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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…

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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.

Introduced: May 25, 2016 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 25, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3174-3175)

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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · May 25, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2990: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2990/
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"S. 2990: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2990/.
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S. 2990, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2990/.
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