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Supplement No. 2 to Part 748— 

[Amended] 

■ 9. In Supplement No. 2 to part 748, 

remove and reserve paragraph (d). 

Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Penny Pritzker, 

Secretary of Commerce. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00590 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

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 policy changes announced 

by the President on December 17, 2014 

to further engage and empower the 

Cuban people. These amendments 

facilitate travel to Cuba for authorized 

purposes, facilitate the provision by 

travel agents and airlines of authorized 

travel services and the forwarding by 

certain entities of authorized 

remittances, raise the limit on certain 

categories of remittances to Cuba, allow 

U.S. financial institutions to open 

correspondent accounts at Cuban 

financial institutions to facilitate the 

processing of authorized transactions, 

authorize certain transactions with 

Cuban nationals located outside of 

Cuba, and allow a number of other 

activities related to, among other areas, 

telecommunications, financial services, 

trade, and shipping. These amendments 

also implement certain technical and 

conforming changes. 

DATES: Effective: January 16, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202/622–2480, Assistant Director for 

Policy, tel.: 202/622–6746, Assistant 

Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel: 202/ 

622–4855, Assistant Director for 

Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, 

tel.: 202/622–2490, Office of Foreign 

Assets Control, or Chief Counsel 

(Foreign Assets Control), tel.: 202/622– 

2410, Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of the Treasury (not toll free 

numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treasury.gov/ofac). Certain general 

information pertaining to OFAC’s 

sanctions programs also is available via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-ondemand service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

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. App. 5 et seq.). OFAC has 

amended the Regulations on numerous 

occasions. Notably, on September 3, 

2009, OFAC amended the Regulations to 

implement measures announced by the 

President on April 13, 2009 to promote 

democracy and human rights in Cuba by 

easing travel restrictions to facilitate 

greater contact between separated 

family members in the United States 

and Cuba and by increasing the flow of 

remittances and information to the 

Cuban people. On January 28, 2011, 

OFAC further amended the Regulations 

to implement certain policy changes 

announced by the President on January 

14, 2011 designed to increase people-topeople contact, support civil society in 

Cuba, enhance the free flow of 

information to, from, and among the 

Cuban people, and help promote their 

independence from Cuban authorities. 

These amendments allowed for greater 

licensing of travel to Cuba for 

educational, cultural, religious, and 

journalistic activities and expanded 

licensing of remittances to Cuba. These 

amendments also modified regulations 

regarding authorization of transactions 

with Cuban nationals who have taken 

up permanent residence outside of Cuba 

and implemented certain technical and 

conforming changes. 

OFAC is now amending the 

Regulations to implement certain policy 

changes announced by the President on 

December 17, 2014 to further engage 

and empower the Cuban people. These 

amendments facilitate travel to Cuba for 

authorized purposes, facilitate the 

provision by travel agents and airlines 

of authorized travel services and the 

forwarding by certain entities of 

authorized remittances, raise the limit 

on remittances to Cuba, allow U.S. 

financial institutions to open 

correspondent accounts at Cuban 

financial institutions to facilitate the 

processing of authorized transactions, 

authorize certain transactions with 

Cuban nationals outside of Cuba, and 

allow a number of other activities 

related to, among other areas, 

telecommunications, financial services, 

trade, and shipping. These amendments 

also implement certain technical and 

conforming changes. 

Travel to Cuba for authorized 

purposes. OFAC is amending sections 

515.533, 515.545, 515.560 through 

515.567, and 515.574 through 515.576 

to authorize travel-related transactions 

and other transactions incident to 

activities within the 12 existing travel 

categories in OFAC’s regulations—such 

as for educational activities (including 

people-to-people travel), journalistic 

and religious activities, professional 

meetings, and humanitarian projects— 

without the need for case-by-case 

specific licensing, while continuing not 

to authorize travel for tourist activities, 

which is prohibited by statute. The 

authorizations contain certain 

restrictions appropriate to each category 

of activities. 

Travel services. OFAC is amending 

section 515.572 to permit persons 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including 

travel agents and airlines, to provide 

authorized travel and carrier services, 

and certain entities to forward 

authorized remittances, under 

conditions set forth below, without the 

need for specific licenses from OFAC. 

Remittances. OFAC is amending 

section 515.570 to raise from $500 to 

$2,000 per quarter the limits on 

remittances that may be sent to Cuban 

nationals, and to generally authorize, as 

is done now, as appropriate, on a caseby-case basis, without limitation, 

remittances for humanitarian projects, 

support for the Cuban people, and 

development of private business in 

Cuba. Section 515.560(c) is amended to 

raise to $10,000 the total amount of 

remittances that a traveler may carry to 

Cuba. 

Credit and debit cards, per diem, and 

importation of certain goods and 

services. OFAC is amending section 

515.560 and adding a new section 

515.584 to authorize the use of U.S. 

credit and debit cards in Cuba for travelrelated and other transactions consistent 

with section 515.560 and to allow U.S. 

financial institutions to enroll 

merchants and to process such 

transactions. OFAC also is amending 

section 515.560 to eliminate the per 

diem limitation on authorized travelers’ 

spending in Cuba, and to permit 

authorized travelers to import no more 

than $400 worth of goods from Cuba 

(including up to $100 in alcohol or 

tobacco products). 

Certain micro-financing, business, 

and commercial import activities. OFAC 

is amending section 515.575 to 

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activities and entrepreneurial and 

business training, such as for private 

businesses and agricultural operations. 

OFAC is adding new section 515.582 to 

authorize commercial imports of certain 

specified goods and services produced 

by independent Cuban entrepreneurs. 

Certain financial transactions. OFAC 

is adding a general license in new 

section 515.584 to authorize depository 

institutions to open correspondent 

accounts at Cuban financial institutions 

to facilitate the processing of authorized 

transactions and to permit U.S. financial 

institutions to reject and process certain 

funds transfer transactions. 

Regulatory interpretation of ‘‘cash in 

advance.’’ OFAC is amending section 

515.533 to revise the regulatory 

interpretation of ‘‘cash in advance’’ from 

‘‘cash before shipment’’ to ‘‘cash before 

transfer of title and control’’ to allow 

expanded financing options for 

authorized exports to Cuba. 

Telecommunications. In order to 

better provide efficient and adequate 

telecommunications services between 

the United States and Cuba, OFAC is 

amending section 515.542 to generally 

authorize transactions that establish 

mechanisms to provide commercial 

telecommunications services linking 

third countries and Cuba and in Cuba. 

OFAC is amending section 515.578 to 

authorize persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction to provide additional 

services incident to internet-based 

communications and related to certain 

exportations and reexportations of 

communications items. 

Certain transactions with Cuban 

nationals located outside of Cuba. 

OFAC is adding new section 515.585 to 

authorize U.S.-owned or -controlled 

entities in third countries to provide, 

with some limitations, goods and 

services to Cuban nationals in third 

countries. OFAC is amending section 

515.505 to unblock accounts of Cuban 

nationals who have permanently 

relocated outside of Cuba. OFAC is 

amending section 515.579 to authorize 

funds transfers through the United 

States for the personal expenditures of 

employees, grantees, and contractors, 

and persons who share a common 

dwelling as a family member of such 

employees, grantees, and contractors, of 

third-country official missions in Cuba 

or any intergovernmental organization 

in which the United States is a member 

or holds observer status in Cuba. OFAC 

is adding new section 515.581 to 

authorize persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction to sponsor and participate 

in third-country professional meetings 

and conferences that are attended by 

Cuban nationals, and new section 

515.583 to permit the provision of 

certain goods and services to Cuban 

national sailors sequestered aboard 

ships in U.S. ports. 

Official government business. OFAC 

is amending section 515.562 to expand 

an existing authorization to cover all 

Cuba-related transactions by employees, 

grantees, and contractors of the U.S. 

Government, foreign governments, and 

certain international organizations in 

their official capacities. 

