Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2013

Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 2013 - 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 relating to: (1) accompanied personal baggage; (2) payment of living expenses and the acquisition of personal-use goods or services; (3) travel arrangements; (4) nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyage transactions (such provision does not permit the carriage of articles other than accompanied baggage into Cuba or the United States); and (5) normal banking transactions.

Prohibits the above provisions from: (1) restricting presidential authority 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; and (2) authorizing U.S. importation of personal consumption goods acquired in Cuba.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 871 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 871

          To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2013

  Mr. Rangel 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 ``Export Freedom to Cuba Act of 
2013''.

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 as specified in subsection (b). The President shall 
rescind all regulations in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act that so regulate or prohibit such travel or transactions.
    (b) Transactions Incident to Travel.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        transactions referred to in subsection (a) are--
                    (A) 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;
                    (B) 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;
                    (C) any transactions ordinarily incident to the 
                arrangement, promotion, or facilitation of travel to, 
                from, or within Cuba;
                    (D) 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
                    (E) 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, travelers 
                checks, credit or debit card instruments, or similar 
                instruments.
            (2) Prohibition.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed as authorizing the importation into the United States 
        of any goods for personal consumption acquired in Cuba.

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 travelers.

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 section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)).
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