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Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2022. 

Scott M. Rosenbloom, 

Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

31 CFR Part 515 

Cuban Assets Control Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is amending the Cuban 

Assets Control Regulations to 

implement elements of the policy 

announced by the Administration on 

May 16, 2022 to increase support for the 

Cuban people. This rule authorizes 

group people-to-people educational 

travel to Cuba and removes certain 

restrictions on authorized academic 

educational activities, authorizes travel 

to attend or organize professional 

meetings or conferences in Cuba, 

removes the $1,000 quarterly limit on 

family remittances, and authorizes 

donative remittances to Cuba. These 

amendments also add or update several 

cross references. 

DATES: This rule is June 9, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or 

Assistant Director for Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622– 

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available on OFAC’s website: 

www.treas.gov/ofac. 

Background 

The Department of the Treasury 

issued the Cuban Assets Control 

Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (the 

‘‘Regulations’’), on July 8, 1963, under 

the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 

U.S.C. 4301–44). OFAC has amended 

the Regulations on numerous occasions. 

Today, OFAC, in consultation with the 

Department of State, is amending the 

Regulations to implement certain policy 

changes announced by the 

Administration on May 16, 2022 to 

increase support for the Cuban people, 

as set forth below. 

Professional meetings and 

conferences in Cuba. OFAC is amending 

the general license at § 515.564 to 

include an authorization for travelrelated and other transactions incident 

to travel to Cuba to attend or organize 

professional meetings or conferences in 

Cuba. OFAC is also amending and 

adding cross-references to § 515.564(a) 

in notes to §§ 515.534, 515.542, 515.547, 

515.572, 515.577, and 515.591. 

Group people-to-people educational 

travel and other academic educational 

activities. OFAC is amending the 

general license at § 515.565 to add an 

authorization for group people-topeople educational travel that takes 

place under the auspices of an 

organization that is subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction and that sponsors such 

exchanges to promote people-to-people 

contact, subject to certain restrictions. 

Such travelers must be accompanied by 

an employee, paid consultant, or agent 

of the sponsoring organization. Travelrelated transactions authorized pursuant 

to § 515.565(b) must be for the purpose 

of engaging, while in Cuba, in a fulltime schedule of activities that are 

intended to enhance contact with the 

Cuban people, support civil society in 

Cuba, or promote the Cuban people’s 

independence from Cuban authorities; 

and will result in meaningful 

interactions with individuals in Cuba. 

OFAC is also amending the general 

license at § 515.565 to remove certain 

restrictions on authorized academic 

educational activities. This amendment 

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OFAC is not authorizing travel-related 

transactions for travel to, from, or 

within Cuba for tourist activities, which 

are prohibited by statute. 

Remittances. OFAC is amending 

§ 515.570(a) to remove the $1,000 

quarterly limit on remittances to Cuban 

nationals who are close relatives. OFAC 

is also adding § 515.570(b) to authorize 

donative remittances to Cuban nationals 

who are not prohibited officials of the 

Government of Cuba, prohibited 

members of the Cuban Communist 

Party, or close relatives of a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba or 

prohibited member of the Cuban 

Communist Party. OFAC is also adding 

§ 515.570(h) authorizing the unblocking 

and return of blocked remittances, 

provided they would be authorized 

under § 515.570(a) or (b). 

Public Participation 

Because the Regulations involve a 

foreign affairs function, the provisions 

of Executive Order 12866 of September 

30, 1993, ‘‘Regulatory Planning and 

Review’’ (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), 

and the Administrative Procedure Act (5 

U.S.C. 553) requiring notice of proposed 

rulemaking, opportunity for public 

participation, and delay in effective date 

are inapplicable. Because no notice of 

proposed rulemaking is required for this 

rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collections of information related 

to the Regulations are contained in 31 

CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting, 

Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’) 

and § 515.572 of this part. Pursuant to 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3507), those collections of 

information have been approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget under 

control number 1505–0164, 1505–0167, 

and 1505–0168. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless the collection of 

information displays a valid control 

number. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 515 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Banks, banking, Blocking of 

assets, Cuba, Credit, Foreign trade, 

Penalties, Professional meetings, 

Remittances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Sanctions, 

Securities, Services, Travel restrictions. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, OFAC amends 31 CFR part 

515 as follows: 

PART 515—CUBAN ASSETS 

CONTROL REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 515 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2370(a), 6001–6010, 

7201–7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 4301– 

4341; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 

U.S.C. 2461 note); 22 U.S.C. 6021–6091; Pub. 

