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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1886 

To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2011 

Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. STARK, Ms. RICHARDSON, 

Ms. LEE of California, Ms. BASS of California, and Mr. POLIS) 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 2011’’. 

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 


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

2 such travel as specified in subsection (b). The President 

3 shall rescind all regulations in effect on the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act that so regulate or prohibit such 

5 travel or transactions. 

6 (b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para8 graph (2), the transactions referred to in subsection 

9 (a) are— 

10 (A) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

11 travel to or from Cuba, including the importa12 tion into Cuba or the United States of accom13 panied baggage for personal use only; 

14 (B) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

15 travel or maintenance within Cuba, including 

16 the payment of living expenses and the acquisi17 tion of goods or services for personal use; 

18 (C) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

19 the arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of 

20 travel to, from, or within Cuba; 

21 (D) any transactions incident to non22 scheduled air, sea, or land voyages, except that 

23 this paragraph does not authorize the carriage 

24 of articles into Cuba or the United States ex25 cept accompanied baggage; and 


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1 (E) normal banking transactions incident 

2 to the activities described in the preceding pro3 visions of this subsection, including the 

4 issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of 

5 checks, drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit 

6 card instruments, or similar instruments. 

7 (2) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section 

8 shall be construed as authorizing the importation 

9 into the United States of any goods for personal 

10 consumption acquired in Cuba. 

11 SEC. 3. EXCEPTION. 

12 The restrictions on authority described in section 2 

13 shall not apply in a case in which— 

14 (1) the United States is at war with Cuba; 

15 (2) armed hostilities between the two countries 

16 are in progress; or 

17 (3) there is imminent danger to the public 

18 health or the physical safety of United States trav19 elers. 

20 SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 

21 This Act applies to actions taken by the President 

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

23 in effect on such date, and to actions taken on or after 

24 such date. 


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1 SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 

2 This Act applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of 

3 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

4 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and sec5 tion 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

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

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