2019 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 79 - Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement
Sec. 7209 - Requirements relating to certain travel-related transactions with Cuba

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Citation 22 U.S.C. § 7209 (2019)
Section Name §7209. Requirements relating to certain travel-related transactions with Cuba
Section Text (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).

Source Credit

(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 Notes AMENDMENTS

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."

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 79 - TRADE SANCTIONS REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT
Sec. 7209 - Requirements relating to certain travel-related transactions with Cuba
Contains section 7209
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 114 Stat. 1549
123 Stat. 677
Public Law References Public Law 106-387, Public Law 111-8
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