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H.R. 664: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

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H.R. 664: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-02 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-02 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Plain summary

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 This bill states that: the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions; any regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting or otherwise regulating such travel or transactions incident to such travel shall cease to have any force or effective; but the prohibitions and requirements of this Act shall not apply if the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1] · 131 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

James P. McGovern (D-MA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Dina Titus (D-NV), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Ted Lieu (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA) and 71 more.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr664 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114