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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3112 

To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities 

to Cuba and to end certain travel restrictions to Cuba. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 15, 2010 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. ENZI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

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

restrictions to Cuba. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Restriction Re5 form and Export Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en8 actment of this Act, and subject to subsection (b)— 

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

10 directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by 


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1 United States citizens or lawful permanent resi2 dents, or any of the transactions incident to such 

3 travel; and 

4 (2) any regulation in effect on such date of en5 actment that regulates or prohibits travel to or from 

6 Cuba by United States citizens or lawful permanent 

7 residents or transactions incident to such travel shall 

8 cease to have any force or effect. 

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

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

11 armed hostilities between the two countries are in 

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

13 or the physical safety of United States travelers. 

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

15 taken by the President before the date of the enactment 

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

17 and to actions taken on or after such date. 

18 (d) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—The 

19 provisions of this section apply notwithstanding section 

20 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

21 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and sec22 tion 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

23 Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7210(b)). 


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1 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE 

2 TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT EN3 HANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 

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

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

6 is amended— 

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

8 the end; 

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

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

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

12 ‘‘(D) the term ‘payment of cash in ad13 vance’ means, notwithstanding any other provi14 sion of law, the payment by the purchaser of an 

15 agricultural commodity or product and the re16 ceipt of such payment by the seller prior to— 

17 ‘‘(i) the transfer of title of such com18 modity or product to the purchaser; and 

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

20 commodity or product to the purchaser.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 

2 CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN3 STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 

4 REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 

5 OF 2000. 

6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

7 President may not restrict direct transfers from a Cuban 

8 financial institution to a United States financial institu9 tion executed in payment for a product authorized for sale 

10 under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance11 ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

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