Cuban purchasers to purchase more United States 
origin agricultural products. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to restate 
the intent of Congress with respect to the Trade Sanctions 
Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove 
impediments to present and future sales of United States 
agricultural products to Cuba under such Act, and to oth-
erwise facilitate such sales. 
SEC. 3. TRAVEL TO CUBA IN CONNECTION WITH AUTHOR-
IZED SALES ACTIVITIES UNDER THE TRADE 
SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCE-
MENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 910 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Ex-
port Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209) is 
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF TRAVEL RELATING
TO 
COMMERCIAL SALE
OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, 
MEDICINE, AND MEDICAL DEVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall promulgate regulations under which, 
at a minimum, the travel-related transactions de-
scribed in paragraph (2) may be authorized by spe-
cific license or general license for travel to, from, or 
within Cuba in connection with— 
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‘‘(A) commercial export sales and transpor-
tation of agricultural commodities, medicine, 
and medical devices pursuant to this Act; and 
‘‘(B) sales and marketing activities of agri-
cultural commodities, medicine, and medical de-
vices pursuant to this Act. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED
TRAVEL-RELATED
TRANS-
ACTIONS.—The travel-related transactions referred 
to in paragraph (1) are the following: 
‘‘(A) 
All 
transportation-related 
trans-
actions ordinarily incident to travel to and from 
Cuba. 
‘‘(B) All transactions ordinarily incident to 
travel anywhere within Cuba. 
‘‘(C) The importation of Cuba-origin infor-
mation and information materials. 
‘‘(D) Remittances to nationals of Cuba 
who are members of the remitter’s immediate 
family. 
‘‘(E) All transactions incident to the proc-
essing and payment of checks, drafts, travelers’ 
checks, and similar instruments negotiated in 
Cuba by any person authorized pursuant to this 
Act to engage in financial transactions in Cuba. 
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‘‘(3) SALES AND MARKETING ACTIVITIES DE-
FINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In paragraph (1), the 
term ‘sales and marketing activities’— 
‘‘(i) means any activity that is under-
taken by a United States person in order 
to explore the market in Cuba for the sale 
of agricultural commodities, medicine, and 
medical devices pursuant to this Act; and 
‘‘(ii) includes exhibiting, negotiating, 
marketing, surveying the market, and de-
livering and servicing agricultural commod-
ities, medicine, and medical devices pursu-
ant to this Act. 
‘‘(B) UNITED STATES PERSON DEFINED.— 
In subparagraph (A), the term ‘United States 
person’— 
‘‘(i) means the Federal Government, 
any State or local government, or any pri-
vate person or entity of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(ii) includes a full-time employee, ex-
ecutive, sales agent or consultant of a pro-
ducer, manufacturer, distributor, shipper, 
United States air or seaport, or a carrier 
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of agricultural commodities, medicine, and 
medical devices authorized for sale pursu-
ant to this Act, as well as an exhibitor, 
representative, or member of a national or 
State trade organization that promotes the 
interests of a producer, manufacturer, or 
distributor of such products.’’. 
SEC. 4. 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, 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 nonimmigrant 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 in-
admissible to the United States under section 212 of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182). 
(b) PERIODIC REPORTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act and every 3 
months thereafter the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Finance, Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry, and Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committees on Agriculture, Ways 
and Means, and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives a report on the issuance of visas de-
scribed in subsection (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 and shall describe the disposition of 
each such application. 
SEC. 5. 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; 
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(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.’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 
CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2000. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may not restrict direct transfers from a Cuban 
financial institution to a United States financial institu-
tion executed in payment for a product authorized for sale 
under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance-
ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 
Æ 
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