[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 78 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2883]
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  SA 3931. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. King) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. 
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill 
H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___. (a) 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)), and except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act or by any other Act may be used to directly or indirectly 
     prohibit 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 based on the restrictions 
     set forth in part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (commonly known as the ``Cuban Assets Control 
     Regulations'').
       (b) This section shall not apply--
       (1) 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; or
       (2) to foreign air carriers that are owned by the 
     Government of Cuba or are based in Cuba.
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