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114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 299
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 29, 2015
Mr. Flake (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Moran, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Udall, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Carper) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015
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Travel to Cuba
On or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to section 3—
the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate, directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions; and
any regulation in effect on such date of enactment that prohibits or otherwise regulates travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions, shall cease to have any force or effect.
Exceptions
Section 2 shall not apply in a case in which the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of United States travelers.
Applicability
This Act applies to actions taken by the President before the date of the enactment of this Act that are in effect on such date of enactment, and to actions taken on or after such date.
Inapplicability
The provisions of this Act apply notwithstanding section 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)).