{"id":2455,"date":"2002-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2002-08-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2002-08-05T00:00:00","slug":"545852002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/08\/05\/545852002\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/5\/2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;FLAKE TRAVEL AMENDMENT\u2026AMENDMENT NO. 1: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section: \u00a0SEC. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to administer or enforce part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets Control Regulations) with respect to any travel or travel-related transaction. (b) The limitation established in subsection (a) shall not apply to the issuance of general or specific licenses for travel or travel-related transactions, and shall not apply to transactions in relation to any business travel covered by section 515.560(g) of such part 515. MORAN FARM FINANCE AMENDMENT\u2026AMENDMENT NO. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section: \u00a0SEC. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement any sanction imposed by the United States on private commercial sales of agricultural commodities (as defined in section 402 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954) or medicine or medical supplies (within the meaning of section 1705(c) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992) to Cuba (other than a sanction imposed pursuant to agreement with one or more other countries). FLAKE REMITTANCE CAP AMENDMENT\u2026AMENDMENT PURPOSE: An amendment numbered 20 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funds in the bill from being used to enforce any restriction on remittances to nationals of Cuba covered by the Code of Federal Regulations. RANGEL EMBARGO DEFUNDING AMENDMENT\u2026AMENDMENT NO. 5: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section: SEC. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the economic embargo of Cuba, as defined in section 4(7) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-114), except those provisions that relate to the denial of foreign tax credits or to the implementation of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Alexander, \u201cEmbargo Update: Cuba Amendments on the Move,\u201d Cuba Policy Foundation,\u00a0August 5, 2002<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;FLAKE TRAVEL AMENDMENT\u2026AMENDMENT NO. 1: At the end of the bill, insert after the last section (preceding the short title) the following new section: \u00a0SEC. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to administer or enforce part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/08\/05\/545852002\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 8\/5\/2002<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2260,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1977\/05\/12\/3475121977\/","url_meta":{"origin":2455,"position":0},"title":"5\/12\/1977","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 12, 1977","format":false,"excerpt":"\"12.05.77 The Regulations for the Cuban Assets Control of the Treasury Department were reviewed resulting in the issuance of a general license to allow other people such as travel agencies to assist U.S. travellers in their arrangements for their travels to Cuba; to allow to charter planes and vessels to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2257,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1977\/01\/06\/343161977\/","url_meta":{"origin":2455,"position":1},"title":"1\/6\/1977","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 6, 1977","format":false,"excerpt":"\"06.01.77-21.03.77 The Cuban Assets Control Regulations of the Treasury Department were amended, thus authorizing people traveling to Cuba to pay their plane ticket and expenses during their stay in Cuba, and to buy $100 worth of Cuban merchandise which may be brought into the United States by authorized travelers arriving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2451,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2002\/07\/23\/5417232002\/","url_meta":{"origin":2455,"position":2},"title":"7\/23\/2002","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 23, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"\"IN THE HOUSE, on July 23 [2002], three amendments to Treasury-Postal Appropriations bill (TPO) passed that ease elements of the Cuban embargo\u2026In a significant defeat for House embargo supporters, an amendment to TPO offered by Rep. 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