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| 5 | 5 | | To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. W |
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| 9 | 9 | | YDEN(for himself and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; |
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| 10 | 10 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Cuba 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Trade Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF PROVISIONS RESTRICTING TRADE 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | AND OTHER RELATIONS WITH CUBA. 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) A |
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| 21 | 21 | | UTHORITY FOR EMBARGO AND SUGAR 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Q |
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| 23 | 23 | | UOTA.— 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | N GENERAL.—Section 620(a) of the For-10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is 11 |
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| 27 | 27 | | repealed. 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT .—Section 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1610(f)(1)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | amended by striking ‘‘section 620(a) of the Foreign 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)),’’. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) T |
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| 36 | 36 | | RADINGWITH THEENEMYACT.— 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | N GENERAL.—The authorities conferred 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | upon the President by section 5(b) of the Trading 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4305(b)), which 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | were being exercised with respect to Cuba on July 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1, 1977, as a result of a national emergency de-10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | clared by the President before that date, and are 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | being exercised on the day before the effective date 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act, may not be exercised on or after such 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | effective date with respect to Cuba. 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) R |
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| 48 | 48 | | EGULATIONS.—Any regulation in effect on 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the day before the effective date of this Act pursuant 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | to the exercise of authorities described in paragraph 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) shall cease to be effective on such effective date. 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c) E |
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| 53 | 53 | | XERCISE OFAUTHORITIESUNDEROTHERPRO-19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | VISIONS OFLAW.— 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) R |
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| 56 | 56 | | EMOVAL OF PROHIBITIONS .—Any prohibi-21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tion on exports to Cuba that is in effect on the day 22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | before the effective date of this Act under the Ex-23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | port Administration Act of 1979 (Public Law 96– 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 72; 93 Stat. 503) or the Export Control Reform Act 25 |
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| 63 | 63 | | •S 136 IS |
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| 64 | 64 | | of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) shall cease to be 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | effective on such effective date. 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (2) A |
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| 67 | 67 | | UTHORITY FOR NEW RESTRICTIONS .—The 3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | President may, on and after the effective date of this 4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Act— 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (A) impose export controls with respect to 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Cuba under the Export Control Reform Act of 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); and 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (B) exercise the authorities the President 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | has under the International Emergency Eco-10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | with respect to Cuba pursuant to a declaration 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | of national emergency required by that Act that 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | is made on account of an unusual and extraor-14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | dinary threat to the national security, foreign 15 |
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| 80 | 80 | | policy, or economy of the United States, that 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | did not exist before the date of the enactment 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of this Act. 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (d) R |
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| 84 | 84 | | EPEAL OFCUBANDEMOCRACYACT OF1992.— 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | The Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6001 et 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | seq.) is repealed. 21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (e) R |
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| 88 | 88 | | EPEAL OFCUBANLIBERTY ANDDEMOCRATIC 22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | S |
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| 90 | 90 | | OLIDARITY(LIBERTAD) ACT OF1996.— 23 |
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| 93 | 93 | | •S 136 IS |
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| 94 | 94 | | (1) REPEAL.—The Cuban Liberty and Demo-1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) is repealed. 3 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (2) C |
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| 98 | 98 | | ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (A) V |
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| 100 | 100 | | ISA REVOCATION.—Section 428(c)(2) 5 |
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| 101 | 101 | | of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 6 |
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| 102 | 102 | | U.S.C. 236(c)(2)) is amended— 7 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (i) by striking subparagraph (K); and 8 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 9 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (L) through (P) as subparagraphs (K) 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | through (O), respectively. 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (B) E |
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| 108 | 108 | | FFECT OF DETERMINATION .—Sec-12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | tion 606 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public 14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is repealed. 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (C) P |
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| 113 | 113 | | ROPERTY IMMUNE FROM ATTACH -16 |
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| 114 | 114 | | MENT.—Section 1611 of title 28, United States 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Code, is amended by striking subsection (c). 18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (D) I |
