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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2466 
To require the President to submit a plan for resolving all outstanding 
claims relating to property confiscated by the Government of Cuba before 
taking action to ease restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2015 
Mr. ROONEY of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the President to submit a plan for resolving 
all outstanding claims relating to property confiscated 
by the Government of Cuba before taking action to ease 
restrictions on travel to or trade with 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 ‘‘Cuba Normalization 
Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CONFISCATED; CONFISCATION.—The terms 
‘‘confiscated’’ and ‘‘confiscation’’, with respect to 
property, have the meanings given those terms in 
section 401 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
6091). 
(2) CUBAN ASSETS CONTROL REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘Cuban Assets Control Regulations’’ 
means part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(3) ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF CUBA.—The term 
‘‘economic embargo of Cuba’’— 
(A) has the meaning given that term in 
section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023); and 
(B) includes restrictions on travel and 
trade imposed with respect to Cuba under the 
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance-
ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 
(4) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 
means subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
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(5) UNITED
STATES
NATIONAL.—The term 
‘‘United States national’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Demo-
cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) On December 17, 2014, President Barack 
Obama announced his plan to revise United States 
policy with respect to Cuba by promising engage-
ment and to ‘‘normalize relations’’. 
(2) The President, through the Department of 
the Treasury and the Department of Commerce, has 
issued revisions to the Cuban Assets Control Regula-
tions and the Export Administration Regulations re-
lating to easing restrictions on travel to and trade 
with Cuba. 
(3) Those revisions have been implemented pur-
suant to the discretion of the President to modify li-
censing authorities under the Cuban Assets Control 
Regulations and the Export Administration Regula-
tions. 
(4) The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli-
darity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 prohibits the full 
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removal of the economic embargo of Cuba and estab-
lishes requirements for discretionary licensing au-
thority including through the following provisions: 
(A) Section 205(b)(2)(D) of that Act (22 
U.S.C. 6065(b)(2)(D)), which requires the 
President to take into account the extent to 
which the Government of Cuba is ‘‘taking ap-
propriate steps to return to United States citi-
zens (and entities which are 50 percent or more 
beneficially owned by United States citizens) 
property taken by the Cuban Government from 
such citizens and entities on or after January 
1, 1959, or to provide equitable compensation 
to such citizens and entities for such property’’. 
(B) Section 206 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 
6066), which sets forth requirements for deter-
mining whether a democratically elected govern-
ment has been established in Cuba and defines 
such a government as one that ‘‘has made de-
monstrable progress in returning to United 
States citizens (and entities which are 50 per-
cent or more beneficially owned by United 
States citizens) property taken by the Cuban 
Government from such citizens and entities on 
or after January 1, 1959, or providing full com-
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pensation for such property in accordance with 
international law standards and practice’’. 
(C) Section 103 of that Act of (22 U.S.C. 
6033), which prohibits a United States national 
or a United States agency from knowingly pro-
viding financing for transactions involving any 
property owned by a United States national 
that was confiscated by the Government of 
Cuba. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should not further pursue 
efforts to ease restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba 
or to otherwise further normalize relations with Cuba 
until— 
(1) the President submits to Congress the plan 
described in section 3(b); 
(2) all property taken by the Cuban Govern-
ment from United States nationals on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1959, has been returned to such nationals or 
full compensation for such property has been pro-
vided to such nationals; and 
(3) the Government of Cuba provides secure 
protection for the internationally recognized human 
rights of the people of Cuba. 
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SEC. 4. PLAN FOR RESOLVING OUTSTANDING CLAIMS RE-
LATING TO PROPERTY CONFISCATED BY THE 
GOVERNMENT OF CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may not take any action to ease 
restrictions on travel to or trade with Cuba under the 
Cuban Assets Control Regulations, the Export Adminis-
tration Regulations, or any other regulations relating to 
the economic embargo of Cuba before the date on which 
the President submits to Congress the plan described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) PLAN DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan described in this 
subsection is a plan of the President for resolving 
outstanding claims relating to confiscated property 
to ensure that— 
(A) all property taken by the Government 
of Cuba from United States nationals on or 
after January 1, 1959, has been returned to 
such nationals; or 
(B) full compensation for such property 
has been provided to such nationals. 
(2) 
ASSESSMENT
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN 
CLAIMS.—The President shall include in the plan de-
scribed in paragraph (1) an assessment of the effect 
of planned actions to ease the restrictions described 
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in subsection (a) on claims relating to confiscated 
property considered by the Foreign Claims Settle-
ment Commission of the United States before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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