[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 757 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 757

   To allow United States nationals and permanent residents to visit 
            family members in Cuba, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2007

   Mr. Delahunt (for himself, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Flake, Mr. Paul, Mrs. 
  Emerson, Ms. Solis, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Berman, and Mr. Meeks of New 
    York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To allow United States nationals and permanent residents to visit 
            family members in Cuba, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Cuban-American Family Rights 
Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL BY UNITED STATES NATIONALS AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS TO 
              VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS IN CUBA.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), the President shall not 
regulate or prohibit, directly or indirectly--
            (1) travel to or from Cuba by any United States person, or
            (2) any of the transactions incident to travel described in 
        paragraph (1) that are set forth in subsection (b),
if such travel is for the purpose of visiting a close relative who is a 
national of Cuba. The President shall rescind all regulations in effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act that so regulate or prohibit 
such travel or transactions.
    (b) Transactions Incident to Travel.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        transactions referred to in subsection (a) are--
                    (A) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel 
                to or from Cuba, including the importation into Cuba or 
                the United States of accompanied baggage;
                    (B) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel 
                or maintenance within Cuba, including the payment of 
                living expenses and the acquisition of goods or 
                services for personal use;
                    (C) any transactions ordinarily incident to the 
                arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, 
                from, or within Cuba;
                    (D) any transactions incident to nonscheduled air, 
                sea, or land voyages, except that this subparagraph 
                does not authorize the carriage of articles into Cuba 
                or the United States except accompanied baggage; and
                    (E) any normal banking transactions incident to the 
                activities described in any of the preceding 
                subparagraphs, including the issuance, clearing, 
                processing, or payment of checks, drafts, travelers 
                checks, credit or debit card instruments, or similar 
                instruments.
            (2) Exclusion of certain goods.--The transactions described 
        in paragraph (1) do not include the importation into the United 
        States of goods acquired in Cuba, including goods for personal 
        consumption, except for Cuban-origin information and 
        informational materials.
    (c) Exceptions.--The restrictions on authority contained in this 
section do not apply in a case in which--
            (1) the United States Congress has declared that a state of 
        war exists between the United States and Cuba; or
            (2) armed hostilities between the two countries are in 
        progress.

SEC. 3. REMITTANCES.

    The President shall not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
indirectly, any United States person described in section 2(a) from 
carrying remittances for the purpose of providing such remittances to a 
close relative who is a national of Cuba. The President shall rescind 
all regulations in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act that 
so regulate or prohibit such remittances.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Close relative.--The term ``close relative'', as used 
        with respect to any person, means an individual related to that 
        person by blood, marriage, or adoption who is no more than four 
        generations removed from that person or from a common ancestor 
        with that person.
            (2) National of cuba.--The term ``national of Cuba'' 
        means--
                    (A) a citizen of Cuba; or
                    (B) a person who, though not a citizen of Cuba, 
                owes permanent allegiance to Cuba.
            (3) United states person.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``United States person'' 
                means--
                            (i) a national of the United States; or
                            (ii) an alien lawfully admitted for 
                        permanent residence in the United States.
                    (B) Lawfully admitted for permanent residence.--The 
                term ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'' has 
                the meaning given the term in section 101(a)(20) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)).
                    (C) National of the united states.--The term 
                ``national of the United States'' has the meaning given 
                the term in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)).

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act applies to actions taken by the 
President before the date of the enactment of this Act which are in 
effect on such date of enactment, and to actions taken on or after such 
date.
    (b) Inapplicability of Other Provisions.--This Act applies 
notwithstanding 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)) and section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)).
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