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HRES 136 116th Congress House International Affairs Brazil Caribbean area Congressional oversight Cuba Health personnel Human rights Human trafficking International organizations and cooperation Labor standards Latin America Wages and earnings World health

Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.

Introduced: February 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Feb 14, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Feb 14, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the House of Representatives's sense that Cuba is engaging in state-sponsored human trafficking through Mais Medicos, a Brazilian government program that brings doctors from other countries, including Cuba, to serve in Brazil. The resolution also urges the Department of State to downgrade Cuba to Tier 3 in its annual Trafficking in Persons report and to reestablish the Cuban Medical Professionals Parole program, which allowed certain Cuban medical personnel in countries other than Cuba to apply for parole to enter the United States.

What's happening now February 14, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  • SRES 14 Identical bill A resolution affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 6, 2019
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Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Feb 14, 2019
Rooney, Francis
· Feb 14, 2019
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Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 14, 2019
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 136: Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-136/
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"H. Res. 136: Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-136/.
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H. Res. 136, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-136/.
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[H. Res. 136: Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-136/)
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