Cuban official missions. To facilitate 

the reestablishment of diplomatic 

relations with Cuba, OFAC is adding 

new section 515.586 to authorize 

transactions with Cuban official 

missions and their employees in the 

United States. 

Other transactions. OFAC is adding 

new section 515.580 to authorize 

insurance companies to offer global 

insurance policies that cover thirdcountry nationals traveling to Cuba. 

OFAC is amending section 515.550 to 

authorize foreign vessels to enter the 

United States after engaging in certain 

trade with Cuba. 

Public Participation 

Because the amendments of the 

Regulations involve a foreign affairs 

function, Executive Order 12866 and the 

provisions of 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’’). 

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. 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, Banking, Blocking of assets, 

Cuba, Remittances, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Travel 

restrictions. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control amends 31 CFR part 515 as set 

forth below: 

PART 515—CUBAN ASSETS 

CONTROL REGULATIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 515 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 

2370(a), 6001–6010, 7201–7211; 31 U.S.C. 

321(b); 50 U.S.C. App 1–44; Pub. L. 101–410, 

104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 

104–114, 110 Stat. 785 (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. 9193, 7 FR 5205, 3 CFR, 

1938–1943 Comp., p. 1174; 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 B—Prohibitions 

§ 515.207 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 515.207, revise the Note to the 

section to read as follows: 

* * * * * 

Note to § 515.207: For the waiver of the 

prohibitions contained in this section for 

vessels engaged in certain trade with Cuba, 

see § 515.550. 

Subpart C—General Definitions 

■ 3. Revise § 515.307 to read as follows: 

§ 515.307 Unblocked national. 

Any person licensed pursuant to 

§ 515.505 as an unblocked national 

shall, while so licensed, be regarded as 

a person who is not a national of any 

designated foreign country. 

■ 4. In § 515.329, revise the section 

heading and introductory text to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.329 Person subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States; person 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction. 

The terms person subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States and 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

include: 

* * * * * 

Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations, 

and Statements of Licensing Policy 

■ 5. Revise § 515.505 to read as follows: 

§ 515.505 Certain Cuban nationals 

unblocked. 

(a) General license unblocking certain 

persons. The following persons are 

licensed as unblocked nationals, as that 

term is defined in § 515.307 of this part: 

(1) Any individual national of Cuba 

who: 

(i) Has taken up residence in the 

United States; and 

(ii) Is a United States citizen; is a 

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United States; has applied to become a 

lawful permanent resident alien of the 

United States and has an adjustment of 

status application pending; or is 

lawfully present and intending to 

lawfully remain in the United States on 

a permanent basis; and 

(iii) Is not a prohibited official of the 

Government of Cuba, as defined in 

§ 515.337 of this part, or a prohibited 

member of the Cuban Communist Party, 

as defined in § 515.338 of this part. 

(2) Any individual national of Cuba 

who has taken up permanent residence 

outside of Cuba, provided that the 

required documentation specified in 

paragraph (c) of this section is obtained 

and the individual is not a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba, as 

defined in § 515.337 of this part, or a 

prohibited member of the Cuban 

Communist Party, as defined in 

§ 515.338 of this part; and 

(3) Any entity that otherwise would 

be a national of Cuba solely because of 

the interest therein of one or more 

persons licensed in this paragraph (a) as 

an unblocked national. 

Note to § 515.505(a): An individual 

unblocked pursuant to this paragraph does 

not become blocked again merely by leaving 

the United States or the country in which he 

or she has taken up permanent residence. An 

individual unblocked national remains 

unblocked unless and until the individual 

thereafter becomes domiciled in or a 

permanent resident of Cuba. 

(b) General license unblocking 

blocked accounts. Banking institutions, 

as defined in § 515.314, including U.S. 

registered brokers or dealers in 

securities and U.S. registered money 

transmitters, are authorized to unblock 

any blocked account, as defined in 

§ 515.319, that had been previously 

blocked solely because of the interest 

therein of one or more persons licensed 

in paragraph (a) of this section as 

unblocked nationals. 

(c) Required documentation. In 

determining whether an individual 

national of Cuba qualifies as an 

unblocked national under paragraph 

(a)(2) of this section, persons subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction must obtain evidence 

demonstrating that the individual 

satisfies the requirements of that 

paragraph. Such evidence may include 

copies of documents issued by 

government authorities demonstrating 

citizenship or lawful permanent 

residence in a third country. These 

could include, depending on the 

information provided in the document 

in question, a passport, voter 

registration card, permanent resident 

alien card, national identity card, or 

other similar documents. Where such 

documents are unavailable, persons 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction may also rely 

on evidence that the individual has 

been resident for the past two years 

without interruption in a single country 

outside of Cuba, or a sworn statement or 

other evidence that the individual does 

not intend to, or would not be welcome 

to, return to Cuba. 

(d) For the purposes of paragraph 

(a)(1) of this section, the term ‘‘lawfully 

present and intending to lawfully 

remain in the United States on a 

permanent basis’’ includes an 

individual with a pending application 

for asylum or who has been paroled into 

the United States under Cuban Parole or 

Cuban Medical designations. It does not 

include anyone present in the United 

States in a non-immigrant status. 

Note to § 515.505: See § 515.571 for the 

authorization of certain limited transactions 

incident to travel to, from, and within the 

United States by Cuban nationals who are 

present in the United States in a nonimmigrant status or pursuant to other nonimmigrant travel authorization issued by the 

U.S. government. 

■ 6. Amend § 515.533 by revising the 

the section heading and paragraph 

(a)(2), redesignating the Note to 

paragraph (b) as the Note to § 515.533(b) 

and revising it, revising paragraphs (d) 

and (e), and removing paragraphs (f) and 

(g) to read as follows: 

§ 515.533 Exportations from the United 

States to Cuba; reexportations of 100% 

U.S.-origin items to Cuba; negotiation of 

executory contracts. 

(a) * * * 

(2) Only the following payment and 

financing terms may be used: 

(i) Payment of cash in advance. For 

the purposes of this section, the term 

‘‘payment of cash in advance’’ shall 

mean payment before the transfer of title 

to, and control of, the exported items to 

the Cuban purchaser; or 

(ii) Financing by a banking institution 

located in a third country provided the 

banking institution is not a designated 

national, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. 

permanent resident alien, or an entity 

organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the 

United States (including any foreign 

branch of such an entity). Such 

financing may be confirmed or advised 

by a U.S. banking institution. 

* * * * * 

Note to § 515.533(b): This paragraph does 

not authorize transactions related to travel to, 

from, or within Cuba. See paragraph (d) for 

a general license addressing such 

transactions, and paragraph (e) with respect 

to specific licenses. 

* * * * * 

(d) General license for travel-related 

transactions incident to sales of certain 

items. The travel-related transactions set 

forth in § 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

the conduct of market research, 

commercial marketing, sales 

negotiation, accompanied delivery, or 

servicing in Cuba of items consistent 

with the export or reexport licensing 

policy of the Department of Commerce 

are authorized, provided that the 

traveler’s schedule of activities does not 

include free time or recreation in excess 

of that consistent with a full-time 

schedule. 

(e) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

the exportation and reexportation of 

items to Cuba when such transactions 

do not qualify for the general license 

under paragraph (d) of this section. 

■ 7. Revise § 515.542 to read as follows: 

§ 515.542 Mail and telecommunicationsrelated transactions. 

(a) All transactions, including 

payments, incident to the receipt or 

transmission of mail between the United 

States and Cuba by persons subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction are authorized. 

(b) All transactions, including 

payments, incident to the provision of 

telecommunications services related to 

the transmission or the receipt of 

telecommunications involving Cuba, 

including the entry into and 

performance under roaming service 

agreements with telecommunications 

services providers in Cuba, by persons 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction are 

authorized. This paragraph does not 

authorize any transactions addressed in 

paragraphs (c) or (d) of this section, nor 

does it authorize the entry into or 

performance of a contract with or for the 

benefit of any particular individual in 

Cuba. 

