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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4645 

To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities 

to Cuba and to end travel restrictions on all Americans to Cuba. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2010 

Mr. PETERSON (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. 

EMERSON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BERMAN, 

Mr. BERRY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CHILDERS, 

Mr. MINNICK, Mr. BOSWELL, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. MASSA, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 

KAGEN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. KIND, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, 

Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ROSS, Mr. TANNER, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. 

LEE of California, and Mr. BOUCHER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 

to the Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities to Cuba and to end travel restrictions 

on all Americans to Cuba. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Restriction Re3 form and Export Enhancement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en6 actment of this Act, and subject to subsection (b)— 

7 (1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, 

8 directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by 

9 United States citizens or lawful permanent resi10 dents, or any of the transactions incident to such 

11 travel; and 

12 (2) any regulation in effect on such date of en13 actment that regulates or prohibits travel to or from 

14 Cuba by United States citizens or lawful permanent 

15 residents or transactions incident to such travel shall 

16 cease to have any force or effect. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 

18 a case in which the United States is at war with Cuba, 

19 armed hostilities between the two countries are in 

20 progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health 

21 or the physical safety of United States travelers. 

22 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to actions 

23 taken by the President before the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act that are in effect on such date of enactment, 

25 and to actions taken on or after such date. 


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1 (d) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—The 

2 provisions of this section apply notwithstanding section 

3 102(h) of 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. 7210(b)). 

7 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE 

8 TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT EN9 HANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 

10 Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 

11 Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)(4)) 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

14 the end; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) the term ‘payment of cash in ad19 vance’ means, notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, the payment by the purchaser of an 

21 agricultural commodity or product and the re22 ceipt of such payment by the seller prior to— 

23 ‘‘(i) the transfer of title of such com24 modity or product to the purchaser; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the release of control of such 

2 commodity or product to the purchaser.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 

4 CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN5 STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 

6 REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 

7 OF 2000. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

9 President may not restrict direct transfers from a Cuban 

10 financial institution to a United States financial institu11 tion executed in payment for a product authorized for sale 

12 under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance13 ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

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