Senate Appropriations Committee Approves CPSC Funding Bill, Adopts Cuba Amendments
The Senate Appropriations Committee on June 16 approved its version of the Financial Services and General Government spending bill for fiscal 2017, which includes the Consumer Product Safety Commission (here). The funding bill includes $124 million to fund CPSC --…
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$7 million less than the White House request and $1 million less than the fiscal 2016 level -- in fiscal 2017. The bill conditions the funding on the completion of a vehicle safety study. During the June 16 full committee markup, senators notably adopted two amendments that would liberalize U.S. commerce with Cuba. One amendment (here), adopted 22-8, would allow U.S. nationals to finance agricultural commodity sales to the country, and would repeal the requirement for vessels entering a Cuban port to obtain a license from the Treasury secretary within 180 days in order to unload freight at any place in the U.S. Another amendment adopted by voice vote (here) would bar the use of funds appropriated through the bill to restrict exports of U.S. consumer communication devices or telecommunication services to Cuba.