Congress panel votes to loosen Cuba travel rules

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Congress panel votes to loosen Cuba travel rules
Posted 2008/06/17 at 7:07 pm EDT

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2008 (Reuters) — People living in the United States could travel to Cuba more often and visit a broader list of family members under legislation approved by a congressional panel on Tuesday.

A House of Representatives appropriations panel embraced the liberalized travel initiative, which faces several more legislative steps over the next few months and likely would be opposed by the Bush administration.

Under a proposal that funds several federal agencies next year including the Treasury Department, which oversees Cuba travel and trade restrictions, travelers would be able to visit close relatives in Cuba once a year, instead of the current once-every-three-years restriction.

The list of eligible family members U.S. residents could visit in Cuba would grow from immediate relatives to include first-cousins, uncles and aunts.




Read more: http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n17386492-usa-cuba-travel/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Beginning to sound like HMS Pinafore

And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts!
His sisters and his cousins,
Whom he reckons up by dozens,
And his aunts!

Wouldn't it just be easier to open it up for everyone ? This does of course suppose that they wouldn't need to be granted visas by Cuba......lol.