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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1528 

To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2009 

Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Export Freedom to 

5 Cuba Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 

7 (a) FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITI8 ZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS.—Subject to section 3, the 

9 President shall not regulate or prohibit, directly or indi10 rectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens 

11 or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to 

12 such travel that are set forth in subsection (b). The PresiVerDate Nov 24 2008 05:00 Mar 17, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1528.IH H1528

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1 dent shall rescind all regulations in effect on the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act that so regulate or prohibit such 

3 travel or transactions. 

4 (b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL.—The 

5 transactions referred to in subsection (a) are— 

6 (1) any transactions ordinarily incident to trav7 el to or from Cuba, including the importation into 

8 Cuba or the United States of accompanied baggage 

9 for personal use only; 

10 (2) any transactions ordinarily incident to trav11 el or maintenance within Cuba, including the pay12 ment of living expenses and the acquisition of goods 

13 or services for personal use; 

14 (3) any transactions ordinarily incident to the 

15 arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, 

16 from, or within Cuba; 

17 (4) any transactions incident to nonscheduled 

18 air, sea, or land voyages, except that this paragraph 

19 does not authorize the carriage of articles into Cuba 

20 or the United States except accompanied baggage; 

21 and 

22 (5) normal banking transactions incident to the 

23 activities described in the preceding provisions of 

24 this subsection, including the issuance, clearing, 

25 processing, or payment of checks, drafts, travelers 


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1 checks, credit or debit card instruments, or similar 

2 instruments; 

3 except that this section does not authorize the importation 

4 into the United States of any goods for personal consump5 tion acquired in Cuba. 

6 SEC. 3. EXCEPTION. 

7 The restrictions on authority contained in section 2 

8 do not apply in a case in which the United States is at 

9 war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two coun10 tries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the 

11 public health or the physical safety of United States trav12 elers. 

13 SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 

14 This Act applies to actions taken by the President 

15 before the date of the enactment of this Act which are 

16 in effect on such date of enactment, and to actions taken 

17 on or after such date. 

18 SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 

19 This Act applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of 

20 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

21 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and sec22 tion 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

23 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)). 

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