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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1181
To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1999
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees on Ways
and Means, Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
REMOVAL 
OF 
PROVISIONS 
RESTRICTING
TRADE AND OTHER RELATIONS WITH CUBA.
(a) 
AUTHORITY
FOR
EMBARGO
AND
SUGAR
QUOTA.—Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is repealed.
(b) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—The authori-
ties conferred upon the President by section 5(b) of the
Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)),
which were being exercised with respect to Cuba on July
1, 1977, as a result of a national emergency declared by
the President before that date, and are being exercised
on the day before the effective date of this Act, may not
be exercised on or after such effective date with respect
to Cuba. Any regulations in effect on the day before such
effective date pursuant to the exercise of such authorities,
shall cease to be effective on such date.
(c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES UNDER OTHER PRO-
VISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) REMOVAL OF PROHIBITIONS.—Any prohibi-
tion on exports to Cuba that is in effect on the day
before the effective date of this Act under the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 shall cease to be ef-
fective on such effective date.
(2) AUTHORITY FOR NEW RESTRICTIONS.—The
President may, on and after the effective date of this
Act—
(A) impose export controls with respect to
Cuba under section 5, 6(j), 6(l), or 6(m) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979, and
(B) exercise the authorities he has under
the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act with respect to Cuba pursuant to a declara-
tion of national emergency required by that Act
that is made on account of an unusual and ex-
traordinary threat, that did not exist before the
enactment of this Act, to the national security,
foreign policy, or economy of the United States.
(d) CUBAN DEMOCRACY ACT.—The Cuban Democ-
racy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6001 and following) is re-
pealed.
(e) REPEAL OF CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC
SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD) ACT OF 1996.—
(1) REPEAL.—The Cuban Liberty and Demo-
cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 is re-
pealed.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
498A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2295a) is amended—
(i) in subsection (a)(11) by striking ‘‘and
intelligence facilities, including the military and
intelligence facilities at Lourdes and Cien-
fuegos,’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities,’’;
(ii) in subsection (b)—
(I) in paragraph (4) by adding ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(II) by striking paragraph (5); and
(III) by redesignating paragraph (6)
as paragraph (5); and
(iii) by striking subsection (d).
(B) Section 498B(k) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295b(k)) is amended by
striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
(C) Section 1611 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by striking subsection (c).
(D) Sections 514 and 515 of the International
Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1643l
and 1643m) are repealed.
(f) TERMINATION
OF DENIAL
OF FOREIGN TAX
CREDIT WITH RESPECT TO CUBA.—Subparagraph (A) of
section 901(j)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to denial of foreign tax credit, etc., with respect
to certain foreign countries) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new flush sentence: ‘‘Notwith-
standing the preceding sentence, this subsection shall not
apply to Cuba after the date which is 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this sentence.’’.
(g) SUGAR QUOTA PROHIBITION UNDER FOOD SE-
CURITY ACT OF 1985.—Section 902(c) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 is repealed.
SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND FACILI-
TIES.
Any common carrier within the meaning of section
3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)
is authorized to install, maintain, and repair telecommuni-
cations equipment and facilities in Cuba, and otherwise
provide telecommunications services between the United
States and Cuba. The authority of this section includes
the authority to upgrade facilities and equipment.
SEC. 3. TRAVEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Travel to and from Cuba by indi-
viduals who are citizens or residents of the United States,
and any transactions ordinarily incident to such travel,
may not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would
be lawful in the United States.
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT
TO TRAVEL.—Any
transactions ordinarily incident to travel which may not
be regulated or prohibited under subsection (a) include,
but are not limited to—
(1) transactions ordinarily incident to travel or
maintenance in Cuba; and
(2) normal banking transactions involving for-
eign currency drafts, traveler’s checks, or other ne-
gotiable instruments incident to such travel.
SEC. 4. DIRECT MAIL DELIVERY TO CUBA.
The United States Postal Service shall take such ac-
tions as are necessary to provide direct mail service to and
from Cuba, including, in the absence of common carrier
service between the 2 countries, the use of charter pro-
viders.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be used
to provide any assistance to Cuba.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a)—
(1) the term ‘‘assistance to Cuba’’ includes, but
is not limited to—
(A) assistance to or for the benefit of Cuba
that is provided by grant, commercial sale,
guaranty, or insurance, or by any other means
on terms more favorable than that generally
available in the applicable market, whether in
the form of a loan, lease, credit, or a reserve,
including, but not limited to—
(i) insurance, financing, extensions of
credit, or participation in extensions of
credit provided by the Export-Import Bank
of the United States for exports to or im-
ports from Cuba;
(ii) insurance, reinsurance, financing,
or equity investment provided by the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation for
projects in Cuba;
(iii) any export credit, credit guar-
anty, bonus, or other payment carried out
through the Commodity Credit Corporation
in support of export sales of agricultural
commodities to Cuba;
(iv) assistance under any provision of
the Agricultural Trade and Development
Assistance Act of 1954 to, or in support of
export sales of agricultural commodities to,
Cuba;
(v) financing or other assistance
under the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
in support of export sales of agricultural
commodities to Cuba; and
(vi) any loan, credit, or other financ-
ing by any United States agency to any
person for the purpose of financing trans-
actions 
involving 
confiscated 
property
(within the meaning of section 4 of the
Cuba Liberty and Democratic Solidarity
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, as in effect on
the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act);
and
(B) an exchange, reduction, or forgiveness
of Cuban debt owed in return for a grant of an
equity interest in a property, investment, or op-
eration of the Government of Cuba (including
the government of any political subdivision of
Cuba, and any agency or instrumentality of the
Government of Cuba) or of a Cuban national;
and
(2) the term ‘‘agency or instrumentality of the
Government of Cuba’’ means an agency or instru-
mentality of a foreign state as defined in section
1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each
reference in such section to ‘‘a foreign state’’
deemed to be a reference to Cuba.
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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