# 119-hr-7521: United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026 119-hr-7521, United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7521 - As of: 2026-09-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-7521 - Congress: 119 - Title: United States-Cuba Trade Act of 2026 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2026-02-12 - Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA) - Cosponsors: 30 - Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-21 ## Summary **Ends the U.S. embargo on Cuba and restores normal trade and travel.** This bill would repeal decades of Cuba-specific sanctions and rewrite U.S. rules on trade, remittances, telecommunications, and property claims. - U.S. families and travelers: U.S. citizens and residents could travel to Cuba when travel is lawful and send remittances without Cuba-specific limits. The bill preserves anti-money laundering enforcement and lists ordinary travel transactions and normal banking for trips as allowed. - Businesses and markets: U.S. exporters, telecom firms, and sugar traders would gain access through restored nondiscriminatory trade treatment and removed sugar quotas. Telecom companies and common carriers could install, upgrade, and repair communications infrastructure and provide services between the United States and Cuba. - Government, claims, and trade rules: The bill would repeal or displace many embargo authorities across multiple statutes and direct the President to negotiate settlements of U.S. nationals' property claims while seeking protections for internationally recognized human rights. Most changes would take effect 60 days after enactment and certain tariff changes would apply 15 days after enactment. ## Cosponsors (30) - Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-02-12T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7] (D-MA), 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Change trigger for foreign tax credits: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would make the President's report to Congress the official date for denying foreign tax credits for a country. The change would apply only to determinations made after enactment and would not change how credits apply for countries already determined before enactment. Taxpayers… - Allow unlimited remittances to Cuba: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would stop Treasury from limiting how much money U.S. persons can send to Cuba. The Secretary would be required to rescind any regulations in effect on the date of enactment that impose remittance caps. The change would take effect 60 days after enactment. Money-laundering and… - End Cuba-era sanctions and rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would repeal the Cuban Democracy Act (1992) and the LIBERTAD Act (1996). It would also stop use of certain Trading With the Enemy Act authorities for Cuba and remove specific embargo and quota authorities. These repeals would take effect 60 days after enactment. The changes co… - Protect lawful travel to Cuba: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would prohibit U.S. rules from blocking travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens and residents when that travel would be lawful in the United States. It would also bar restrictions on transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, like maintenance in Cuba and normal foreign-cu… - President to negotiate Cuban claims: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would direct the President to pursue negotiations with Cuba to settle U.S. nationals' claims for taken property and to seek protection of internationally recognized human rights. The terms 'national of the United States' and 'property' would be defined by reference to the Inter… - Allow U.S. telecom service to Cuba: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would let qualifying common carriers install, maintain, repair, and upgrade telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba. It would also let them provide telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba. The change would take effect 60 days after enactment a… - Restore normal trade with Cuba: mixed, high. If enacted, this bill would remove Cuba-specific export bans and give Cuban products nondiscriminatory tariff treatment. Goods entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the 15th day after enactment would follow new tariff rules. Most other changes would take effect 60 days after enactment. T… - Change aid rules for former Soviet states: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would revise several text provisions that control U.S. assistance to certain former Soviet countries. The edits would delete and redesignate specific paragraphs and remove a named subsection. These changes would take effect 60 days after enactment and mainly affect which foreig… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-hr-7521 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7521) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7521 (as of 2026-09-21).