Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

3.0.0 664 2023-01-11T13:28:37Z 2023-01-11T13:28:37Z House HR 2015-02-02 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 17 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SANFORD:H.R. 664.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, granting authority toregulate commerce with foreign nations, and Article 1,Section 8, Clause 18, granting authority to make all lawsthat are necessary and proper for executing the foregoingpowers.[Page H705]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing hsfa07 Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Referred to 2015-03-20T15:15:51Z Referred to 2015-02-02T17:05:00Z Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 114 299 S 2015-01-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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00 2015-02-02 Introduced in House 2015-02-10T16:34:26Z Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

This bill states that:

the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions;
any regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting or otherwise regulating such travel or transactions incident to such travel shall cease to have any force or effective; but
the prohibitions and requirements of this Act shall not apply if the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.

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Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 Display Title Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr664ih/xml/BILLS-114hr664ih.xml 2015-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. 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.