[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 428 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 428

          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 2009

Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Dodd) 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''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

    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; 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.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    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.

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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