Pursuit of International Education Act of 2009

Pursuit of International Education (PIE) Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)

HR 332 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 332

To provide that no funds made available to the Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to educational activities in Cuba.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 8, 2009

Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To provide that no funds made available to the Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to educational activities in Cuba.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Pursuit of International Education (PIE) Act of 2009'.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTER, OR ENFORCE REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE SPECIFIC LICENSES FOR TRAVEL-RELATED TRANSACTIONS DIRECTLY RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN CUBA.

(a) Limitation- No funds made available to the Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the amendments made to paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 515.565 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to specific licenses for United States academic institutions and other specific licenses), as published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2004 (69 Fed. Reg. 33772).

(b) Exception- The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to the implementation, administration, or enforcement of section 515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.