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HR 1737 111th Congress House International Affairs Agricultural trade Caribbean area Cuba Foreign and international banking Health technology, devices, supplies Latin America Marketing and advertising Prescription drugs Retail and wholesale trades Sanctions Trade restrictions Travel and tourism Visas and passports

Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2009

Introduced: March 26, 2009 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2009
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Apr 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Agriculture
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Mar 26, 2009
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.
Mar 26, 2009
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Mar 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2009 - Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize under a specific or general license certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with: (1) commercial export sales and transportation of agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices; and (2) sales and marketing activities of such articles.

Authorizes a consular official to issue a temporary tourist/business visa to 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 the Act.

Amends the Act to define "payment in cash in advance" as the payment by the purchaser of an agricultural commodity or product and the receipt of payment by the seller prior to the transfer of title and release of control of the commodity or product to the purchaser.

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 the Act.

What's happening now April 28, 2009

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 2, 2009
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Mar 26, 2009
Delahunt, Bill
· Mar 26, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 26, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1737: Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1737/
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"H.R. 1737: Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1737/.
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