(c) All persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction are authorized to enter into, 

and make payments under, contracts 

with telecommunications service 

providers, or particular individuals in 

Cuba, for telecommunications services 

provided to particular individuals in 

Cuba, provided that such individuals in 

Cuba are not prohibited officials of the 

Government of Cuba, as defined in 

§ 515.337 of this part, or prohibited 

members of the Cuban Communist 

Party, as defined in § 515.338 of this 

part. The authorization in this 

paragraph includes payment for 

activation, installation, usage (monthly, 

pre-paid, intermittent, or other), 

roaming, maintenance, and termination 

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(d) General license for 

telecommunications facilities. 

Transactions, including payments, 

incident to the establishment of 

facilities, including fiber-optic cable and 

satellite facilities, to provide 

telecommunications services linking the 

United States or third countries and 

Cuba, including facilities to provide 

telecommunications services in Cuba, 

are authorized. 

(e) Any entity subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction relying on paragraph (b), (c), 

or (d) of this section shall notify OFAC 

in writing within 30 days after 

commencing or ceasing to offer such 

services, as applicable, and shall furnish 

by January 15 and July 15 of each year 

semiannual reports providing the total 

amount of all payments made to Cuba 

or a third country related to any of the 

services authorized by this section 

during the prior six months. These 

notifications and reports must be 

captioned ‘‘Section 515.542 

Notification’’ or ‘‘Section 515.542 

Report’’ and faxed to 202/622–6931 or 

mailed to the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Attn: Regulatory Affairs 

Division, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Annex, Washington, DC 20220. 

(f) For purposes of this section, the 

term ‘‘telecommunications services’’ 

includes data, telephone, telegraph, 

internet connectivity, radio, television, 

news wire feeds, and similar services, 

regardless of the medium of 

transmission, including transmissions 

by satellite. 

(g) Nothing in this section authorizes 

the exportation or reexportation of any 

items to Cuba. For the rules related to 

authorization of exports and reexports 

to Cuba, see §§ 515.533 and 515.559. 

(h) Nothing in this section authorizes 

transactions related to travel to, from, or 

within Cuba. 

Note 1 to § 515.542: For an authorization 

of travel-related transactions that are directly 

incident to the conduct of market research, 

commercial marketing, sales negotiation, 

accompanied delivery, or servicing in Cuba 

of items consistent with the export or 

reexport policy of the Department of 

Commerce, see § 515.533(d). For an 

authorization of travel-related transactions 

that are directly incident to participation in 

professional meetings, including where such 

meetings are for the market research for, 

commercial marketing of, sales negotiation 

for, accompanied delivery of, servicing of, or 

performance under contracts for the 

provision of telecommunications services, or 

the establishment of facilities to provide 

telecommunications services, authorized by 

paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) of this section, see 

§ 515.564(a). 

Note 2 to § 515.542: For an authorization 

of certain internet-related services, see 

§ 515.578. 

■ 8. Amend § 515.545 by revising 

paragraph (b) and adding new paragraph 

(c) to read as follows: 

§ 515.545 Transactions related to 

information and informational materials. 

* * * * * 

(b) General license. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such additional transactions as are 

directly incident to the exportation, 

importation, or transmission of 

information or informational materials 

as defined in § 515.332 are authorized, 

provided that the traveler’s schedule of 

activities does not include free time or 

recreation in excess of that consistent 

with a full-time schedule. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

information and informational materials 

that do not qualify for the general 

license under paragraph (b) of this 

section. 

* * * * * 

■ 9. Revise § 515.548 to read as follows: 

§ 515.548 Services rendered by Cuba to 

United States aircraft. 

The receipt of services from Cuba and 

payment to Cuba of charges for services 

rendered by Cuba in connection with 

overflights of Cuba or emergency 

landings in Cuba by aircraft registered 

in the United States or owned or 

controlled by, or chartered to, persons 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction are 

authorized. 

■ 10. Revise § 515.549 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.549 Bank accounts and other 

property of non-Cuban decedents in Cuba 

on or after July 8, 1963. 

Specific licenses may be issued 

authorizing the administration of the 

estates of non-Cuban decedents who 

died in Cuba on or after July 8, 1963, 

provided that any distribution to a 

blocked national of Cuba is made by 

deposit in a blocked account in a 

domestic bank in the name of the 

blocked national. 

■ 11. Revise § 515.550 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.550 Certain vessel transactions 

authorized. 

Unless a vessel is otherwise engaging 

or has otherwise engaged in transactions 

that would prohibit entry pursuant to 

§ 515.207, § 515.207 shall not apply to a 

vessel that is: 

(a) Engaging or has engaged in trade 

with Cuba authorized pursuant to 

§ 515.533 or § 515.559; 

(b) Engaging or has engaged in trade 

with Cuba that is exempt from the 

prohibitions of this part (see § 515.206); 

(c) Engaging or has engaged in the 

exportation or re-exportation to Cuba 

from a third country of agricultural 

commodities, medicine, or medical 

devices that would be designated as 

EAR99 under the Export Administration 

Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.), if 

they were located in the United States; 

or 

(d) A foreign vessel that has entered 

a port or place in Cuba while carrying 

students, faculty, and staff that are 

authorized to travel to Cuba pursuant to 

§ 515.565(a). 

Note to § 515.550(d): This general license 

does not authorize vessels to transport 

persons between the United States and Cuba. 

See § 515.572(c). 

■ 12. Amend § 515.559 by revising the 

section heading, removing and reserving 

paragraph (b)(2), adding new paragraphs 

(d) and (e), redesignating the Note to 

§ 515.559 as Note 1 to § 515.559, and by 

revising it, and by adding new Note 2 

to § 515.559 to read as follows: 

§ 515.559 Certain export and import 

transactions by U.S.-owned or -controlled 

foreign firms. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) [Reserved] 

* * * * * 

(d) General license. Travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are directly 

incident to market research, commercial 

marketing, sales negotiation, 

accompanied delivery, or servicing of 

exports that are consistent with the 

licensing policy under paragraph (a) of 

this section are authorized, provided 

that the traveler’s schedule of activities 

does not include free time or recreation 

in excess of that consistent with a fulltime schedule. 

(e) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

certain transactions by U.S.-owned or 

-controlled foreign firms with Cuba that 

do not qualify for the general license 

under paragraph (d) of this section. 

Note 1 to § 515.559: For authorization of 

the reexportation of U.S.-origin items, see 

§ 515.533. Transactions by U.S.-owned or 

-controlled foreign firms directly incident to 

the exportation of information or 

informational materials or the donation of 

food to nongovernmental entities or 

individuals in Cuba are exempt from the 

prohibitions of this part. See § 515.206. For 

the waiver of the prohibitions contained in 

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shipments of items pursuant to this section, 

see § 515.550. 

Note 2 to § 515.559: See § 515.585 for 

provisions related to certain transactions by 

U.S.-owned or -controlled firms in third 

countries with certain Cuban nationals. 

■ 13. Amend § 515.560 by revising 

paragraph (a), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4)(i), 

(c)(5), (d) introductory text, removing 

and reserving paragraph (e), and adding 

Notes 1, 2, and 3 to § 515.560 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.560 Travel-related transactions to, 

from, and within Cuba by persons subject 

to U.S. jurisdiction. 

