[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 287 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 287

 To allow for news bureau exchanges between the United States and Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow for news bureau exchanges between the United States and Cuba.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEWS BUREAUS IN CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) International Emergency Economic Powers Act.--Section 203(b) of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``(5) financial or other transactions related to the 
        establishment of news bureaus by United States news 
        organizations in foreign countries, or the establishment of 
        news bureaus in the United States by foreign news 
        organizations.''.
    (b) Trading With the Enemy Act.--Section 5(b) of the Trading With 
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(5) The authority granted to the President in this subsection 
does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or 
indirectly, financial or other transactions related to the 
establishment of news bureaus by United States news organizations in 
foreign countries, or the establishment of news bureaus in the United 
States by foreign news organizations.''.

SEC. 2. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2370(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
    ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the authority granted to the 
President in such paragraph does not include the authority to regulate 
or prohibit, directly or indirectly, any activities or transactions 
which may not be regulated or prohibited under section 5(b)(5) of the 
Trading With the Enemy Act.''.

SEC. 3. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) News Bureaus.--Section 114 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6044), and the item 
relating to that section in the table of contents for that Act, are 
repealed.
    (b) Embargo.--The amendments made by this Act apply notwithstanding 
section 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996.
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