Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 874 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 874

          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2009

 Mr. Delahunt (for himself, Mr. Flake, Ms. DeLauro, Mrs. Emerson, Mr. 
 McGovern, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Paul, and 
  Mr. Farr) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

    On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to 
section 3--
            (1) the President may not regulate or prohibit, directly or 
        indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by United States citizens or 
        legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such 
        travel; and
            (2) any regulation in effect on such date of enactment that 
        regulates or prohibits travel to or from Cuba by United States 
        citizens or legal residents or transactions incident to such 
        travel shall cease to have any force or effect.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 2 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.

SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act 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.

SEC. 5. INAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.

    The provisions of this Act apply notwithstanding section 102(h) of 
the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 
U.S.C. 6032(h)) and section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7210(b)).
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