Sec. 2. Removal of provisions restricting trade and other relations with Cuba

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Section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2370(a) ) is repealed. Section 1610(f)(1)(A) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( . 22 U.S.C. 2370(a) ), The authorities conferred upon the President by section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4305(b) ), which were being exercised with respect to Cuba on July 1, 1977, as a result of a national emergency declared by the President before that date, and are being exercised on the day before the effective date of this Act, may not be exercised on or after such effective date with respect to Cuba.

Any regulation in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act pursuant to the exercise of authorities described in paragraph

(1)shall cease to be effective on such effective date. Any prohibition on exports to Cuba that is in effect on the day before the effective date of this Act under the Export Administration Act of 1979 ( Public Law 96–72 ; 93 Stat. 503) or the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.) shall cease to be effective on such effective date. The President may, on and after the effective date of this Act— impose export controls with respect to Cuba under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.); and exercise the authorities the President has under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) with respect to Cuba pursuant to a declaration of national emergency required by that Act that is made on account of an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, that did not exist before the date of the enactment of this Act. The Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 6001 et seq.) is repealed. The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 ( 22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) is repealed. Section 428(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 236(c)(2) ) is amended— by striking subparagraph (K); and by redesignating subparagraphs

(L)through

(P)as subparagraphs

(K)through (O), respectively. Section 606 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–208 ; 8 U.S.C. 1255 note) is repealed. Section 1611 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (c). Sections 514 and 515 of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 ( 22 U.S.C. 1643l and 1643m) are repealed. Section 498A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2295a ) is amended— in subsection (a)(11), by striking and intelligence facilities, including the military and intelligence facilities at Lourdes and Cienfuegos, and inserting facilities, ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (4), by inserting or after the semicolon; by striking paragraph (5); and by redesignating paragraph

(6)as paragraph (5); and by striking subsection (d). Section 498B(k) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2295b(k) ) is amended by striking paragraphs

(3)and (4). The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) is amended— in section 906(a)(1) ( 22 U.S.C. 7205(a)(1) ), by striking Cuba, ; in section 908 ( 22 U.S.C. 7207 )— by striking subsection (b); in subsection (a)— by striking and all that follows through Prohibition

(1)and inserting In general.— Notwithstanding ; In general.— Notwithstanding by striking for exports to Cuba or ; by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraph

(3)as subsection

(b)and by moving such subsection, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left; and in subsection (b), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)(iv), by striking paragraph

(1)and inserting subsection

(a); by striking section 909 ( 22 U.S.C. 7208 ); by striking section 910 ( 22 U.S.C. 7209 ); and by redesignating section 911 ( Public Law 106–387 ; 114 Stat. 1549A–72) as section 909. Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277 ; 112 Stat. 2681–88) is repealed. Subsection

(c)of section 902 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( Public Law 99–198 ; 99 Stat. 1444) is repealed.

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