[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 721 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 721

          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2007

 Mr. Enzi (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Craig, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Bingaman) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
          To allow travel 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

    (a) Freedom of Travel for United States Citizens and Legal 
Residents.--On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
subject to section 3--
            (1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
        indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or 
        legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such 
        travel that are set forth in subsection (b); and
            (2) any regulation in effect on such date of enactment that 
        regulates or prohibits travel to or from Cuba by United States 
        citizens or legal residents or transactions incident to such 
        travel shall cease to have any force or effect.
    (b) Transactions Incident to Travel.--The transactions referred to 
in subsection (a) are--
            (1) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to or 
        from Cuba, including the importation into Cuba or the United 
        States of accompanied baggage for personal use only;
            (2) 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;
            (3) any transactions ordinarily incident to the 
        arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, from, or 
        within Cuba;
            (4) any transactions incident to nonscheduled air, sea, or 
        land voyages, except that this paragraph does not authorize the 
        carriage of articles into Cuba or the United States except 
        accompanied baggage; and
            (5) normal banking transactions incident to the activities 
        described in the preceding provisions of this subsection, 
        including the issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of 
        checks, drafts, traveler's checks, credit or debit card 
        instruments, or similar instruments.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    (a) Special Circumstances.--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.
    (b) Importation of Goods for Personal Consumption.--Section 2 does 
not authorize the importation into the United States of any goods for 
personal consumption acquired in Cuba.

SEC. 4. 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.

SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.

    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. 7210(b)).
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