Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress

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S.401
Title: A bill to normalize trade relations with Cuba, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 2/27/2001)      Cosponsors: 3
Related Bills: H.R.796
Latest Major Action: 2/27/2001 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
2/27/2001:
Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1632-1633)
2/27/2001:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)

AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(3), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Lincoln, Blanche - 2/27/2001 [AR] Sen Murray, Patty - 7/17/2001 [WA]
Sen Roberts, Pat - 2/27/2001 [KS]

SUMMARY AS OF:
2/27/2001--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.