(a) The travel-related transactions 

listed in paragraph (c) of this section 

may be authorized either by a general 

license or on a case-by-case basis by a 

specific license for travel related to the 

following activities (see the referenced 

sections for the applicable general and 

specific licensing criteria): 

(1) Family visits (see § 515.561); 

(2) Official business of the U.S. 

government, foreign governments, and 

certain intergovernmental organizations 

(see § 515.562); 

(3) Journalistic activity (see 

§ 515.563); 

(4) Professional research and 

professional meetings (see § 515.564); 

(5) Educational activities (see 

§ 515.565); 

(6) Religious activities (see § 515.566); 

(7) Public performances, clinics, 

workshops, athletic and other 

competitions, and exhibitions (see 

§ 515.567); 

(8) Support for the Cuban people (see 

§ 515.574); 

(9) Humanitarian projects (see 

§ 515.575); 

(10) Activities of private foundations 

or research or educational institutes (see 

§ 515.576); 

(11) Exportation, importation, or 

transmission of information or 

informational materials (see § 515.545); 

and 

(12) Certain export transactions that 

may be considered for authorization 

under existing Department of Commerce 

regulations and guidelines with respect 

to Cuba or engaged in by U.S.-owned or 

-controlled foreign firms (see §§ 515.533 

and 515.559). 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(2) Living expenses in Cuba. All 

transactions ordinarily incident to travel 

within Cuba, including payment of 

living expenses and the acquisition in 

Cuba of goods for personal consumption 

there, are authorized. 

(3) Importation of Cuban 

merchandise. The purchase or other 

acquisition in Cuba and importation as 

accompanied baggage into the United 

States of merchandise with a value not 

to exceed $400 per person are 

authorized, provided that no more than 

$100 of the merchandise consists of 

alcohol or tobacco products and the 

merchandise is imported for personal 

use only. The importation of Cubanorigin information and informational 

materials is exempt from the 

prohibitions of this part, as described in 

§ 515.206. The importation of certain 

other specified goods and services is 

authorized in § 515.582. 

(4) * * * 

(i) The total of all remittances 

authorized by § 515.570(a) through (d) 

does not exceed $10,000; and 

* * * * * 

(5) Processing certain financial 

instruments. All transactions incident to 

the processing and payment of credit 

cards, debit cards, stored value cards, 

checks, drafts, travelers’ checks, and 

similar instruments used or negotiated 

in Cuba by any person authorized 

pursuant to this part to engage in 

financial transactions in Cuba are 

authorized. Persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction may rely on the traveler 

with regard to compliance with this 

paragraph, provided that such persons 

do not know or have reason to know 

that a transaction is not authorized by 

this section. 

Note to § 515.560(c)(5): Please see 

§ 515.584 for additional provisions related to 

the processing and payment of credit and 

debit card transactions. 

(d) A blocked Cuban national 

permanently resident in Cuba who is 

departing the United States may carry 

currency as follows: 

* * * * * 

(e) [Reserved] 

* * * * * 

Note 1 to § 515.560: Each person relying on 

the general authorization in 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. 

Note 2 to § 515.560: This section authorizes 

the provision of health insurance-, life 

insurance-, and travel insurance-related 

services to authorized travelers, as well as the 

receipt of emergency medical services and 

the making of payments related thereto. 

Note 3 to § 515.560: The export or reexport 

to Cuba of items subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR et seq.) 

may require separate authorization from the 

Department of Commerce. 

■ 14. Revise § 515.561 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.561 Family visits. 

(a) General license. Persons subject to 

the jurisdiction of the United States and 

persons traveling with them who share 

a common dwelling as a family with 

them are authorized to engage in the 

travel-related transactions set forth in 

§ 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

visiting a close relative, as defined in 

§ 515.339, who is a national of Cuba; a 

person ordinarily resident in Cuba; a 

person located in Cuba pursuant to the 

authorizations in § 515.565(a)(1) 

through (4) (educational activities), 

provided that the authorized traveler 

will be in Cuba for more than 60 days; 

or a person located in Cuba pursuant to 

the authorization in § 515.562 (official 

government business). 

Note to § 515.561(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

family visits that do not qualify for the 

general license under paragraph (a) of 

this section. 

(c) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

■ 15. Revise § 515.562 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.562 Official business of the U.S. 

government, foreign governments, and 

certain intergovernmental organizations. 

(a) The travel-related transactions set 

forth in § 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

activities in their official capacities by 

persons who are employees, contractors, 

or grantees of the United States 

Government, any foreign government, or 

any intergovernmental organization of 

which the United States is a member or 

holds observer status, and who are 

traveling on the official business of their 

government or intergovernmental 

organization, are authorized. 

(b) All transactions otherwise 

prohibited by this part that are for the 

conduct of the official business of the 

United States Government or of any 

intergovernmental organization of 

which the United States is a member, or 

holds observer status, by employees, 

grantees, or contractors thereof, are 

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Note to § 515.562(a) and (b): Each person 

relying on the general authorization in this 

paragraph must retain specific records 

related to the authorized travel transactions. 

For example, grantees or contractors relying 

on the authorization in this section must 

retain a copy of their grant or contract with 

the United States Government, foreign 

government, or intergovernmental 

organization. See §§ 501.601 and 501.602 of 

this chapter for applicable recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements. 

(c) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(d) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

official government business that do not 

qualify for the general licenses under 

paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. 

■ 16. Revise § 515.563 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.563 Journalistic activities in Cuba. 

(a) General license. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such additional transactions as are 

directly incident to journalistic 

activities in Cuba are authorized, 

provided that: 

(1) The traveler is at least one of the 

following: 

(i) Regularly employed as a journalist 

by a news reporting organization; 

(ii) Regularly employed as supporting 

broadcast or technical personnel; 

(iii) A freelance journalist with a 

record of previous journalistic 

experience working on a freelance 

journalistic project; or 

(iv) Broadcast or technical personnel 

with a record of previous broadcast or 

technical experience, who are 

supporting a freelance journalist 

working on a freelance journalistic 

project; and 

(2) The traveler’s schedule of 

activities does not include free time or 

recreation in excess of that consistent 

with a full-time schedule. 

Note to § 515.563(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

journalistic activity in Cuba that do not 

qualify for the general license under 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

■ 17. Revise § 515.564 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.564 Professional research and 

professional meetings in Cuba. 

(a) General license 

(1) Professional research. The travelrelated transactions set forth in 

§ 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

professional research are authorized, 

provided that: 

(i) The purpose of the research 

directly relates to the traveler’s 

profession, professional background, or 

area of expertise, including area of 

graduate-level full-time study; 

(ii) The traveler does not engage in 

recreational travel, tourist travel, travel 

in pursuit of a hobby, or research for 

personal satisfaction only; 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 professional 

research. 

Example to § 515.564(a)(1): The 

making of a documentary film in Cuba 

would qualify for the general license in 

this section if it is a vehicle for 

presentation of the research conducted 

pursuant to this section. 

Note to § 515.564(a)(1): A person does not 

qualify as engaging in professional research 

merely because that person is a professional 

who plans to travel to Cuba. 

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

§ 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

travel to Cuba to attend professional 

meetings or conferences in Cuba are 

authorized, provided that: 

(i) The purpose of the meeting or 

conference is not the promotion of 

tourism in Cuba; 

(ii) The purpose of the meeting 

directly relates to the traveler’s 

profession, professional background, or 

area of expertise, including area of 

graduate-level full-time study; 

(iii) The traveler does not engage in 

recreational travel, tourist travel, or 

travel in pursuit of a hobby; and 

(iv) 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 professional meetings or conferences. 

Note to § 515.564(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section of this section merely 

because some members of the group 

qualify individually. 

Example to § 515.564(b): A musicologist 

travels to Cuba to research Cuban music 

pursuant to the general license for 

professional research set forth in paragraph 

(a) of this section. Others who are simply 

interested in music may not engage in travelrelated transactions with the musicologist in 

reliance on this general license. For example, 

an art historian who plays in the same band 

with the musicologist would not qualify for 

the general license. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

professional research or professional 

meetings in Cuba that do not qualify for 

the general license under paragraph (a) 

of this section. 

