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HR 1026 110th Congress House International Affairs Agriculture and Food Agriculture in foreign trade Air cargo Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Collection of accounts Congressional reporting requirements Cuba Cubans Embargo Export controls Exports Food safety Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign banks and banking Freight Immigration International banking Latin America

Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007

Introduced: February 13, 2007 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 31, 2007
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.
Apr 11, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Mar 19, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 2, 2007
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 13, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 13, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSREEA of 2000) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize, under a general license, certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with: (1) sales and marketing activities, including organization and participation in product exhibitions; and (2) sea or air transportation of products.

Authorizes a consular official to issue a temporary tourist/business visa for a Cuban national (who is not otherwise inadmissible) whose itinerary documents an intent to conduct activities, including phytosanitary inspections, related to purchasing U.S. agricultural goods under the provisions of TSREEA of 2000.

Defines "payment in cash" with respect to certain prohibitions on financing of U.S. agricultural sales to Cuba.

Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban financial institution to a U.S. financial institution executed in payment for a product authorized for sale under TSREEA of 2000.

What's happening now May 31, 2007

Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 23, 2007
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 23, 2007
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 28, 2007
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 28, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1026: Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1026/
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"H.R. 1026: Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1026/.
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