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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1644
To provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from
the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1999
Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BARRETT of Wis-
consin, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr.
CAMPBELL, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr.
DELAHUNT, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. EVANS, Mr.
FARR of California, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. JOHN, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. LA-
FALCE, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MALONEY of New
York, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr.
MINGE, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MORAN of Kansas,
Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL
of Massachusetts, Mr.
NETHERCUTT, Mr. NEY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Ms. PELOSI, Ms.
RIVERS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. STARK, Ms.
WATERS, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to
the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide the people of Cuba with access to food and
medicines from the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cuban Food and Medi-
cine Security Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
ON TRADE WITH CUBA TO ALLOW FOR THE
EXPORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA.
Notwithstanding section 620(a)(1) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)(1)) or any other
provision of law (except section 3 of this Act), the prohibi-
tion or restriction on trade or financial transactions with
Cuba shall not apply with respect to the export of any
food and other agricultural products (including fertilizer),
medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or med-
ical equipment, or with respect to travel incident to the
sale or delivery of food and other agricultural products (in-
cluding fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical in-
struments, or medical equipment, to Cuba.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE EX-
PORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA.
Section 2 of this Act shall not apply—
(1) with respect to restrictions imposed under
section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979
for goods containing parts or components on which
export controls are in effect under that section; and
(2) with respect to section 203 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act, to the
extent the authorities under that section are exer-
cised to deal with a threat to the national security
of the United States by virtue of the technology in-
corporated in such instruments or equipment.
SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO EXPORT PRO-
MOTION AND CREDIT PROGRAMS FOR CUBA.
Title IV of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7
U.S.C. 5661 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘SEC. 418. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO EXPORT PRO-
MOTION AND CREDIT PROGRAMS FOR CUBA.
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall carry out a study
of existing United States agricultural export promotion
and credit programs to determine how such programs can
be carried out to promote the consumption of United
States agricultural commodities in Cuba.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report
containing—
‘‘(1) the results of the study carried out under
subsection (a); and
‘‘(2) proposed legislation, if any, to improve the
ability of the Secretary to utilize United States agri-
cultural export promotion and credit programs with
respect to the consumption of United States agricul-
tural commodities in Cuba.’’.
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Con-
gress a report that sets forth—
(1) the extent (expressed in volume and dollar
amounts) of sales to Cuba of food and other agricul-
tural products (including fertilizer), medicines, med-
ical supplies, medical instruments, and medical
equipment, since the enactment of this Act;
(2) a description of the types and end users of
the goods so exported; and
(3) whether there has been any indication that
any medicines, medical supplies, medical instru-
ments, or medical equipment exported to Cuba since
the enactment of this Act—
(A) have been used for purposes of torture
or other human rights abuses;
(B) were reexported; or
(C) were used in the production of any bio-
technological product.
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