3.0.0 1089 2023-01-11T13:19:00Z 2023-01-11T13:19:00Z Senate S S 2009-05-20 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-20T18:27:53Z Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 111 1531 HR 2009-03-16 Referred to House Financial Services Related bill CRS Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act 111 4645 HR 2010-09-29 Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 111-653, Part I. Related bill CRS Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act 111 3112 S 2010-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2009-05-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-05-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5704) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-20 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 2009-05-20 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2009-05-20 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2009-05-20 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-05-20 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2009-05-20 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-05-20 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2009-05-20 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2009-05-20 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2009-05-20 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2009-05-20 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2009-05-20 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-05-20 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-05-20 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2009-05-20 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2009-05-20 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2009-05-20 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2009-07-20 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-08-06 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2009-12-14 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2010-03-11 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2010-03-11 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2010-07-20 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory procedures Agricultural trade Aviation and airports Bank accounts, deposits, capital Caribbean area Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Cuba Foreign and international banking Government trust funds Health technology, devices, supplies Intellectual property Latin America Property rights Sales and excise taxes Sanctions Trade restrictions Transportation costs Travel and tourism Visas and passports Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2009-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-15T18:13:05Z 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 or agricultural commodity 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.

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.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should issue temporary entry visas to Cuban nationals whose itinerary documents an intent to conduct activities, including phytosanitary inspections, relating to the purchase of U.S. agricultural commodities or products.

Amends the Democracy Act of 1992 to repeal the requirement for onsite verification of certain medical exports to Cuba.

Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel.

States that: (1) any regulation restricting or prohibiting such travel shall have no effect; and (2) such prohibition 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. citizens or legal residents.

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.

]]> Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 Display Title Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate the export of United States agricultural commodities and products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States citizens and legal residents, 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 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1089is/xml/BILLS-111s1089is.xml 2009-05-20 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.