Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Act of 2010

Bill: 111-hr-5620
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2010-06-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Corporate finance and management
Cuba
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Family relationships
Florida
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Human rights
Latin America
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: 
Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Act of 2010 -States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) undertake measures to deny the government of Cuba, the Cuban Communist Party, or any of their instrumentalities the financial resources to engage in activities that threaten U.S. security and other interests, threaten Florida's marine environment and the environment of the submerged lands off Cuba's coast, and prolong the dictatorship that oppresses the Cuban people; and (2) deter foreign investments that would enhance the Cuban regime's ability to develop its petroleum resources. 
 
Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to exclude from U.S. entry an alien who: (1) is an officer or principal of an entity, or a shareholder who owns a controlling interest in an entity that on or after January 10, 2005, has made or makes an investment of $1 million or more (or any combination of investments that equals or exceeds $1 million in any 12-month period) that contributes to Cuba's ability to develop petroleum resources off its submerged lands; or (2) is a spouse, minor child, or agent of such person.
 
Exempts on a case-by-case basis entries: (1) for medical reasons or property-related litigation; or (2) where a transition government is in place.
 
Directs the President to impose two or more specified export, procurement, financial institution, loan, or Export-Import Bank sanctions if the President determines that a person has, on or after January 10, 2005, made an investment of $1 million or more (or any combination of investments that in the aggregate equals or exceeds $1 million in any 12-month period) that contributes to the enhancement of Cuba's ability to develop petroleum resources off its submerged lands or has made an investment of any amount of money that contributes to such an enhancement and has trafficked in confiscated U.S. property. 
 
Makes it illegal for a U.S. person to facilitate Cuba's ability to develop petroleum resources off its submerged lands.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to report annually respecting the impact of the development of Cuba's petroleum resources on the environment and natural resources of Cuba's submerged lands and Florida's marine environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Financial Services
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Referred to House Judiciary
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2010-06-28
text: Introduced in House