S 299
114th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Travel and tourism
Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015
Introduced: January 29, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 29, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 29, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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