I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1679 
To protect the environmental integrity of coral reefs and other coastal marine 
resources from exploration, development, and production activities for 
petroleum resources located in a maritime exclusive economic zone of 
the United States that is contiguous to a foreign exclusive economic 
zone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2007 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MAHONEY 
of Florida, Mr. SIRES, Mr. MACK, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BU-
CHANAN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mr. MCCOTTER, 
and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect the environmental integrity of coral reefs and 
other coastal marine resources from exploration, develop-
ment, and production activities for petroleum resources 
located in a maritime exclusive economic zone of the 
United States that is contiguous to a foreign exclusive 
economic zone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Caribbean Coral Reef 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) undertake the necessary measures to deny 
the Government of Cuba, the Cuban Communist 
Party, or any agent or instrumentality of either, the 
financial resources to engage in activities that 
threaten— 
(A) United States national security, its in-
terests, and its allies; 
(B) Florida’s marine environment, includ-
ing the third largest coral reef tract in the 
world; 
(C) the environment and natural resources 
of the submerged lands located off Cuba’s 
coast; and 
(D) to prolong the dictatorship that op-
presses the Cuban people; and 
(2) deter foreign investments that would en-
hance the ability of the Government of Cuba, or any 
agent or instrumentality thereof, to develop its pe-
troleum resources. 
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SEC. 3. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Cuban Liberty and Demo-
cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 
6021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 401 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 402. EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF 
ALIENS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ABILITY 
OF CUBA TO DEVELOP PETROLEUM RE-
SOURCES LOCATED OFF CUBA’S COAST. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall exclude from the United States, any alien who the 
Secretary of State determines is a person who— 
‘‘(1) is an officer or principal of an entity, or 
a shareholder who owns a controlling interest in an 
entity, that, on or after January 10, 2005, has made 
or makes an investment that equals or exceeds 
$1,000,000 (or any combination of investments that 
in the aggregate equals or exceeds $1,000,000 in 
any 12-month period), that contributes to the en-
hancement of the ability of the Government of Cuba, 
or any agent or instrumentality thereof, to develop 
petroleum resources of the submerged lands located 
off Cuba’s coast; or 
‘‘(2) is a spouse, minor child, or agent of a per-
son described in paragraph (1). 
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