L. 105–277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 111–8, 

123 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 111–117, 123 Stat. 

3034; E.O. 9989, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1943– 

1948 Comp., p. 748; Proc. 3447, 27 FR 1085, 

3 CFR, 1959–1963 Comp., p. 157; E.O. 12854, 

58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 614. 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

§ 515.534 [Amended] 

■ 2. In note to § 515.534, after ‘‘certain 

items to Cuba’’ add ‘‘, and 

§ 515.564(a)(2) for a general license 

authorizing travel-related and other 

transactions incident to attending or 

organizing professional meetings in 

Cuba, which include professional 

meetings relating to the negotiation of 

contingent contracts authorized by this 

section’’. 

■ 3. Amend note 1 to § 515.542 by 

adding a sentence to the end to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.542 Mail and telecommunicationsrelated transactions. 

* * * * * 

Note 1 to § 515.541: * * * For an 

authorization of travel-related 

transactions that are directly incident to 

participation in professional meetings, 

including where such meetings relate to 

telecommunications services or other 

activities authorized by paragraphs (b) 

through (e) of this section, see 

§ 515.564(a). 

* * * * * 

§ 515.547 [Amended] 

■ 4. In note 2 to paragraph (a), after 

‘‘research’’ add ‘‘and professional 

meetings’’. 

§ 515.561 [Amended] 

■ 5. In § 515.561, in paragraph (a) 

introductory text, remove ‘‘§ 515.564(a)’’ 

and add in its place ‘‘§ 515.564(a)(1)’’ 

and remove ‘‘§ 515.565(a)(1)(i) through 

(iv) and (vi)’’ and add in its place 

‘‘§ 515.564(a)(1) through (4) and (6)’’. 

■ 6. Amend § 515.564 as follows: 

■ a. Redesignate paragraph (a) 

introductory text as paragraph (a)(1) and 

add a subject heading to newly 

designated paragraph (a)(1); 

■ b. Redesignate existing paragraph 

(a)(1) and paragraph (a)(2) as paragraphs 

(a)(1)(i) and (ii), respectively; 

■ c. In the heading for the example to 

§ 515.564(a), remove ‘‘§ 515.564(a)’’ and 

add in its place ‘‘paragraph (a)(1)’’; 

■ d. Redesignate note 1 to paragraph (a) 

as note 1 to paragraph (a)(1); 

■ e. Redesignate note 2 to paragraph (a) 

as note 3 to paragraph (a); 

■ f. Add new paragraph (a)(2); 

■ g. In the heading for the example to 

§ 515.564(b), remove ‘‘§ 515.564(b)’’ and 

add in its place ‘‘paragraph (b)’’; and 

■ h. In paragraph (e): 

■ i. Remove ‘‘either:’’; 

■ ii. Add ‘‘or professional meetings’’ 

after ‘‘professional research’’; 

■ iii. Remove ‘‘does’’ and add in its 

place ‘‘do’’; and 

■ iv. Remove ‘‘, or professional meetings 

or conferences in Cuba that are not 

otherwise authorized pursuant to other 

travel-related authorizations and relate 

to activities otherwise authorized 

pursuant to this part’’ and add a period 

in its place. 

The additions reads as follows: 

§ 515.564 Professional research and 

professional meetings in Cuba. 

(a) * * * 

(1) Professional research. * * * 

(2) Professional meetings. The travelrelated transactions set forth in 

§ 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

attendance at, or organization of, 

professional meetings or conferences in 

Cuba are authorized, provided that: 

(i) For a traveler attending a 

professional meeting or conference, the 

purpose of the meeting or conference 

directly relates to the traveler’s 

profession, professional background, or 

area of expertise, including area of 

graduate-level full-time study; 

(ii) For a traveler organizing a 

professional meeting or conference on 

behalf of an entity, either the traveler’s 

profession must be related to the 

organization of professional meetings or 

conferences or the traveler must be an 

employee or contractor of an entity that 

is organizing the professional meeting or 

conference; and 

(iii) The traveler’s schedule of 

activities does not include free time or 

recreation in excess of that consistent 

with a full-time schedule of attendance 

at, or organization of, professional 

meetings or conferences. 

