[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 54 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1859-S1860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3568. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. King) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. 
Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) 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:

     SEC. __. TRANSIT STOPS IN THE UNITED STATES BY FOREIGN AIR 
                   CARRIERS TRAVELING TO OR FROM CUBA.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
     President may not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
     indirectly, the provision of technical services otherwise 
     permitted under an international air transportation agreement 
     in the United States for an aircraft of a foreign air carrier 
     that is en route to or from Cuba.
       (b) Effect of Existing Regulations.--Any regulation in 
     effect on the date of the enactment of this Act that 
     regulates or prohibits

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     the services described in subsection (a) shall cease to have 
     any force or effect with respect to such services.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) In general.--This section shall not apply if--
       (A) the United States is at war with Cuba;
       (B) armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba 
     are in progress; or
       (C) there is imminent danger to the public health or 
     physical safety of United States citizens.
       (2) Cuban air carriers.--This section shall not apply to 
     foreign air carriers that are owned by the Government of Cuba 
     or are based in Cuba.
       (d) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall 
     apply to--
       (1) actions taken by the President before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act that are in effect on such date of 
     enactment; and
       (2) actions taken on or after such date of enactment.
       (e) Inapplicability.--The provisions of this section shall 
     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. 7209(b)).
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