Trade-Related Bills, Resolutions Introduced on May 12
On May 12, 2011, the following trade-related bills were introduced:
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- IP protection. A bill to prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes (S. 968)
- Agency performance. A bill to ensure efficient performance of agency functions (S. 991)
- Cuba travel. A bill to allow travel between the United States and Cuba (H.R. 1886)
- Cuba trade embargo. A bill to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes (H.R. 1887)
- Exports to Cuba. A bill to facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes (H.R. 1888)
- Highway motor fuels tax. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the excise tax on highway motor fuels, and for other purposes (H.R. 1889)