Note 2 to paragraph (a)(2). 

Transactions incident to the 

organization of professional meetings or 

conferences include marketing related 

to such meetings or conferences in 

Cuba. 

* * * * * 

■ 7. Amend § 515.565 as follows: 

■ a. Revise paragraphs (a) and (b). 

■ b. Remove paragraphs (d) and (e). 


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■ c. Redesignate paragraphs (f), (g), and 

(h) as paragraphs (d), (e), and (f), 

respectively. 

■ d. In newly designated paragraph (d), 

remove ‘‘(a), (b), (d), or (e)’’ and add in 

its place ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 

■ e. In newly designated paragraph (f), 

remove ‘‘general license under 

paragraph (a)’’ and add in its place 

‘‘general licenses under paragraph (a) or 

(b)’’. 

The revisions read as follows: 

§ 515.565 Educational Activities 

(a) General license for educational 

activities. Persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction, including U.S. academic 

institutions and their faculty, staff, and 

students, are authorized to engage in the 

travel-related transactions set forth in 

§ 515.560(c), that are related to: 

(1) Participation in a structured 

educational program in Cuba as part of 

a course offered for credit by a U.S. 

graduate or undergraduate degreegranting academic institution that is 

sponsoring the program; 

(2) Noncommercial academic research 

in Cuba specifically related to Cuba and 

for the purpose of obtaining an 

undergraduate or graduate degree; 

(3) Participation in a formal course of 

study at a Cuban academic institution, 

provided the formal course of study in 

Cuba will be accepted for credit toward 

the student’s graduate or undergraduate 

degree; 

(4) Teaching at a Cuban academic 

institution related to an academic 

program at the Cuban institution, 

provided that the individual is regularly 

employed by a U.S. or other non-Cuban 

academic institution; 

(5) Sponsorship of a Cuban scholar to 

teach or engage in other scholarly 

activity at the sponsoring U.S. academic 

institution (in addition to those 

transactions authorized by the general 

license contained in § 515.571). 

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(5). See 

§ 515.571(a) for authorizations related to 

certain banking transactions and receipt 

of salary or other compensation by 

Cuban nationals present in the United 

States in a non-immigrant status or 

pursuant to other non-immigrant travel 

authorization issued by the U.S. 

government. 

(6) Educational exchanges sponsored 

by Cuban or U.S. secondary schools 

involving secondary school students’ 

participation in a formal course of study 

or in a structured educational program 

offered by a secondary school or other 

academic institution and led by a 

teacher or other secondary school 

official. This includes participation by a 

reasonable number of adult chaperones 

to accompany the secondary school 

students to Cuba. 

(7) Sponsorship or co-sponsorship of 

noncommercial academic seminars, 

conferences, symposia, and workshops 

related to Cuba or global issues 

involving Cuba and attendance at such 

events by faculty, staff, and students of 

a participating U.S. academic 

institution; 

(8) Establishment of academic 

exchanges and joint non-commercial 

academic research projects with 

universities or academic institutions in 

Cuba; 

(9) Provision of standardized testing 

services, including professional 

certificate examinations, university 

entrance examinations, and language 

examinations, and related preparatory 

services for such exams, to Cuban 

nationals, wherever located; 

(10) Provision of internet-based 

courses, including distance learning and 

Massive Open Online Courses, to Cuban 

nationals, wherever located, provided 

that the course content is at the 

undergraduate level or below; 

(11) The organization of, and 

preparation for, activities described in 

paragraphs (a)(1) through (10) of this 

section by employees or contractors of 

the sponsoring organization that is a 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction; or 

(12) Facilitation by an organization 

that is a person subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction, or a member of the staff of 

such an organization, of licensed 

educational activities in Cuba on behalf 

of U.S. academic institutions or 

secondary schools, provided that: 

(i) The organization is directly 

affiliated with one or more U.S. 

academic institutions or secondary 

schools; and 

(ii) The organization facilitates 

educational activities that meet the 

requirements of one or more of the 

general licenses set forth in paragraphs 

(a)(1) through (3) and (6) of this section. 