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| 117 | 117 | | NTERNATIONAL CLAIMS .—Sections 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | 514 and 515 of the International Claims Settle-20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ment Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1643l and 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | 1643m) are repealed. 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (f) R |
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| 122 | 122 | | EPEAL OFPROVISIONSIMPOSINGCERTAINRE-23 |
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| 123 | 123 | | STRICTIONS ONASSISTANCE TOFORMERSOVIETCOUN-24 |
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| 124 | 124 | | TRIES.— 25 |
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| 127 | 127 | | •S 136 IS |
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| 128 | 128 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 498A of the Foreign 1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295a) is amend-2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ed— 3 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (A) in subsection (a)(11), by striking ‘‘and 4 |
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| 132 | 132 | | intelligence facilities, including the military and 5 |
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| 133 | 133 | | intelligence facilities at Lourdes and Cien-6 |
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| 134 | 134 | | fuegos,’’ and inserting ‘‘facilities,’’; 7 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (B) in subsection (b)— 8 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (i) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 9 |
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| 137 | 137 | | after the semicolon; 10 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (ii) by striking paragraph (5); and 11 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (iii) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 12 |
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| 140 | 140 | | paragraph (5); and 13 |
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| 141 | 141 | | (C) by striking subsection (d). 14 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (2) D |
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| 143 | 143 | | EFINITIONS.—Section 498B(k) of the 15 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 145 | 145 | | 2295b(k)) is amended by striking paragraphs (3) 17 |
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| 146 | 146 | | and (4). 18 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (g) T |
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| 148 | 148 | | RADESANCTIONSREFORM ANDEXPORTEN-19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | HANCEMENT ACT OF2000.—The Trade Sanctions Re-20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | form and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 151 | 151 | | 7201 et seq.) is amended— 22 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (1) in section 906(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 23 |
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| 153 | 153 | | 7205(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘Cuba,’’; 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (2) in section 908 (22 U.S.C. 7207)— 25 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (A) by striking subsection (b); 1 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (B) in subsection (a)— 2 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (i) by striking ‘‘P |
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| 161 | 161 | | ROHIBITION’’ and all 3 |
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| 162 | 162 | | that follows through ‘‘(1) I |
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| 163 | 163 | | N GENERAL.— 4 |
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| 164 | 164 | | Notwithstanding’’ and inserting ‘‘I |
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| 165 | 165 | | NGEN-5 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 6 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘for exports to Cuba 7 |
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| 168 | 168 | | or’’; 8 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (iii) by striking paragraph (2); and 9 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (iv) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 10 |
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| 171 | 171 | | subsection (b) and by moving such sub-11 |
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| 172 | 172 | | section, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 12 |
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| 173 | 173 | | left; and 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (C) in subsection (b), as redesignated by 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking ‘‘paragraph 15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 16 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (3) by striking section 909 (22 U.S.C. 7208); 17 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (4) by striking section 910 (22 U.S.C. 7209); 18 |
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| 179 | 179 | | and 19 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (5) by redesignating section 911 (Public Law 20 |
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| 181 | 181 | | 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–72) as section 909. 21 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (h) R |
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| 183 | 183 | | EPEAL OFPROHIBITION ONTRANSACTIONS OR 22 |
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| 184 | 184 | | P |
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| 185 | 185 | | AYMENTSWITHRESPECT TOCERTAINUNITEDSTATES 23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | I |
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| 187 | 187 | | NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—Section 211 of the Depart-24 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ment of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations 25 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(b) of division A 1 |
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| 193 | 193 | | of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–88) is repealed. 2 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (i) S |
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| 195 | 195 | | UGARQUOTAPROHIBITIONUNDERFOODSECU-3 |
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| 196 | 196 | | RITYACT OF1985.—Subsection (c) of section 902 of the 4 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 5 |
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| 198 | 198 | | 1444) is repealed. 6 |
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| 199 | 199 | | SEC. 3. TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND FACILI-7 |
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| 200 | 200 | | TIES. 8 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (a) I |
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| 202 | 202 | | NGENERAL.—Any common carrier, as defined 9 |
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| 203 | 203 | | in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 10 |
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| 204 | 204 | | U.S.C. 153), may install, maintain, and repair tele-11 |
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| 205 | 205 | | communications equipment and facilities in Cuba, and 12 |
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| 206 | 206 | | otherwise provide telecommunications services between the 13 |
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| 207 | 207 | | United States and Cuba. 14 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (b) U |
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| 209 | 209 | | PGRADE OFFACILITIES ANDEQUIPMENT.— 15 |