■ 18. Revise § 515.565 to 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) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident 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, including the 

payment of a stipend or salary, of a 

Cuban scholar to teach or engage in 

other scholarly activity at the 

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addition to those transactions 

authorized by the general license 

contained in § 515.571). Such earnings 

may be remitted to Cuba as provided in 

§ 515.570 or carried on the person of the 

Cuban scholar returning to Cuba as 

provided in § 515.560(d)(3); 

Note to § 515.565(a)(5): See § 515.571(a) for 

authorizations related to certain banking 

transactions by Cuban nationals. 

(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, 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) The organization of, and 

preparation for, activities described in 

paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this 

section by members of the faculty and 

staff of the sponsoring U.S. academic 

institution or secondary school; or 

(9) 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; 

(ii) The organization facilitates 

educational activities that meet the 

requirements of one or more of the 

general licenses set forth in 

§ 515.565(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), and (a)(6); 

and 

(iii) The educational activities the 

organization facilitates in Cuba must, by 

prior agreement, be accepted for credit 

by the affiliated U.S. academic 

institution or approved by the affiliated 

secondary school. 

Note 1 to § 515.565(a): U.S. academic 

institutions or secondary schools engaging in 

activities authorized pursuant to this section 

are permitted to open and maintain accounts 

at Cuban financial institutions for the 

purpose of accessing funds in Cuba for 

transactions authorized pursuant to this 

section. 

Note 2 to § 515.565(a): This paragraph 

authorizes all members of the faculty and 

staff (including adjunct faculty and part-time 

staff) of the sponsoring U.S. academic 

institution to participate in the activities 

described in this paragraph. A student 

currently enrolled in a U.S. academic 

institution is authorized pursuant to this 

paragraph to participate in the academic 

activities in Cuba described above through 

any sponsoring U.S. academic institution. 

(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 individuals or 

entities acting for or on behalf of a 

prohibited official of the Government of 

Cuba, as defined in 31 CFR 515.337 of 

this part, or a prohibited member of the 

Cuban Communist Party, as defined in 

31 CFR 515.338 of this part. 

Example to § 515.565(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. 

Note to § 515.565(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 full-time schedule 

of activities in which the travelers will 

participate. 

Note to § 515.565(a) and (b): Each person 

relying on the general authorizations in these 

paragraphs, including entities sponsoring 

travel pursuant to the authorization in 

§ 515.565(b), 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. 

(c) Transactions related to activities 

that are primarily tourist-oriented, 

including self-directed educational 

activities that are intended only for 

personal enrichment, are not authorized 

pursuant to this section. 

(d) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

educational activities that do not qualify 

for the general licenses under paragraph 

(a) or (b) of this section. 

■ 19. Revise § 515.566 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.566 Religious activities in Cuba. 

(a) General license. Persons subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction, including religious 

organizations located in the United 

States and members and staff of such 

organizations, are authorized to engage 

in the travel-related transactions set 

forth in § 515.560(c) and such additional 

transactions as are directly incident to 

engaging in religious activities in Cuba, 

provided that the travel-related 

transactions pursuant to this 

authorization must be for the purpose of 

engaging, while in Cuba, in a full-time 

schedule of religious activities. 

Note to § 515.566(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) Financial and material donations 

to Cuba or Cuban nationals are not 

authorized by this section. 

Note to § 515.566(b): See § 515.570 

regarding authorized remittances to religious 

organizations in Cuba and for other purposes. 

See § 515.533 regarding the exportation of 

items from the United States to Cuba. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

religious activities that do not qualify 

for the general license under paragraph 

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Note to § 515.566: Religious organizations 

engaging in activities authorized pursuant to 

this section are permitted to open and 

maintain accounts at Cuban financial 

institutions for the purpose of accessing 

funds in Cuba for transactions authorized 

pursuant to this section. 

■ 20. Revise § 515.567 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.567 Public performances, clinics, 

workshops, athletic and other competitions, 

and exhibitions. 

(a) General license for amateur and 

semi-professional international sports 

federation competitions. The travelrelated transactions set forth in 

§ 515.560(c) and such other transactions 

as are directly incident to athletic 

competition by amateur or semiprofessional athletes or athletic teams 

traveling to participate in athletic 

competition in Cuba are authorized, 

provided that: 

(1) The athletic competition in Cuba 

is held under the auspices of the 

international sports federation for the 

relevant sport; 

(2) The U.S. participants in the 

athletic competition are selected by the 

U.S. federation for the relevant sport; 

and 

(3) The competition is open for 

attendance, and in relevant situations, 

participation, by the Cuban public. 

(b) General license for public 

performances, clinics, workshops, other 

athletic or non-athletic competitions, 

and exhibitions. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are directly 

incident to participation in a public 

performance, clinic, workshop, athletic 

competition not covered by paragraph 

(a) of this section, non-athletic 

competition, or exhibition in Cuba by 

participants in such activities are 

authorized, provided that: 

(1) The event is open for attendance, 

and in relevant situations participation, 

by the Cuban public; 

(2) All U.S. profits from the event 

after costs are donated to an 

independent nongovernmental 

organization in Cuba or a U.S.-based 

charity, with the objective, to the extent 

possible, of promoting people-to-people 

contacts or otherwise benefiting the 

Cuban people; and 

(3) Any clinics or workshops in Cuba 

must be organized and run, at least in 

part, by the authorized traveler. 

Example to § 515.567(a) and (b): An 

amateur baseball team wishes to travel to 

Cuba to compete against a Cuban team in a 

baseball game in Cuba. The game will not be 

held under the auspices of the international 

sports federation for baseball. The baseball 

team’s activities therefore would not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a). The 

game will, however, be open to the Cuban 

public and any profits after costs from the 

game will be donated to an independent nongovernmental organization in Cuba. The 

baseball team’s activities would qualify for 

the general license in paragraph (b). 

Note to § 515.567(a) and (b): Each person 

relying on the general authorizations in these 

paragraphs 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. 

(c) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

or (b) of this section merely because 

some members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(d) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

public performances, clinics, 

workshops, athletic and other 

competitions, and exhibitions that do 

not qualify for the general licenses 

under paragraphs (a) or (b) of this 

section. 

■ 21. Amend § 515.569 by adding a Note 

to § 515.569 to read as follows: 

§ 515.569 Foreign passengers’ baggage. 

* * * * * 

Note to § 515.569: Pursuant to 

§ 515.560(c)(3), a person other than a citizen 

or resident of the United States arriving in 

the United States on a trip that included 

Cuba is authorized to import as accompanied 

baggage alcohol or tobacco products 

purchased or otherwise acquired in Cuba 

with a value not to exceed $100 for personal 

use only. See § 515.560(c)(3). 

■ 22. Amend § 515.570 by revising 

paragraphs (b), (d), and (g), adding new 

paragraph (h), redesignating the Note to 

§ 515.570 as Note 1 to § 515.570 and 

revising it, and adding new Note 2 to 

§ 515.570 to read as follows: 

§ 515.570 Remittances. 

* * * * * 

(b) Periodic remittances authorized. 

Persons subject to the jurisdiction of the 

United States are authorized to make 

periodic remittances to Cuban nationals, 

provided that: 

(1) The remitter’s total remittances 

pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section 

to any one Cuban national do not 

exceed $2,000 in any consecutive threemonth period; 

(2) The remittances are not made from 

a blocked source; 

(3) The recipient is not a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba, as 

defined in § 515.337 of this part, or a 

prohibited member of the Cuban 

Communist Party, as defined in 

§ 515.338 of this part; 

(4) The remittances are not made for 

emigration-related purposes. 

Remittances for emigration-related 

purposes are addressed by paragraph (e) 

of this section; and 

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

years of age or older. 

