108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 950
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2003
Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Bingaman, Mr.
Chafee, Mr. Craig, Mr. Johnson, and Mrs. Murray) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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 2003'.
SEC. 2. TRAVEL TO CUBA.
(a) FREEDOM OF TRAVEL FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS- Subject
to section 3, the President shall 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 that are set forth in subsection
(b).
(b) TRANSACTIONS INCIDENT TO TRAVEL- The transactions referred to in subsection
(a) are--
(1) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel 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 travel or maintenance within Cuba,
including the payment 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,
processing, or payment of checks, drafts, traveler's checks, credit or debit
card instruments, or similar instruments.
SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.
(a) SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES- The restrictions on authority contained in section
2 do 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.
(b) IMPORTATION OF GOODS FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION- Section 2 does not authorize
the importation into the United States of any goods for personal consumption
acquired in Cuba.
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.
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 section 910(b) of
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7210(b)).
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