[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1298. Ms. HEITKAMP (for herself and Mr. Boozman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1221 proposed by Mr. 
Hatch to the bill H.R. 1314, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for a right to an administrative appeal relating to adverse 
determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                TITLE III--AGRICULTURAL EXPORT EXPANSION

     SEC. 301. PRIVATE FINANCING OF SALES OF AGRICULTURAL 
                   COMMODITIES TO CUBA.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     (other than section 908 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
     Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207), as amended 
     by subsection (c)), a person subject to the jurisdiction of 
     the United States may provide payment or financing terms for 
     sales of agricultural commodities to Cuba or an individual or 
     entity in Cuba.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
     commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
       (2) Financing.--The term ``financing'' includes any loan or 
     extension of credit.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 908 of the Trade 
     Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 
     U.S.C. 7207) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``and financing'';
       (2) by striking subsection (b);
       (3) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``Prohibition'' and all that follows 
     through ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding'' and inserting 
     ``In General.--Notwithstanding''; and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as subsections 
     (b) and (c), respectively, and by moving those subsections, 
     as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and
       (4) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``subsection (a)''.
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