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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 871 

To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 

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 2013’’. 

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 as specified in subsection (b). The President 


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

2 enactment of this Act that so regulate or prohibit such 

3 travel or transactions. 

4 (b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), the transactions referred to in subsection 

7 (a) are— 

8 (A) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

9 travel to or from Cuba, including the importa10 tion into Cuba or the United States of accom11 panied baggage for personal use only; 

12 (B) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

13 travel or maintenance within Cuba, including 

14 the payment of living expenses and the acquisi15 tion of goods or services for personal use; 

16 (C) any transactions ordinarily incident to 

17 the arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of 

18 travel to, from, or within Cuba; 

19 (D) any transactions incident to non20 scheduled air, sea, or land voyages, except that 

21 this paragraph does not authorize the carriage 

22 of articles into Cuba or the United States ex23 cept accompanied baggage; and 

24 (E) normal banking transactions incident 

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1 visions of this subsection, including the 

2 issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of 

3 checks, drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit 

4 card instruments, or similar instruments. 

5 (2) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section 

6 shall be construed as authorizing the importation 

7 into the United States of any goods for personal 

8 consumption acquired in Cuba. 

9 SEC. 3. EXCEPTION. 

10 The restrictions on authority described in section 2 

11 shall not apply in a case in which— 

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

13 (2) armed hostilities between the two countries 

14 are in progress; or 

15 (3) there is imminent danger to the public 

16 health or the physical safety of United States trav17 elers. 

18 SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 

19 This Act applies to actions taken by the President 

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

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

22 such date. 

23 SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 

24 This Act applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of 

25 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 


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1 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and sec2 tion 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

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

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