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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1917 (Introduced in House) — To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. · Sec. 12

Sec. 12. Effective date

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This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect— 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, or 60 days after the date on which the President certifies to Congress that United States citizen Alan Phillip Gross has been released from the custody of the Government of Cuba, whichever occurs later.
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