Washington D.C. July 26 (RHC)—A group of US lawmakers are once again introducing legislation in the House and in the Senate, seeking to put an end to all travel restrictions to Cuba.
Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Tom Emmer (R-Minn) introduced the Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019 in the House on Thursday, while an equal Bill will be introduced in the Senate on Monday, July 29th by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt)
Senator Leahy will be joined by 45 Senate cosponsors. Specifically, the bipartisan legislation ends restrictions under laws enacted in 1996 and 2000 that prevent American citizens and legal residents from travelling to Cuba – restrictions that do not exist for travel by Americans to any other country in the world except North Korea. The bill would also end prohibitions on travel-related transactions, including banking transactions.
Leahy said: “The Trump Administration’s policy toward Cuba is completely at odds with its policies toward other countries. It is more in line with what one might expect of a totalitarian dictatorship. Freedom to travel is a right… Americans overwhelmingly support expanding travel to Cuba. The federal government should not be telling Americans where they can or cannot travel, especially to a tiny country just 90 miles from Florida.
