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 ‘‘Promoting American 
Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE 
TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT EN-
HANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the term ‘payment of cash in ad-
vance’ means, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the payment by the purchaser of an 
agricultural commodity or product and the re-
ceipt of such payment by the seller prior to— 
‘‘(i) the transfer of title of such com-
modity or product to the purchaser; and 
‘‘(ii) the release of control of such 
commodity or product to the purchaser.’’. 
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SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 
CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2000. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may not restrict direct transfers 
from a Cuban depository institution to a United States 
depository institution executed in payment for a product 
authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et 
seq.). 
(b) DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘depository institution’’ means any enti-
ty that is engaged primarily in the business of banking 
(including a bank, savings bank, savings association, cred-
it union, trust company, or bank holding company). 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PRO-
MOTION PROGRAM WITH RESPECT TO CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
establish a program to provide information and technical 
assistance to United States agricultural producers, cooper-
ative organizations, or State agencies that promote the 
sale of agricultural commodities, in order to promote and 
facilitate United States exports of agricultural products 
to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
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Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et 
seq.). 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO FACILITATE EX-
PORTS.—The Secretary shall maintain on the Web site of 
the Department of Agriculture information to assist ex-
porters and potential exporters of United States agricul-
tural commodities with respect to Cuba. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary is 
authorized to expend such sums as may be available in 
the Agricultural Export Promotion Trust Fund estab-
lished under section 9512 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (as added by section 9(b) of this Act). 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF VISAS TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2000. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF VISAS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, in the case of a Cuban national whose 
itinerary documents an intent to conduct activities, includ-
ing phytosanitary inspections, related to purchasing 
United States agricultural goods under the provisions of 
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), a consular officer 
(as defined in section 101(a)(9) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(9))) may issue a non-
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immigrant visa under section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) to the national, if the national 
is not inadmissible to the United States under section 212 
of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182). 
(b) PERIODIC REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 3 
months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report on the issuance of visas described in sub-
section (a). 
(2) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—Each report shall 
contain a full description of each application received 
from a Cuban national to travel to the United States 
to engage in purchasing activities pursuant to the 
Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) and shall de-
scribe the disposition of each such application. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Finance, the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
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(B) the Committee on Agriculture, the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 6. ADHERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS 
FOR THE MUTUAL PROTECTION OF INTEL-
LECTUAL PROPERTY. 
(a) REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON TRANSACTIONS OR 
PAYMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—Section 211 of the Depart-
ment of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 
105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–88), is repealed. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out the repeal made by subsection (a), including re-
moving any prohibition on transactions or payments to 
which subsection (a)(1) of section 211 of the Department 
of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (as such section was in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act), applied. 
(c) FURTHER REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall amend part 515 of title 31, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (the Cuban assets control regula-
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tions), to authorize under general license the trans-
fer or receipt of any trademark or trade name sub-
ject to United States law in which a designated na-
tional has an interest. 
(2) DESIGNATED NATIONAL DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘designated national’’ has the 
meaning given the term in subsection (d)(1) of sec-
tion 211 of the Department of Commerce and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as such 
section was in effect on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 7. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 
(a) FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS.—Subject to subsection (c), 
travel to and from Cuba by individuals who are citizens 
or residents of the United States, and any transactions 
incident to such travel as specified in subsection (b), may 
not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would be law-
ful in the United States. 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.—The 
transactions referred to in subsection (a) include, but are 
not limited to— 
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(1) any transactions ordinarily incident to trav-
el to or from Cuba, including the importation into 
Cuba or the United States of accompanied baggage 
for personal use only; 
(2) any transactions ordinarily incident to trav-
el or maintenance within Cuba, including the pay-
ment of living expenses and the acquisition of goods 
or services for personal use; 
(3) any transactions ordinarily incident to the 
arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, 
from, or within Cuba; 
(4) any transactions incident to nonscheduled 
air, sea, or land voyages, except that this paragraph 
does not authorize the carriage of articles into Cuba 
or the United States except accompanied baggage; 
and 
(5) normal banking transactions incident to the 
activities described in the preceding provisions of 
this subsection, including the issuance, clearing, 
processing, or payment of checks, drafts, travelers 
checks, credit or debit card instruments, or similar 
instruments. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—The restrictions on authority con-
tained in subsection (a) do not apply in a case in which 
the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities 
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between the two countries are in progress, or there is im-
minent danger to the public health or the physical safety 
of United States citizens or legal residents. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section 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 of enactment. 
(e) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—This 
section applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of the 
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and section 910(b) of 
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)). 
SEC. 8. EXPORT OF MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES TO 
CUBA. 
(a) 
REPEAL
OF
REQUIREMENT
FOR
ONSITE 
VERIFICATIONS.—Section 1705 of the Cuban Democracy 
Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6004) is amended by striking sub-
section (d). 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 
restrict the authority of the President to— 
(1) impose export controls with respect to the 
export of medicines or medical devices under sec-
tions 5 or 6 of the Export Administration Act of 
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1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act); or 
(2) exercise the authorities the President has 
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-
ers 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 extraordinary 
threat, that did not exist before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, to the national security, foreign 
policy, or economy of the United States. 
SEC. 9. INCREASE IN AIRPORT TICKET TAX FOR TRANSPOR-
TATION 
BETWEEN 
UNITED 
STATES 
AND 
CUBA; ESTABLISHMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 
EXPORT PROMOTION TRUST FUND. 
(a) INCREASE IN TICKET TAX.—Subsection (c) of 
section 4261 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to use of international travel facilities) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CUBA.—In any case in 
which the tax imposed by paragraph (1) applies to 
transportation beginning or ending in Cuba before 
January 1, 2017, such tax shall be increased by 
$1.00.’’. 
(b) AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROMOTION TRUST 
FUND.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
establishment of trust funds) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9512. AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROMOTION TRUST 
FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Agricultural Export Promotion Trust 
Fund’, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated 
or credited to such fund as provided in this section or sec-
tion 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Agricultural Export Promotion 
Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received in 
the Treasury by reason of section 4261(c)(4). 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Agricultural 
Export Promotion Trust Fund shall be available, as pro-
vided by appropriation Acts, for making expenditures to 
the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture for the purposes 
set out in section 4 of the Promoting American Agricul-
tural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(c) of section 9502(b)(1) of such Code is amended 
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by inserting ‘‘(other than by reason of subsection 
(c)(4) thereof)’’ after ‘‘sections 4261’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subchapter A of chapter 98 of such Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Agricultural Export Promotion Trust Fund.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to transportation beginning 
after the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that such amendment shall not 
apply to amounts paid before the end of such period. 
Æ 
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