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| 210 | 210 | | The authority under subsection (a) includes the authority 16 |
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| 211 | 211 | | to upgrade facilities and equipment. 17 |
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| 212 | 212 | | SEC. 4. TRAVEL. 18 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (a) I |
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| 214 | 214 | | NGENERAL.—Travel to and from Cuba by indi-19 |
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| 215 | 215 | | viduals who are citizens or residents of the United States, 20 |
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| 216 | 216 | | and any transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, 21 |
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| 217 | 217 | | may not be regulated or prohibited if that travel would 22 |
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| 218 | 218 | | be lawful in the United States. 23 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (b) T |
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| 220 | 220 | | RANSACTIONSINCIDENTTOTRAVEL.—Trans-24 |
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| 221 | 221 | | actions ordinarily incident to travel that may not be regu-25 |
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| 225 | 225 | | lated or prohibited under subsection (a) include the fol-1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (1) Transactions ordinarily incident to travel or 3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | maintenance in Cuba. 4 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (2) Normal banking transactions involving for-5 |
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| 230 | 230 | | eign currency drafts, traveler’s checks, or other ne-6 |
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| 231 | 231 | | gotiable instruments incident to that travel. 7 |
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| 232 | 232 | | SEC. 5. NEGOTIATIONS WITH CUBA. 8 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (a) N |
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| 234 | 234 | | EGOTIATIONS.—The President should take all 9 |
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| 235 | 235 | | necessary steps to advance negotiations with the Govern-10 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ment of Cuba— 11 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (1) for the purpose of settling claims of nation-12 |
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| 238 | 238 | | als of the United States against the Government of 13 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Cuba for the taking of property by such government; 14 |
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| 240 | 240 | | and 15 |
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| 241 | 241 | | (2) for the purpose of securing the protection of 16 |
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| 242 | 242 | | internationally recognized human rights. 17 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (b) D |
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| 244 | 244 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘na-18 |
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| 245 | 245 | | tional of the United States’’ and ‘‘property’’ have the 19 |
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| 246 | 246 | | meanings given those terms in section 502 of the Inter-20 |
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| 247 | 247 | | national Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 21 |
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| 248 | 248 | | 1643a). 22 |
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| 249 | 249 | | SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TRADE 23 |
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| 250 | 250 | | TREATMENT. 24 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (a) S |
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| 252 | 252 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.— 25 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of the Con-1 |
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| 257 | 257 | | gress that— 2 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (A) the United States should promote 3 |
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| 259 | 259 | | democratic change and economic reform by nor-4 |
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| 260 | 260 | | malizing trade relations with Cuba; and 5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | (B) upon the enactment of this Act, it will 6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | no longer be necessary for the United States to 7 |
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| 263 | 263 | | continue to use article XXI of the GATT 1994 8 |
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| 264 | 264 | | with respect to Cuba, understanding that the 9 |
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| 265 | 265 | | President retains full authority to invoke article 10 |
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| 266 | 266 | | XXI of the GATT 1994 and comparable provi-11 |
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| 267 | 267 | | sions in other Uruguay Round Agreements in 12 |
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| 268 | 268 | | the future in all appropriate circumstances. 13 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (2) D |
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| 270 | 270 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 14 |
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| 271 | 271 | | terms ‘‘GATT 1994’’ and ‘‘Uruguay Round Agree-15 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ments’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-16 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tion 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 17 |
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| 274 | 274 | | U.S.C. 3501). 18 |
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| 275 | 275 | | (b) E |
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| 276 | 276 | | XTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREAT-19 |
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| 277 | 277 | | MENT TO THEPRODUCTS OFCUBA.— 20 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (1) H |
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| 279 | 279 | | ARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE AMEND -21 |
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| 280 | 280 | | MENTS.—Subdivision (b) of general note 3 of the 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 23 |
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| 282 | 282 | | amended— 24 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (A) by striking ‘‘to section 401 of the Tar-1 |
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| 287 | 287 | | iff Classification Act of 1962,’’; and 2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Cuba’’. 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (2) R |
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| 290 | 290 | | EPEAL OF SECTION 401 OF THE TARIFF 4 |
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| 291 | 291 | | CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1962 .—Section 401 of the 5 |
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| 292 | 292 | | Tariff Classification Act of 1962 (Public Law 87– 6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | 456; 76 Stat. 78) is repealed. 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (3) T |
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| 295 | 295 | | ERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV 8 |
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| 296 | 296 | | OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO CUBA .— 9 |
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| 297 | 297 | | (A) E |
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| 298 | 298 | | XTENSION OF NONDISCRIMINATORY 10 |
