I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 757 
To allow United States nationals and permanent residents to visit family 
members in Cuba, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2007 
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. PAUL, Mrs. 
EMERSON, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BERMAN, and Mr. MEEKS 
of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To allow United States nationals and permanent residents 
to visit family members in 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cuban-American Fam-
ily Rights Restoration Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAVEL BY UNITED STATES NATIONALS AND PER-
MANENT RESIDENTS TO VISIT FAMILY MEM-
BERS IN CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), the 
President shall not regulate or prohibit, directly or indi-
rectly— 
(1) travel to or from Cuba by any United 
States person, or 
(2) any of the transactions incident to travel 
described in paragraph (1) that are set forth in sub-
section (b), 
if such travel is for the purpose of visiting a close relative 
who is a national of Cuba. The President shall rescind 
all regulations in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act that so regulate or prohibit such travel or trans-
actions. 
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the transactions referred to in subsection 
(a) are— 
(A) any transactions ordinarily incident to 
travel to or from Cuba, including the importa-
tion into Cuba or the United States of accom-
panied baggage; 
(B) any transactions ordinarily incident to 
travel or maintenance within Cuba, including 
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the payment of living expenses and the acquisi-
tion of goods or services for personal use; 
(C) any transactions ordinarily incident to 
the arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of 
travel to, from, or within Cuba; 
(D) any transactions incident to non-
scheduled air, sea, or land voyages, except that 
this subparagraph does not authorize the car-
riage of articles into Cuba or the United States 
except accompanied baggage; and 
(E) any normal banking transactions inci-
dent to the activities described in any of the 
preceding 
subparagraphs, 
including 
the 
issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of 
checks, drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit 
card instruments, or similar instruments. 
(2) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
GOODS.—The 
transactions described in paragraph (1) do not in-
clude the importation into the United States of 
goods acquired in Cuba, including goods for personal 
consumption, except for Cuban-origin information 
and informational materials. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—The restrictions on authority con-
tained in this section do not apply in a case in which— 
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(1) the United States Congress has declared 
that a state of war exists between the United States 
and Cuba; or 
(2) armed hostilities between the two countries 
are in progress. 
SEC. 3. REMITTANCES. 
The President shall not regulate or prohibit, directly 
or indirectly, any United States person described in sec-
tion 2(a) from carrying remittances for the purpose of pro-
viding such remittances to a close relative who is a na-
tional of Cuba. The President shall rescind all regulations 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act that 
so regulate or prohibit such remittances. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLOSE
RELATIVE.—The term ‘‘close rel-
ative’’, as used with respect to any person, means an 
individual related to that person by blood, marriage, 
or adoption who is no more than four generations 
removed from that person or from a common ances-
tor with that person. 
(2) NATIONAL OF CUBA.—The term ‘‘national 
of Cuba’’ means— 
(A) a citizen of Cuba; or 
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(B) a person who, though not a citizen of 
Cuba, owes permanent allegiance to Cuba. 
(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘United 
States person’’ means— 
(i) a national of the United States; or 
(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence in the United States. 
(B) LAWFULLY
ADMITTED
FOR
PERMA-
NENT RESIDENCE.—The term ‘‘lawfully admit-
ted for permanent residence’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 101(a)(20) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)). 
(C) NATIONAL OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
The term ‘‘national of the United States’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 
101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE; INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act applies to actions 
taken by the President before the date of the enactment 
of this Act which are in effect on such date of enactment, 
and to actions taken on or after such date. 
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(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—This 
Act applies notwithstanding any other provision of law, in-
cluding section 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty and Demo-
cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
6032(h)) and section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Re-
form and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7209(b)). 
Æ 
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