[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6913 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6913

 To provide that no funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
  may be used to implement, administer, or enforce certain amendments 
made to regulations relating to license exemptions for gift parcels and 
                    humanitarian donations for Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2008

  Mr. Flake introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that no funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
  may be used to implement, administer, or enforce certain amendments 
made to regulations relating to license exemptions for gift parcels and 
                    humanitarian donations for Cuba.

    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 ``Securing Eligibility for Needed 
Donations Act of 2008'' or the ``SEND Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTER, OR ENFORCE 
              CERTAIN AMENDMENTS MADE TO REGULATIONS RELATING TO 
              LICENSE EXEMPTIONS FOR GIFT PARCELS AND HUMANITARIAN 
              DONATIONS FOR CUBA.

    (a) Limitation.--No funds made available to the Department of 
Commerce may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
amendments made to section 740.12 of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations (relating to license exemptions for gift parcels and 
humanitarian donations for Cuba), as published in the Federal Register 
on June 22, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 34565-34567).
    (b) Effective Date.--The limitation on use of funds in subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall apply with respect to the 90-day period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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