[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 53 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1831-S1832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3557. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Heller, and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend increased expensing 
limitations, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. __. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)--
       (1) the President may not prohibit or otherwise restrict, 
     directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United 
     States citizens or legal residents, or any of the 
     transactions incident to such travel, including banking 
     transactions; and
       (2) any regulation in effect on such date of enactment that 
     prohibits or otherwise restricts travel to or from Cuba by 
     United States citizens or legal residents, or any of the 
     transactions incident to such travel, including banking 
     transactions, shall cease to have any force or effect.
       (b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to limit the authority of the President to restrict 
     travel described in subsection (a), or any transaction 
     incident to such travel, on a case-by-case basis, if such 
     restriction--
       (1) is important to the national security of the United 
     States; or
       (2) is designed to protect the health or safety of United 
     States citizens or legal residents resulting from traveling 
     to or from Cuba.
       (c) Applicability.--This section shall apply to actions 
     taken by the President--
       (1) before the date of the enactment of this Act, which are 
     in effect on such date of enactment; or
       (2) on or after such date of enactment.
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