I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 634 
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 
Mr. RANGEL (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. LEE, Mr. THOMP-
SON of Mississippi, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
NOLAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. SERRANO, 
and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) 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 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 
(a) FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENS
AND LEGAL RESIDENTS.—Subject to section 3, 
travel to and from Cuba by individuals who are citizens 
or residents of the United States, and any transactions 
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incident to such travel as specified in subsection (b), may 
not be regulated or prohibited if such travel would be law-
ful in the United States. 
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT
TO TRAVEL.—The 
transactions referred to in subsection (a) include, but are 
not limited to— 
(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, 
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processing, or payment of checks, drafts, travelers 
checks, credit or debit card instruments, or similar 
instruments. 
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 
(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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