* * * * * 

(d) Remittances to students in Cuba 

pursuant to an educational license 

authorized. Persons subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States who are 

18 years of age or older are authorized 

to make remittances to close relatives, as 

defined in § 515.339 of this part, who 

are students in Cuba pursuant to the 

general license authorizing certain 

educational activities in § 515.565(a) or 

a specific license issued pursuant to 

§ 515.565(d), provided that the 

remittances are not made from a blocked 

source and are for the purpose of 

funding transactions authorized by the 

general licenses in § 515.565(a) or the 

specific license issued pursuant to 

§ 515.565(d) under which the student is 

traveling. 

* * * * * 

(g) Remittances to certain individuals 

and independent non-governmental 

organizations in Cuba. Remittances by 

persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to 

individuals and independent nongovernmental entities in Cuba, 

including pro-democracy groups and 

civil society groups, and to members of 

such groups or organizations, are 

authorized for the following purposes, 

provided that the remittances are not 

made from a blocked source: 

(1) To support humanitarian projects 

in or related to Cuba that are designed 

to directly benefit the Cuban people, as 

set forth in § 515.575(b); 

(2) To support the Cuban people 

through activities of recognized human 

rights organizations, independent 

organizations designed to promote a 

rapid, peaceful transition to democracy, 

and activities of individuals and nongovernmental organizations that 

promote independent activity intended 

to strengthen civil society in Cuba; and 

(3) To support the development of 

private businesses, including small 

farms. 

(h) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the following: 

(1) Remittances by persons subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction to a person in Cuba, 

directly or indirectly, for transactions to 

facilitate non-immigrant travel by an 

individual in Cuba to the United States 

under circumstances where 

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including illness or other medical 

emergency. 

(2) Remittances from a blocked 

account to a Cuban national in excess of 

the amount specified in paragraph (f)(2) 

of this section. 

Note 1 to § 515.570: This section does not 

authorize investment with respect to Cuba. 

Note 2 to § 515.570: For the rules relating 

to the carrying of remittances to Cuba, see 

§ 515.560(c)(4). See § 515.572 for an 

authorization related to the collection or 

forwarding of certain remittances to Cuba. 

■ 23. Amend § 515.571 by revising the 

introductory text to paragraph (a), 

revising paragraph (a)(3) and the 

introductory text to paragraph (a)(5), 

adding a new Note to § 515.571(a)(5), 

adding a new Note to § 515.571(a), 

revising the introductory text to 

paragraph (b), and revising the Note to 

§ 515.571 to read as follows: 

§ 515.571 Certain transactions incident to 

travel to, from, and within the United States 

by Cuban nationals. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, the following 

transactions by or on behalf of a Cuban 

national who is present in the United 

States in a non-immigrant status or 

pursuant to other non-immigrant travel 

authorization issued by the U.S. 

government are authorized: 

* * * * * 

(3) All transactions on behalf of 

aircraft or vessels incident to flights or 

voyages between the United States and 

Cuba, provided that the carrier services 

are authorized pursuant to § 515.572. 

This paragraph does not authorize the 

carriage of any merchandise into the 

United States except accompanied 

baggage; and 

* * * * * 

(5) All transactions ordinarily 

incident to the Cuban national’s 

presence in the United States in a nonimmigrant status or other nonimmigrant travel authorization issued 

by the U.S. government. 

* * * * * 

Note to § 515.571(a)(5): This paragraph 

authorizes depository institutions to open 

and maintain accounts for a Cuban national 

who is present in the United States in a nonimmigrant status or pursuant to other nonimmigrant travel authorization for the 

duration of the Cuban national’s stay in the 

United States in such status, and to close 

such accounts prior to the departure of the 

Cuban national from the United States. 

Accounts that are not closed prior to the 

departure of such a Cuban national from the 

United States must be blocked and reported 

as such. 

Note to § 515.571(a): This paragraph 

authorizes the provision or receipt of 

emergency medical services and making or 

receipt of payment related thereto. 

(b) Payments and transfers of credit in 

the United States from blocked accounts 

in domestic banking institutions held in 

the name of a Cuban national who is 

present in the United States in a nonimmigrant status or pursuant to other 

non-immigrant travel authorization 

issued by the U.S. government to or 

upon the order of such Cuban national 

are authorized provided that: 

* * * * * 

Note to § 515.571: For the authorization of 

certain transactions by Cuban nationals who 

become U.S. citizens; are lawful permanent 

resident aliens of the United States; have 

applied to become a lawful permanent 

resident alien of the United States and have 

an adjustment of status application pending; 

or are lawfully present and intending to 

lawfully remain in the United States on a 

permanent basis, see § 515.505 of this part. 

■ 24. Revise § 515.572 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.572 Authorization to provide travel 

services, carrier services, and remittance 

forwarding services. 

(a) General licenses—(1) 

Authorization to provide travel services. 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are 

authorized to provide travel services in 

connection with travel-related 

transactions involving Cuba authorized 

pursuant to this part. 

(2) Authorization to provide carrier 

services. Persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction are authorized to provide 

carrier services by aircraft to, from, or 

within Cuba in connection with travel 

or transportation to Cuba of persons, 

baggage, or cargo authorized pursuant to 

this part. 

Note to § 515.572(a)(2): Carriage to or from 

Cuba of any item subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 

et seq.) may also require separate 

authorization from the Department of 

Commerce. See § 515.533. 

(3) Authorization to provide 

remittance forwarding services. Banking 

institutions, as defined in § 515.314, 

including U.S.-registered brokers or 

dealers in securities and U.S.-registered 

money transmitters, are authorized to 

provide services in connection with the 

collection or forwarding of remittances 

authorized pursuant to this part. 

Note to § 515.572(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. 

(b) Required reports and 

recordkeeping. (1) Persons subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction providing services 

authorized pursuant to this section must 

retain for at least five years from the 

date of the transaction a certification 

from each customer indicating the 

section of this part that authorizes the 

person to travel or send remittances to 

Cuba. In the case of a customer traveling 

under a specific license, a copy of the 

license must be maintained on file with 

the person subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

providing services authorized pursuant 

to this section. 

(2) The names and addresses of 

individual travelers or remitters, the 

number and amount of each remittance, 

and the name and address of each 

recipient, as applicable, must be 

retained on file with all other 

information required by § 501.601 of 

this chapter. These records must be 

furnished to the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control on demand pursuant to 

§ 501.602 of this chapter. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the provision of travel-, 

carrier-, or remittance forwardingservices other than those authorized by 

paragraph (a) of this section, including 

the transportation of authorized 

travelers by vessels. 

■ 25. Amend § 515.573 by revising the 

introductory text to paragraph (a), 

revising paragraph (c), removing 

paragraph (d), and adding new Note to 

§ 515.573 to read as follows: 

§ 515.573 Transactions by news 

organizations. 

(a) All transactions necessary for the 

establishment and operation of news 

bureaus in Cuba whose primary purpose 

is the gathering and dissemination of 

news to the general public are 

authorized, including such other 

transactions as are incident to the 

following: 

* * * * * 

(c) The hiring and employment of 

Cuban nationals in Cuba to provide 

reporting services or other services 

related to the gathering and 

dissemination of news is authorized. 

Note to § 515.573: The export or reexport 

to Cuba of items subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 

et seq.) may require separate authorization 

from the Department of Commerce. 

■ 26. Revise § 515.574 to read as 

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§ 515.574 Support for the Cuban People. 

(a) General license. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

other transactions that are intended to 

provide support for the Cuban people 

are authorized, provided that: 

(1) The activities are of: 

(i) Recognized human rights 

organizations; 

(ii) Independent organizations 

designed to promote a rapid, peaceful 

transition to democracy; or 

(iii) Individuals and nongovernmental organizations that 

promote independent activity intended 

to strengthen civil society in Cuba; and 

(2) The traveler’s schedule of 

activities does not include free time or 

recreation in excess of that consistent 

with a full-time schedule. 

