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HR 6962 110th Congress House

Humanitarian Relief to Cuba Act

Official title: To facilitate the provision of humanitarian relief to Cuba.

Introduced: September 24, 2008 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Caribbean areaCubaForeign aid and international reliefLatin America
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Natural disastersSanctionsTrade restrictionsTravel and tourism
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Sep 18, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 18, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 18, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Humanitarian Relief to Cuba Act - Prohibits for 180 days from the enactment of this Act: (1) the President from prohibiting or regulating travel to or from Cuba, or certain transactions incident to such travel, by a U.S. citizen or any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction with family residing in Cuba; (2) the President from limiting the size, quantity or frequency, or the carrying or shipping of, personal gift items and relief supplies by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction that are eligible to be so shipped or delivered; and (3) the Secretary of the Treasury from limiting the amount of remittances to Cuba that may be made by any person subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 24, 2008
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 24, 2008
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 18, 2008
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 18, 2008
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 18, 2008
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 18, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6962: Humanitarian Relief to Cuba Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6962/
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"H.R. 6962: Humanitarian Relief to Cuba Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6962/.
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H.R. 6962, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6962/.
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