meanings given those terms in section 502 of the Inter-
national Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 
1643a). 
SEC. 
8. 
EXTENSION 
OF 
NONDISCRIMINATORY 
TRADE 
TREATMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that— 
(A) the United States should promote 
democratic change and economic reform by nor-
malizing trade relations with Cuba; and 
(B) upon the enactment of this Act, it will 
no longer be necessary for the United States to 
continue to use article XXI of the GATT 1994 
with respect to Cuba, understanding that the 
President retains full authority to invoke article 
XXI of the GATT 1994 and comparable provi-
sions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in 
the future in all appropriate circumstances. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term 
‘‘GATT 1994’’ and ‘‘Uruguay Round Agreements’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 2 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3501). 
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(b) EXTENSION
OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREAT-
MENT TO THE PRODUCTS OF CUBA.— 
(1) HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE AMEND-
MENTS.—General note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘to section 401 of the Tar-
iff Classification Act of 1962,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Cuba’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF SECTION 401 OF THE TARIFF 
CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1962.—Section 401 of the 
Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 78) is re-
pealed. 
(3) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV 
OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO CUBA.— 
(A) EXTENSION
OF
NONDISCRIMINATORY 
TREATMENT.—Nondiscriminatory 
treatment 
(normal trade relations treatment) shall apply 
to the products of Cuba. 
(B) TERMINATION
OF
APPLICATION
OF 
TITLE IV.—Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) shall cease to apply to 
Cuba. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the 
amendments and repeal made by this section, shall 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn 
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from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The President shall 
submit to the Congress, not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on trade 
relations between the United States and Cuba. 
SEC. 9. PROHIBITION ON LIMITING ANNUAL REMITTANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the Treasury may not limit the 
amount of remittances to Cuba that may be made by any 
person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, and the Secretary shall rescind all regulations in 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act that so limit 
the amount of those remittances. 
(b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) may be construed to prohibit the prosecution 
or conviction of any person committing an offense de-
scribed in section 1956 of title 18, United States Code 
(relating to the laundering of monetary instruments) or 
section 1957 of such title (relating to engaging in mone-
tary transactions in property derived from specific unlaw-
ful activity). 
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SEC. 10. REMOVAL OF CUBA FROM STATE SPONSORS OF 
TERRORISM LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the provisions of 
law described in subsection (b), any determination of the 
Secretary of State in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act that the Government of Cuba has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism pursu-
ant to such provisions of law is hereby rescinded. 
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW DESCRIBED.—The provi-
sions of law referred to in subsection (a) are section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371), 
section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2780), and section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in sections 8 and 10, this Act 
shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Æ 
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