I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 871 
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 
Mr. RANGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 
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 ‘‘Export Freedom to 
Cuba Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 
(a) FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS.—Subject to section 3, the 
President shall not regulate or prohibit, directly or indi-
rectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens 
or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to 
such travel as specified in subsection (b). The President 
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shall rescind all regulations in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act that so regulate or prohibit such 
travel or transactions. 
(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 for personal use only; 
(B) any transactions ordinarily incident to 
travel or maintenance within Cuba, including 
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 paragraph does not authorize the carriage 
of articles into Cuba or the United States ex-
cept accompanied baggage; and 
(E) normal banking transactions incident 
to the activities described in the preceding pro-
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visions 
of 
this 
subsection, 
including 
the 
issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of 
checks, drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit 
card instruments, or similar instruments. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as authorizing the importation 
into the United States of any goods for personal 
consumption acquired in Cuba. 
SEC. 3. EXCEPTION. 
The restrictions on authority described in section 2 
shall not apply in a case in which— 
(1) the United States is at war with Cuba; 
(2) armed hostilities between the two countries 
are in progress; or 
(3) there is imminent danger to the public 
health or the physical safety of United States trav-
elers. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 
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, and to actions taken on or after 
such date. 
SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. 
This Act applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of 
the 
Cuban 
Liberty 
and 
Democratic 
Solidarity 
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(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) and sec-
tion 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)). 
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