Note to § 515.574(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

support for the Cuban people that do 

not qualify for the general license under 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

■ 27. Revise § 515.575 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.575 Humanitarian projects. 

(a) General license. Transactions, 

including the travel-related transactions 

set forth in § 515.560(c), that are related 

to the humanitarian projects in or 

related to Cuba that are designed to 

directly benefit the Cuban people as set 

forth in paragraph (b) are authorized, 

provided that the traveler’s schedule of 

activities does not include free time or 

recreation in excess of that consistent 

with a full-time schedule. 

Note to § 515.575(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) Authorized humanitarian projects. 

The following projects are authorized by 

paragraph (a) of this section: medical 

and health-related projects; construction 

projects intended to benefit legitimately 

independent civil society groups; 

environmental projects; projects 

involving formal or non-formal 

educational training, within Cuba or offisland, on the following topics: 

entrepreneurship and business, civil 

education, journalism, advocacy and 

organizing, adult literacy, or vocational 

skills; community-based grassroots 

projects; projects suitable to the 

development of small-scale private 

enterprise; projects that are related to 

agricultural and rural development that 

promote independent activity; 

microfinancing projects, except for 

loans, extensions of credit, or other 

financing prohibited by § 515.208; and 

projects to meet basic human needs. 

Example to § 515.575(b): A U.S. group of 

medical professionals that specializes in 

disease treatment wishes to support a 

community in Cuba by providing the latest 

techniques and literature in disease 

education and prevention directly to the 

Cuban people. Provided that the medical 

professionals in the group maintain a fulltime schedule related to disease education 

and prevention, these activities qualify for 

the general license. 

(c) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(d) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

humanitarian projects that do not 

qualify for the general license under 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

■ 28. Revise § 515.576 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.576 Activities of private foundations 

or research or educational institutes. 

(a) General license. The travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such additional transactions as are 

directly incident to activities by private 

foundations or research or educational 

institutes with an established interest in 

international relations to collect 

information related to Cuba for 

noncommercial purposes are 

authorized, provided that the traveler’s 

schedule of activities does not include 

free time or recreation in excess of that 

consistent with a full-time schedule. 

Example to § 515.576(a): A private 

research foundation that produces essays on 

international relations issues wishes to send 

a team made up of its employees and 

consultants to Cuba to collect information for 

a current study of the relationship that 

countries in the Western Hemisphere have 

with European countries. Provided that all of 

the employees and consultants on the team 

maintain a full-time schedule of activities 

relating to the collection of information for 

the study, these activities qualify for the 

general license. 

Note to § 515.576(a): Each person relying 

on the general authorization in this 

paragraph 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. 

(b) An entire group does not qualify 

for the general license in paragraph (a) 

of this section merely because some 

members of the group qualify 

individually. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

authorizing the travel-related 

transactions set forth in § 515.560(c) and 

such other transactions as are related to 

activities of private foundations or 

research or educational institutes that 

do not qualify for the general license 

under paragraph (a) of this section. 

■ 29. Revise § 515.578 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.578 Exportation and reexportation of 

certain internet-based services. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, the following 

transactions are authorized: 

(1) Certain internet-based services. 

The exportation or reexportation, 

directly or indirectly, from the United 

States or by a person subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction to Cuba of services incident 

to the exchange of communications over 

the internet, such as instant messaging, 

chat and email, social networking, 

sharing of photos and movies, web 

browsing, blogging, web hosting 

provided that it is not for the promotion 

of tourism, and domain name 

registration services. 

(2) Services related to certain 

exportations and reexportations. To the 

extent not authorized by paragraph 

(a)(1) of this section or by § 515.533, the 

exportation or reexportation of services, 

including software design, business 

consulting, and information technology 

management services (including cloud 

storage), that are related to the following 

items, or of services to install, repair 

(including repair training), or replace 

such items: 

(i) Items subject to the EAR. In the 

case of items subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 

CFR part 730 et seq.), items exported or 

reexported to Cuba pursuant to 15 CFR 

740.19 (License Exception Consumer 

Communication Devices (CCD)); 

(ii) Items not subject to the EAR 

because they are of foreign origin and 

are located outside the United States. In 

the case of items not subject to the EAR 

because they are of foreign origin and 

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that are exported, reexported, or 

provided, directly or indirectly, by a 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction to 

Cuba pursuant to a specific license 

issued under § 515.559, items that are of 

a type described in License Exception 

CCD provided that the items would be 

designated EAR99 if they were located 

in the United States or would meet the 

criteria for classification under the 

relevant ECCN specified in License 

Exception CCD if they were subject to 

the EAR; and 

(iii) Software not subject to the EAR 

because it is described in 15 CFR 

734.3(b)(3). In the case of software not 

subject to the EAR because it is 

described in 15 CFR 734.3(b)(3) that is 

exported, reexported, or provided, 

directly or indirectly, by a person 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction to Cuba, 

software that is of a type described in 

License Exception CCD. 

(3) Importation into the United States 

of certain items previously exported to 

Cuba. The importation into the United 

States of items described in paragraph 

(2)(i)–(iii) of this section by an 

individual entering the United States, 

directly or indirectly, from Cuba. 

(4) Exportation, reexportation, or 

provision of no cost services that are 

widely available to the public. The 

exportation or reexportation, directly or 

indirectly, from the United States or by 

persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, to a 

prohibited official of the Government of 

Cuba, as defined in § 515.337 of this 

part, or a prohibited member of the 

Cuban Communist Party, as defined in 

§ 515.338 of this part, or to 

organizations administered or 

controlled by the Government of Cuba 

or the Cuban Communist Party, of 

services described in paragraph (a)(1) of 

this section or services related to items 

exported or reexported pursuant to 

License Exception CCD, provided that 

such services are widely available to the 

public at no cost to the user. 

Note 1 to § 515.578(a): The export or 

reexport to Cuba of items subject subject to 

the Export Administration Regulations (15 

CFR part 730 et seq.) may require separate 

authorization from the Department of 

Commerce. 

Note 2 to § 515.578(a): For an authorization 

of transactions related to the provision of 

telecommunications services, see § 515.542. 

(b) This section does not authorize: 

(1) The direct or indirect exportation 

or reexportation of services with 

knowledge or reason to know that such 

services are intended for a prohibited 

official of the Government of Cuba, as 

defined in § 515.337 of this part, or a 

prohibited member of the Cuban 

Communist Party, as defined in 

§ 515.338 of this part, or to 

organizations administered or 

controlled by the Government of Cuba 

or the Cuban Communist Party, except 

for the services specified in paragraph 

(a)(4) of this section. 

(2) The direct or indirect exportation 

of any items to Cuba. 

Note to § 515.578(b)(2): For provisions 

related to transactions ordinarily incident to 

the exportation or reexportation of items, 

including software, to Cuba, see §§ 515.533 

and 515.559. 

(c) Specific licenses. Specific licenses 

may be issued on a case-by-case basis 

for the exportation of other internetbased services. 

■ 30. Revise § 515.579 to read as 

follows: 

§ 515.579 Funds transfers for third-country 

official missions and certain 

intergovernmental organizations. 

(a) Depository institutions, as defined 

in § 515.333, are authorized to process 

funds transfers for the operating 

expenses or other official business in 

Cuba of third-country official missions 

or any intergovernmental organization 

in which the United States is a member 

or holds observer status. 

(b) Depository institutions, as defined 

in § 515.333, are authorized to process 

funds transfers and maintain accounts 

for the personal expenditures of the 

employees, grantees, and contractors, or 

persons who share a common dwelling 

as a family member of such employees, 

grantees, and contractors, of thirdcountry official missions or any 

intergovernmental organization in 

which the United States is a member or 

holds observer status in Cuba. 