Note 2 to paragraph (a). See 

§ 515.560(c)(6) for an authorization for 

individuals to open and maintain 

accounts at Cuban financial institutions; 

see § 515.573 for an authorization for 

entities conducting educational 

activities authorized by this paragraph 

(a) to establish a physical presence in 

Cuba, including an authorization to 

open and maintain accounts at Cuban 

financial institutions. 

Note 3 to paragraph (a). The 

authorization in this paragraph extends 

to adjunct faculty and part-time staff of 

U.S. academic institutions. A student 

enrolled in a U.S. academic institution 

is authorized pursuant to paragraph 

(a)(1) of this section to participate in the 

academic activities in Cuba described 

above through any sponsoring U.S. 

academic institution. 

Note 4 to paragraph (a). The export 

or reexport to Cuba of items subject to 

the Export Administration Regulations 

(15 CFR parts 730 through 774) may 

require separate authorization from the 

Department of Commerce. 

Note 5 to paragraph (a). See 

§ 515.590(a) for an authorization for the 

provision of educational grants, 

scholarships, or awards to a Cuban 

national or in which Cuba or a Cuban 

national otherwise has an interest. 

(b) General license for people-topeople travel. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such additional transactions as are 

directly incident to educational 

exchanges not involving academic study 

pursuant to a degree program are 

authorized, provided that: 

(1) The exchanges take place under 

the auspices of an organization that is a 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction and 

that sponsors such exchanges to 

promote people-to-people contact; 

(2) Travel-related transactions 

pursuant to this authorization must be 

for the purpose of engaging, while in 

Cuba, in a full-time schedule of 

activities intended to enhance contact 

with the Cuban people, support civil 

society in Cuba, or promote the Cuban 

people’s independence from Cuban 

authorities; 

(3) Each traveler has a full-time 

schedule of educational exchange 

activities that will result in meaningful 

interaction between the traveler and 

individuals in Cuba; 

(4) An employee, paid consultant, or 

agent of the sponsoring organization 

accompanies each group traveling to 

Cuba to ensure that each traveler has a 

full-time schedule of educational 

exchange activities; and 

(5) The predominant portion of the 

activities engaged in by individual 

travelers is not with a prohibited official 

of the Government of Cuba, as defined 

in § 515.337, or a prohibited member of 

the Cuban Communist Party, as defined 

in § 515.338. 

(6) In addition to all other information 

required by § 501.601 of this chapter, 

entities sponsoring travel pursuant to 

the authorization in this paragraph (b) 

must retain records sufficient to 

demonstrate that each individual 

traveler has engaged in a full-time 

schedule of activities that satisfy the 

requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) 

through (5) of this section. Individuals 

may rely on the entity sponsoring the 

travel to satisfy their recordkeeping 

requirements with respect to the 

requirements of paragraphs (b)(1) 

through (5) of this section. These 


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records must be furnished to the Office 

of Foreign Assets Control on demand 

pursuant to § 501.602 of this chapter. 

Example 1 to paragraph (b): An 

organization wishes to sponsor and 

organize educational exchanges not 

involving academic study pursuant to a 

degree program for individuals to learn 

side-by-side with Cuban individuals in 

areas such as environmental protection 

or the arts. The travelers will have a 

full-time schedule of educational 

exchange activities that will result in 

meaningful interaction between the 

travelers and individuals in Cuba. The 

organization’s activities qualify for the 

general license. 

Example 2 to paragraph (b): An 

individual plans to travel to Cuba to 

participate in discussions with Cuban 

artists on community projects, 

exchanges with the founders of a youth 

arts program, and extended dialogue 

with local city planners and architects 

to learn about historical restoration 

projects in Old Havana. The individual 

traveler will have a full-time schedule of 

such educational exchange activities 

that result in meaningful interaction 

between the traveler and individuals in 

Cuba. The individual’s activities do not 

qualify for the general license for 

people-to-people travel because the 

individual is not traveling under the 

auspices of an organization that is a 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction and 

that sponsors such exchanges to 

promote people-to-people contact. The 

individual’s travel may qualify for the 

general license in § 515.574 (Support for 

the Cuban People) provided the 

individual meets all of its requirements. 

Note 6 to paragraph (b). An 

organization that sponsors and 

organizes trips to Cuba in which 

travelers engage in individually selected 

and/or self-directed activities would not 

qualify for the general license. 

Authorized trips are expected to be led 

by the organization and to have a fulltime schedule of activities in which the 

travelers will participate. 