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| 299 | 299 | | TREATMENT.—Nondiscriminatory treatment 11 |
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| 300 | 300 | | (normal trade relations treatment) shall apply 12 |
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| 301 | 301 | | to the products of Cuba. 13 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (B) T |
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| 303 | 303 | | ERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF 14 |
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| 304 | 304 | | TITLE IV.—Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 15 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall cease to apply to 16 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Cuba. 17 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (4) E |
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| 308 | 308 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the 18 |
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| 309 | 309 | | amendments made by this section, shall apply with 19 |
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| 310 | 310 | | respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from ware-20 |
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| 311 | 311 | | house for consumption, on or after the 15th day 21 |
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| 312 | 312 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act. 22 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (c) R |
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| 314 | 314 | | EPORT TOCONGRESS.—The President shall 23 |
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| 315 | 315 | | submit to Congress, not later than 18 months after the 24 |
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| 319 | 319 | | date of the enactment of this Act, a report on trade rela-1 |
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| 320 | 320 | | tions between the United States and Cuba. 2 |
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| 321 | 321 | | SEC. 7. PROHIBITION ON LIMITING ANNUAL REMITTANCES. 3 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (a) I |
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| 323 | 323 | | NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 4 |
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| 324 | 324 | | (b), the Secretary of the Treasury may not limit the 5 |
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| 325 | 325 | | amount of remittances to Cuba that may be made by any 6 |
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| 326 | 326 | | person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the United 7 |
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| 327 | 327 | | States, and the Secretary shall rescind all regulations in 8 |
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| 328 | 328 | | effect on the date of the enactment of this Act that so 9 |
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| 329 | 329 | | limit the amount of those remittances. 10 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (b) R |
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| 331 | 331 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-11 |
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| 332 | 332 | | section (a) may be construed to prohibit the prosecution 12 |
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| 333 | 333 | | or conviction of any person committing an offense de-13 |
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| 334 | 334 | | scribed in section 1956 of title 18, United States Code 14 |
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| 335 | 335 | | (relating to the laundering of monetary instruments), or 15 |
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| 336 | 336 | | section 1957 of such title (relating to engaging in mone-16 |
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| 337 | 337 | | tary transactions in property derived from specific unlaw-17 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ful activity). 18 |
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| 339 | 339 | | SEC. 8. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS PRIOR 19 |
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| 340 | 340 | | TO DENIAL OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT WITH 20 |
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| 341 | 341 | | RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 21 |
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| 342 | 342 | | (a) I |
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| 343 | 343 | | NGENERAL.—Subclause (II) of section 22 |
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| 344 | 344 | | 901(j)(2)(B)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 23 |
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| 345 | 345 | | amended by striking ‘‘such country becomes’’ and insert-24 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ing ‘‘the date on which the President reports to Congress 1 |
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| 350 | 350 | | that such country has been determined to be’’. 2 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (b) E |
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| 352 | 352 | | FFECTIVEDATE.— 3 |
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| 353 | 353 | | (1) I |
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| 354 | 354 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 4 |
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| 355 | 355 | | the amendment made by this section shall apply to 5 |
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| 356 | 356 | | any determination regarding whether a foreign coun-6 |
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| 357 | 357 | | try is described in subparagraph (A) of section 7 |
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| 358 | 358 | | 901(j)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 8 |
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| 359 | 359 | | which is made after the date of the enactment of 9 |
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| 360 | 360 | | this Act. 10 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (2) N |
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| 362 | 362 | | ON-APPLICATION TO COUNTRIES SUBJECT 11 |
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| 363 | 363 | | TO DENIAL OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT .—Nothing in 12 |
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| 364 | 364 | | this section, or the amendment made by this section, 13 |
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| 365 | 365 | | shall be construed to alter, amend, or otherwise af-14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | fect the application of subsection (j) of section 901 15 |
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| 367 | 367 | | of such Code to any country which has been deter-16 |
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| 368 | 368 | | mined to be a country described in paragraph (2)(A) 17 |
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| 369 | 369 | | of such subsection on or before the date of the en-18 |
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| 370 | 370 | | actment of this Act. 19 |
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| 371 | 371 | | SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 20 |
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| 372 | 372 | | Except as provided in sections 6 and 8, this Act and 21 |
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| 373 | 373 | | the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 22 |
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| 374 | 374 | | date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of 23 |
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| 375 | 375 | | this Act. 24 |
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