3.0.0 1673 2023-01-12T17:52:46Z 2023-01-12T17:52:46Z Senate S S 2007-06-21 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2007-12-11T17:03:57Z Referred to 2007-06-21T17:04:18Z Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 110 2819 HR 2007-07-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552) Related bill CRS 2007-12-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-937. Committee 2007-06-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-06-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8234) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2007-06-21 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-06-21 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-06-21 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-06-21 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-06-21 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-06-21 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-06-21 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-06-21 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2007-06-21 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-06-21 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2007-06-21 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-06-21 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Airline passenger traffic Bank deposits Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Cuba Cubans Economics and Public Finance Excise tax Export controls Finance and Financial Sector Foreign banks and banking Foreign trade promotion Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Health Intellectual property International banking Latin America Medical supplies President and foreign policy Right to travel Taxation Transportation and Public Works Visas Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-26T15:45:44Z 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.

]]> Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 Display Title Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1673is/xml/BILLS-110s1673is.xml 2007-12-11 Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-937. 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.