[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3112 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3112

   To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural 
  commodities to Cuba and to end certain travel restrictions to Cuba.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2010

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Enzi) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural 
  commodities to Cuba and to end certain travel restrictions to 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 ``Travel Restriction Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

    (a) In General.--On and after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and subject to subsection (b)--
            (1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
        indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or 
        lawful permanent residents, or any of the transactions incident 
        to such travel; 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 lawful permanent residents or transactions incident 
        to such travel shall cease to have any force or effect.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) 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.
    (c) Applicability.--This section 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.
    (d) Inapplicability of Other Provisions.--The provisions of this 
section 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)).

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM 
              AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000.

    Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the term `payment of cash in advance' means, 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law, the payment 
                by the purchaser of an agricultural commodity or 
                product and the receipt of such payment by the seller 
                prior to--
                            ``(i) the transfer of title of such 
                        commodity or product to the purchaser; and
                            ``(ii) the release of control of such 
                        commodity or product to the purchaser.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN CUBAN AND UNITED 
              STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
              REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2000.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not 
restrict direct transfers from a Cuban financial institution to a 
United States financial institution executed in payment for a product 
authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
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