Note 7 to paragraphs (a) and (b). 

Except as provided in paragraph (b)(6) 

of this section, each person relying on 

the general authorizations in these 

paragraphs, including entities 

sponsoring travel pursuant to the 

authorization in paragraph (b) of this 

section, must retain specific records 

related to the authorized travel 

transactions. See §§ 501.601 and 

501.602 of this chapter for applicable 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements. 

* * * * * 

■ 8. Amend § 515.570 as follows: 

■ a. Remove paragraph (a)(1); 

■ b. Redesignate paragraphs (a)(2) 

through (4) as paragraphs (a)(1) through 

(3), respectively; 

■ c. Add paragraph (b); 

■ d. In paragraph (d), remove 

‘‘§ 515.565(h)’’ in both places where it 

appears and add in its place 

‘‘§ 515.565(f)’’; and 

■ e. Add paragraph (h). 

The additions read as follows: 

§ 515.570 Remittances. 

(b) Donative remittances to Cuban 

nationals authorized. Persons subject to 

the jurisdiction of the United States are 

authorized to make donative 

remittances to Cuban nationals, 

provided that: 

(1) The remittances are not made from 

a blocked source; 

(2) The recipient is not a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba, as 

defined in § 515.337, a prohibited 

member of the Cuban Communist Party, 

as defined in § 515.338, a close relative, 

as defined in § 515.539, of a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba, or a 

close relative of a prohibited member of 

the Cuban Communist Party; 

(3) The remittances are not made for 

emigration-related purposes (which are 

addressed by paragraph (e) of this 

section); and 

(4) The remitter, if an individual, is 18 

years of age or older. 

* * * * * 

(h) Unblocking of certain previously 

blocked remittances authorized. 

Banking institutions, as defined in 

§ 515.314, are authorized to engage in 

all transactions necessary to unblock 

and return remittances if they would 

have qualified as authorized had they 

been sent under current paragraph (a) or 

(b) of this section, provided that persons 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction unblocking 

remittances originally blocked on or 

after August 25, 1997 pursuant to this 

section must submit a report to the 

Department of the Treasury, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Attn: Sanctions 

Compliance & Evaluation Division, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Freedman’s 

Bank Building, Washington, DC 20220 

within 10 business days from the date 

such remittances are released. Such 

reports shall include the following: 

(1) Where available, a copy of the 

original blocking report filed with 

OFAC pursuant to § 501.603(b)(1) of this 

chapter; 

(2) The date the unblocked remittance 

was released; 

(3) The amount of funds unblocked; 

(4) The name of the party to whom the 

remittance was released; and 

(5) A reference to this section as the 

legal authority under which the 

remittance was unblocked and returned. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Amend § 515.572 as follows: 

■ a. Redesignate note to paragraph (a)(5) 

as note 2 to paragraph (a)(5); 

■ b. Add note 3 to paragraph (a); and 

■ c. Redesignate note to § 515.572 as 

note 4 to § 515.572. 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 515.572 Provision of travel, carrier, other 

transportation-related, and remittance 

forwarding services. 

(a) * * * 

Note 3 to paragraph (a): Section 

515.564 authorizes employees, officials, 

consultants, or agents of persons subject 

to U.S. jurisdiction providing travel or 

carrier services or remittance forwarding 

services authorized pursuant to this part 

to engage in the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such additional transactions as are 

directly incident to travel to Cuba for 

professional meetings in Cuba, such as 

those related to safety and security of 

flights to and from Cuba, or necessary to 

arrange for travel or carrier services or 

remittance forwarding to Cuba. 

* * * * * 

■ 10. Amend § 515.577 by redesignating 

paragraph (e) as paragraph (f) and 

adding new paragraph (e). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 515.577 Authorized transactions 

necessary and ordinarily incident to 

publishing. 

* * * * * 

(e) Section 515.564(a)(2) authorizes 

the travel-related transactions set forth 

in § 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions that are directly incident to 

attendance at or organization of 

professional meetings that are necessary 

and ordinarily incident to the 

publishing and marketing of written 

publications. 

* * * * * 

§ 515.591 [Amended] 

■ 11. In note 2 to § 515.591, after 

‘‘professional research’’, add ‘‘and 

professional meetings’’. 

Andrea M. Gacki, 

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 

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