Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017

Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017

This bill states that:

• the President may not prohibit or otherwise regulate travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of the transactions incident to such travel, including banking transactions;
• any regulation in effect on the date of enactment of this Act prohibiting or otherwise regulating such travel or transactions incident to such travel shall cease to have any force or effect; but
• the prohibitions and requirements of this Act shall not apply if 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 U.S. travelers.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 351

          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2017

 Mr. Sanford (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Amash, Mr. Poe of Texas, 
  Mr. Massie, Mr. Emmer, and Ms. Lee) 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 of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.

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

    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. 7209(b)).
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