US Congress House Resolution 136 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

This resolution expresses the House of Representatives's sense that Cuba is engaging in state-sponsored human trafficking through Mais Medicos, a Brazilian government program that brings doctors from other countries, including Cuba, to serve in Brazil. The resolution also urges the Department of State to downgrade Cuba to Tier 3 in its annual Trafficking in Persons report and to reestablish the Cuban Medical Professionals Parole program, which allowed certain Cuban medical personnel in countries other than Cuba to apply for parole to enter the United States.

Affirming that the Government of Cuba's foreign medical missions constitute human trafficking.

Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R-FL]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2019-02-14	House	Introduced in House

SR14 (Same As) 2019-01-10 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/136/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres136/BILLS-116hres136ih.pdf