S.Amdt. 3725

SA 3725. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Thune (for himself
and Mr. Nelson)) to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5037. AUTHORIZATION OF AIR CARRIERS TO PROVIDE SERVICE
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA FOR CITIZENS
OF OTHER COUNTRIES WITH ITINERARIES THAT BEGIN
AND END OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, an air carrier providing permissible scheduled service
between the United States and Cuba pursuant to a frequency
allocation by the Department of Transportation may carry
passengers who are citizens of countries other than the
United States or Cuba and their accompanied baggage to or
from Cuba to the same extent as the air carrier would be
authorized to carry those passengers to any other
destination, provided that the ticketed itinerary for those
passengers begins and ends outside the United States.
(b) Citizenship.--An air carrier may rely on the passport
presented by the passenger in determining the citizenship of
the passenger under subsection (a).
(c) Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall prescribe
regulations to implement this section.
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