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; 
except that this section does not authorize the importation 
into the United States of any goods for personal consump-
tion acquired in Cuba. 
(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 
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. 
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(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 
1979; or 
(2) exercise the authorities the President has 
under the International Emergency Economic Pow-
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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 enactment 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, 2013, such tax shall be increased by 
$1.00.’’. 
(b) AGRICULTURAL EXPORT PROMOTION TRUST 
FUND.— 
(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: 
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‘‘SEC. 9511. 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 2009.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 9502(b)(1) of such Code is amended 
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 
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is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 9511. 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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