FYI -- This was introducted in the US House of
Representatives as the "Baseball Diplomacy Act" HR 216
by Jose Serrano (D-NY):


Baseball Diplomacy Act (Introduced in House)

HR 216 IH

110th CONGRESS
1st Session

H. R. 216
To waive certain prohibitions with respect to
nationals of Cuba coming to the United States to play
organized professional baseball.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 4, 2007
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned

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A BILL
To waive certain prohibitions with respect to
nationals of Cuba coming to the United States to play
organized professional baseball.

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 `Baseball Diplomacy Act'.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.

(a) Restriction on Embargo Authority- The authorities
of section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, those authorities under section 5(b) of the
Trading with the Enemy Act that were being exercised
with respect to Cuba on July 1, 1977, as a result of a
national emergency declared before that date, and are
being exercised on the date of the enactment of this
Act, and section 203 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act may not be exercised to regulate
or prohibit--

(1) those transactions permitted under section 515.571
of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, by or on
behalf of a Cuban national who enters the United
States from Cuba on a visa issued under section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act for the purpose of playing organized
professional baseball; and

(2) a Cuban national described in paragraph (1) from
returning to Cuba with the earnings made in playing
organized professional baseball.

(b) Restriction on Immigration Authority- The
authority contained in section 212(f) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act may not be used to
deny a visa described in subsection (a)(1) to a Cuban
national for the purpose of playing organized
professional baseball.

(c) Inapplicability of Other Restrictions- This
section applies notwithstanding section 102(h) of the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act
of 1996.

SEC. 3. DURATION OF VISA.

A visa described in section 2(a)(1)--

(1) shall permit the alien to whom the visa is issued
to remain in the United States only for the duration
of the baseball season; and

(2) need not be renewed for subsequent entries into
the United States for the duration of a valid contract
entered into between the alien and the professional
baseball team with which the alien played in the
preceding baseball season.






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