Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress

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H.R.796
Title: To normalize trade relations with Cuba, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] (introduced 2/28/2001)      Cosponsors: 5
Related Bills: S.401
Latest Major Action: 3/8/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/28/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
3/8/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)

AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Jefferson, William J. - 2/28/2001 [LA-2] Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 6/14/2001 [WI-4]
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 2/28/2001 [MA-2] Rep Ramstad, Jim - 2/28/2001 [MN-3]
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 5/15/2001 [NY-12]

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/28/2001--Introduced.

United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should promote democratic change and economic reform by normalizing trade relations with Cuba; and (2) upon the enactment of this Act, it will no longer be necessary for the United States to continue to use Article XXI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 with respect to Cuba, understanding that the President retains full authority to invoke Article XXI and comparable provisions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in the future in all appropriate circumstances.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations) to the products of Cuba.