[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1919 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1919

 To permit travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens and lawful 
                 resident aliens in the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 1999

  Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permit travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens and lawful 
                 resident aliens in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Freedom of travel for united states citizens and lawful 
        resident aliens.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
        President shall not prohibit or regulate, directly or 
        indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or 
        lawful resident aliens in the United States, or any of the 
        transactions incident to such travel that are described in 
        paragraph (2).
            (2) Transactions incident to travel.--
                    (A) Covered transactions.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the transactions referred to in 
                paragraph (1) are--
                            (i) any transaction ordinarily incidental 
                        to travel to or from Cuba, including the 
                        importation into Cuba or the United States of 
                        accompanied baggage for personal use only;
                            (ii) any transaction ordinarily incident to 
                        travel to or maintenance within Cuba, including 
                        the payment of living expenses and the 
                        acquisition of goods or services for personal 
                        use;
                            (iii) any transaction ordinarily incident 
                        to the arrangement, promotion, or facilitation 
                        of travel to, from, or within Cuba;
                            (iv) any transaction incident to 
                        nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyages, except 
                        that this clause does not authorize the 
                        carriage of articles into Cuba or the United 
                        States except for baggage accompanying travel 
                        to such country; and
                            (v) any normal banking transaction incident 
                        to any activity described in any of the 
                        preceding clauses, including the issuance, 
                        clearing, processing, or payment of checks, 
                        drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit card 
                        instruments, or similar instruments.
                    (B) Exempted transactions.--Subparagraph (A) does 
                not apply to the importation into the United States for 
                personal consumption of any goods acquired in Cuba.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a)(1) does not apply--
            (1) during any period in which--
                    (A) a state of war exists between the United States 
                and Cuba;
                    (B) armed hostilities between the two countries are 
                in progress; or
                    (C) armed hostilities between the two countries are 
                imminent; or
            (2) in any case in which to apply such subsection would 
        pose imminent danger to the public health or the physical 
        safety of United States travelers.
    (c) Supersedes Other Provisions.--This section supersedes any other 
provision of law, including section 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)).
    (d) Effective Date.--This section applies to actions taken by the 
President before the date of enactment of this Act that are in effect 
on such date and to actions taken on or after such date.
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