22 U.S.C. § 7209

Requirements relating to certain travel-related transactions with Cuba

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(a) Authorization of travel relating to commercial sales of agricultural and medical goods

The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations under which the travel-related transactions listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license for travel to, from, or within Cuba for the marketing and sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Prohibition on travel relating to tourist activities(1) In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the Secretary of the Treasury, or any other Federal official, may not authorize the travel-related transactions listed in subsection (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, either by a general license or on a case-by-case basis by a specific license for travel to, from, or within Cuba for tourist activities.

(2) Definition

In this subsection, the term “tourist activities” means any activity with respect to travel to, from, or within Cuba that is not expressly authorized in subsection (a) of this section, in any of paragraphs (1) through (12) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or in any section referred to in any of such paragraphs (1) through (12) (as such sections were in effect on June 1, 2000).

(Pub. L. 106–387, § 1(a) [title IX, § 910], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–71; Pub. L. 111–8, div. D, title VI, § 620, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 677.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–8 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations under which the travel-related transactions listed in subsection (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, may be authorized on a case-by-case basis by a specific license for travel to, from, or within Cuba for the commercial export sale of agricultural commodities pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel v. United States Department of the Treasury

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Emergency Coalition to Defend Educational Travel v. United States Department of the Treasury (2007) dcd · cites it 2× “§ 5(b)(4)), and the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (“TSRA”), 22 U.S.C. § 7209 . (1st Am. Compl. ¶ 32; Pis.”

Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (2026) scotus “And, the Com- mission found “that the facilities of [Havana Docks] were physically occupied by agents of the Cuban Government” —————— 4 The cruise lines have argued that their use of the docks fell within the exception to Title III’s definition of “traffics” for “uses of…”

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