S 2990
114th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Aviation and airports
Caribbean area
Cuba
Latin America
Trade agreements and negotiations
A bill to prohibit the President from preventing foreign air carriers traveling to or from Cuba from making transit stops in the United States for refueling and other technical services based on the Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3174-3175)
May 25, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill prohibits the President from prohibiting the provision of technical services permitted under an international air transportation agreement in the United States for an aircraft of a foreign air carrier that is en route to or from Cuba based on the restrictions set forth in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
This prohibition shall not apply:
- if the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or physical safety of U.S. citizens; or
- to foreign air carriers that are owned by the government of Cuba or based in Cuba.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3174-3175)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1