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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1814 
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2005 
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. DELAHUNT, 
Mr. OTTER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. BONO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. BERRY, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LEACH, 
Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. FARR, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. 
LYNCH, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETER-
SON of Minnesota, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, 
Mr. ROSS, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SNYDER, 
Mr. TIBERI, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. TANNER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. BASS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
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 2005’’.
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 that are set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT
TO TRAVEL.—The 
transactions referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(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; 
except that this section does not authorize the importation 
into the United States of any goods for personal consump-
tion acquired in Cuba. 
SEC. 3. EXCEPTION. 
The restrictions on authority contained in section 2 
do not apply in a case in which the United States is at 
war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two coun-
tries are in progress, or 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 of enactment, 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 
(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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