoners Prisons Regionalism (International organization) Reporters and reporting Right to travel State-sponsored terrorism Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Travel United Nations International Affairs 00 2003-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-26T20:39:45Z Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 - 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 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 does not: (1) restrict presidential authority 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; and (2) authorize U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.

]]> 01 2003-11-11 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2004-04-01T20:53:46Z Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 - 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 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 does not: (1) restrict presidential authority 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; and (2) authorize U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.

Sets forth findings respecting human rights violations in Cuba, including harassment of peaceful dissidents such as Oscar Elias Biscet, and noting the human rights work of Oswaldo Paya.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Government of Cuba will never be welcomed into the community of democratic nations unless that government: (1) undertakes significant political and economic reforms called for by reporters of the Varela project; (2) allows the International Committee of the Red Cross unrestricted access to all Cuban prisons and places of detention; (3) honors the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights request to allow his special representative to visit Cuba to assess the human rights situation; and (4) frees all political prisoners.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Organization of American States Inter-American Commission on Human Rights should continue reporting on the human rights situation in Cuba and should request a visit in order to review and report on such situation; (2) the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and his personal representative should pursue implementation of the 2002 Resolution regarding human rights in Cuba; (3) the European Union, to build upon the European Parliament's recognition of Cuban dissidents, should request to visit Cuba in order to review and report on the human rights situation; (4) representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross should seek immediate access to all Cuban prisons and report on incarceration conditions; and (5) human rights organizations should issue statements of solidarity with the Cuban human rights activists, political dissidents, prisoners of conscience, independent journalists, and other Cubans demanding their release and seeking to secure their internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Department of State should monitor financial transactions to and from Cuba to ensure that terrorist financing is not occurring.

Directs the Secretary of State to report every 180 days on any actions taken by Cuba to provide or facilitate financial support for terrorism.

]]> Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 Display Title Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2003 S Senate Popular Titles Cuba Traveling Restrictions bill 9 Library of Congress Reported to Senate 2003-11-11T05:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2003-04-30T04:00:00Z 2003-11-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 385. 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.