House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Free Trade With Cuba Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 27, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 403.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RANGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 8, January 16, 2015, Page H412):Article 1, Section 8 To regulate Commerce with Foreign NationsSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 403, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
32 cosponsors — 32 Democrats
0 of 32 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Karen Bass (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Richard Nolan (D-MN), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Jared Polis (D-CO), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and 2 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.
- H.Con.Res. 40 (114th) Encouraging reunions of divided Korean American families.
- H.R. 509 (114th) Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2015
- H.R. 634 (114th) Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2015
- H.R. 635 (114th) Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015
- H.R. 2939 (114th) Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
- H.R. 2516 (114th) VETS Act of 2015
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.