■ 31. Add § 515.580 to read as follows: 

§ 515.580 Global insurance policies 

covering individuals traveling to Cuba. 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

are authorized to issue or provide 

coverage for global health, life, or travel 

insurance policies for individuals 

ordinarily resident in a country outside 

of Cuba who travel to or within Cuba. 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction are 

authorized to service those policies and 

pay claims arising from events that 

occurred while the individual was 

traveling in, or to or from, Cuba. 

Note to § 515.580: Certain insurancerelated services for persons subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction traveling to, from, or within Cuba 

are authorized pursuant to § 515.560. See 

Note 2 to § 515.560. 

■ 32. Add § 515.581 to read as follows: 

§ 515.581 Transactions related to 

conferences in third countries authorized. 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

are authorized to sponsor, provide 

services in connection with, and 

participate in conferences or other 

similar events in a third country that are 

attended by Cuban nationals, provided 

that the conference or other similar 

event does not relate to tourism in Cuba. 

Note to § 515.581: The export or reexport 

to Cuba of technology subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 

et seq.) may require separate authorization 

from the Department of Commerce. 

■ 33. Add § 515.582 to read as follows: 

§ 515.582 Importation of certain goods and 

services produced by independent Cuban 

entrepreneurs. 

Persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

are authorized to engage in all 

transactions, including payments, 

necessary to import certain goods and 

services produced by independent 

Cuban entrepreneurs as determined by 

the State Department as set forth on the 

State Department’s Section 515.582 List, 

located at http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/ 

spi/. 

Note 1 to § 515.582: As of the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of the 

final rule including this provision, January 

16, 2015, the State Department’s Section 

515.582 List has not yet been published on 

its Web site. The State Department’s Section 

515.582 list also will be published in the 

Federal Register, as will any changes to the 

list. 

Note 2 to § 515.582: Imports authorized by 

this section are not subject to the limitations 

set forth in § 515.560(c). 

■ 34. Add § 515.583 to read as follows: 

§ 515.583 Provision of certain goods and 

services to Cuban nationals sequestered 

aboard vessels in U.S. ports. 

The provision of goods and services 

ordinarily incident and necessary to the 

personal maintenance of Cuban 

nationals who are prohibited from 

disembarking from vessels in U.S. ports 

is authorized. 

■ 35. Add § 515.584 to read as follows: 

§ 515.584 Certain financial transactions 

involving Cuba. 

(a) Correspondent accounts. 

Depository institutions, as defined in 

§ 515.333, are authorized to engage in 

all transactions necessary to establish 

and maintain correspondent accounts at 

a financial institution that is a national 

of Cuba, provided that such accounts 

are used only for transactions 

authorized pursuant to, or exempt from, 

this part. 

Note to § 515.584(a): This section does not 

authorize the establishment and maintenance 

of accounts in the United States or with a 

person subject to U.S. jurisdiction by, on 

behalf of, or for the benefit of, Cuba or a 

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(b) Testing arrangements. Depository 

institutions are authorized to set up 

testing arrangements and exchange 

authenticator keys with any financial 

institution that is a national of Cuba for 

transactions authorized pursuant to, or 

exempt from, this part. 

(c) Credit and debit cards. All 

transactions incident to the processing 

and payment of credit and debit cards 

involving travel-related and other 

transactions consistent with § 515.560 

are authorized. 

(d) Wire transfers. Any depository 

institution, as defined in § 515.333, that 

is a person subject to U.S. jurisdiction 

is authorized to: 

(1) Reject funds transfers originating 

and terminating outside the United 

States where neither the originator nor 

the beneficiary is a person subject to 

U.S. jurisdiction and provided that a 

prohibited official of the Government of 

Cuba, as defined in § 515.337 of this 

part, or a prohibited member of the 

Cuban Communist Party, as defined in 

§ 515.338 of this part, does not have an 

interest in the transfer; and 

(2) Provided that neither the 

originator nor the beneficiary is a person 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction, process 

funds transfers originating and 

terminating outside the United States 

relating to transactions that would be 

authorized pursuant to this part if the 

originator or beneficiary were a person 

subject to U.S. jurisdiction. 

■ 36. Add § 515.585 to read as follows: 

§ 515.585 Certain transactions by U.S.- 

owned or -controlled firms in third 

countries with certain Cuban nationals. 

Any U.S.-owned or -controlled 

partnership, association, corporation, or 

other organization in a third country is 

authorized to provide goods and 

services to a Cuban national who is an 

individual located outside of Cuba, 

provided that the transaction does not 

involve a commercial exportation, 

directly or indirectly, of goods or 

services to or from Cuba. 

Note 1 to § 515.585: This section does not 

authorize U.S.-owned or -controlled firms in 

third countries to export to Cuba 

commodities produced in the authorized 

trade territory. See § 515.559. 

Note 2 to § 515.585: This section does not 

authorize U.S.-owned or -controlled firms in 

third countries to reexport to Cuba U.S.- 

origin items. See § 515.533. 

Note 3 to § 515.585: This section does not 

authorize any transaction prohibited by 

§ 515.204, including the purchase or sale of 

Cuban-origin goods. 

Note 4 to § 515.585: The export or reexport 

to Cuba of items subject to the Export 

Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 

et seq.) requires separate authorization from 

the Department of Commerce. 

■ 37. Add § 515.586 to read as follows: 

§ 515.586 Cuban official missions in the 

United States. 

(a) The provision of goods or services 

in the United States to the official 

missions of the Government of Cuba to 

the United States and to international 

organizations in the United States and 

payment for such goods or services are 

authorized, provided that: 

(1) The goods or services are for the 

conduct of the official business of the 

missions, or for personal use of the 

employees, or persons who share a 

common dwelling as a family member 

of such an employee, of the missions, 

and are not for resale; 

(2) The transaction does not involve 

the purchase, sale, financing, or 

refinancing of real property; and 

(3) The transaction is not otherwise 

prohibited by law. 

(b) The provision of goods or services 

in the United States to the employees, 

or persons who share a common 

dwelling as a family member of such an 

employee, of the official missions of the 

Government of Cuba to the United 

States and to international organizations 

in the United States and payment for 

such goods or services are authorized, 

provided that: 

(1) The goods or services are for 

personal use of the employees, or 

persons who share a common dwelling 

as a family member of such an 

employee, of the missions, and are not 

for resale; and 

(2) The transaction is not otherwise 

prohibited by law. 

(c) Depository institutions, as defined 

in § 515.333, are authorized to operate 

accounts for, or extend credit to, the 

official missions of the Government of 

Cuba to the United States, and the 

official missions of the Government of 

Cuba to international organizations in 

the United States, and employees 

thereof, subject to the limitations in 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 

and provided that any depository 

institution making use of the 

authorization in this section must 

submit a report to the Department of the 

Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Washington, DC 20220, no later 

than 30 days following the 

establishment of the account. Such 

report shall include the name and 

address of the depository institution, the 

name of the account holder, and the 

account number. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

John E. Smith, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

Approved: January 13, 2015. 

David S. Cohen, 

Under Secretary, Office of Terrorism and 

Financial Intelligence, Department of the 

Treasury. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00632 Filed 1–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

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33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–1066] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; 

Atchafalaya River, Morgan City, LA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary deviation 

from drawbridge regulations. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the regulation 

governing the operation of the Morgan 

City(Berwick Bay) Railroad Bridge 

across the Atchafalaya River, mile 17.5 

(Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (Morgan 

City-Port Allen Alternate Route) mile 

0.3) in Morgan City, St. Mary’s Parish, 

Louisiana. This deviation provides for 

the bridge to remain closed to 

navigation for four consecutive hours in 

the morning and three hours in the 

afternoon with an opening in the middle 

to pass vessels. This will last for six 

consecutive days. The purpose of the 

closure is to conduct scheduled 

maintenance and repairs to the 

drawbridge. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then again from 

1 p.m. through 4 p.m. daily from 

January 26 through January 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

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available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Type the docket number in the 

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Click on Open Docket Folder on the line 

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may also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

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