I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4645 
To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricultural commodities 
to Cuba and to end travel restrictions on all Americans to Cuba. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2010 
Mr. PETERSON (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. 
EMERSON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BERMAN, 
Mr. BERRY, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CHILDERS, 
Mr. MINNICK, Mr. BOSWELL, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. MASSA, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 
KAGEN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. KIND, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, 
Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ROSS, Mr. TAN-
NER, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. 
LEE of California, and Mr. BOUCHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To remove obstacles to legal sales of United States agricul-
tural commodities to Cuba and to end travel restrictions 
on all Americans to Cuba. 
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 ‘‘Travel Restriction Re-
form and Export Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, and subject to subsection (b)— 
(1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, 
directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by 
United States citizens or lawful permanent resi-
dents, or any of the transactions incident to such 
travel; and 
(2) any regulation in effect on such date of en-
actment that regulates or prohibits travel to or from 
Cuba by United States citizens or lawful permanent 
residents or transactions incident to such travel shall 
cease to have any force or effect. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 
a case in which the United States is at war with Cuba, 
armed hostilities between the two countries are in 
progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health 
or the physical safety of United States travelers. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to actions 
taken by the President before the date of the enactment 
of this Act that are in effect on such date of enactment, 
and to actions taken on or after such date. 
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(d) INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—The 
provisions of this section apply 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. 7210(b)). 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF PAYMENT TERMS UNDER THE 
TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT EN-
HANCEMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 908(b)(4) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7207(b)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) the term ‘payment of cash in ad-
vance’ means, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the payment by the purchaser of an 
agricultural commodity or product and the re-
ceipt of such payment by the seller prior to— 
‘‘(i) the transfer of title of such com-
modity or product to the purchaser; and 
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‘‘(ii) the release of control of such 
commodity or product to the purchaser.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 
CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2000. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may not restrict direct transfers from a Cuban 
financial institution to a United States financial institu-
tion executed in payment for a product authorized for sale 
under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance-
ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 
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