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HR 4856 106th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Cuba Democracy Economics and Public Finance Emigration Free enterprise Free trade Government Operations and Politics Human rights Immigration International Affairs Latin America Most favored nation principle Normal trade relations

United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000

Introduced: July 13, 2000 See on congress.gov
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Jul 14, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245)
Jul 13, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 13, 2000
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000 - 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 such 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.

What's happening now July 14, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1245)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2896 Identical bill United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 24, 2000
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4856: United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4856/
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"H.R. 4856: United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2000." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-4856/.
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