Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

22 U.S.C. § 6091: Exclusion from United States of aliens who have confiscated property of United States nationals or who traffic in such property

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has confiscated, or has directed or overseen the confiscation of, property a claim to which is owned by a United States national, or converts or has converted for personal gain confiscated property, a claim to which is owned by a United States national; traffics in confiscated property, a claim to which is owned by a United States national; is a corporate officer, principal, or shareholder with a controlling interest of an entity which has been involved in the confiscation of property or trafficking in confiscated property, a claim to which is owned by a United States national; or is a spouse, minor child, or agent of a person excludable under paragraph (1), (2), or (3). without the property having been returned or adequate and effective compensation provided; or without the claim to the property having been settled pursuant to an international claims settlement agreement or other mutually accepted settlement procedure; and a debt of any enterprise which has been nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cuban Government; a debt which is a charge on property nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise taken by the Cuban Government; or a debt which was incurred by the Cuban Government in satisfaction or settlement of a confiscated property claim. transfers, distributes, dispenses, brokers, or otherwise disposes of confiscated property, purchases, receives, obtains control of, or otherwise acquires confiscated property, or improves (other than for routine maintenance), invests in (by contribution of funds or anything of value, other than for routine maintenance), or begins after March 12, 1996 , to manage, lease, possess, use, or hold an interest in confiscated property, enters into a commercial arrangement using or otherwise benefiting from confiscated property, or causes, directs, participates in, or profits from, trafficking (as described in clause (i) or (ii)) by another person, or otherwise engages in trafficking (as described in clause (i) or (ii)) through another person, the delivery of international telecommunication signals to Cuba; the trading or holding of securities publicly traded or held, unless the trading is with or by a person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be a specially designated national; transactions and uses of property incident to lawful travel to Cuba, to the extent that such transactions and uses of property are necessary to the conduct of such travel; or transactions and uses of property by a person who is both a citizen of Cuba and a resident of Cuba, and who is not an official of the Cuban Government or the ruling political party in Cuba. This section shall not apply where the Secretary of State finds, on a case by case basis, that the entry into the United States of the person who would otherwise be excluded under this section is necessary for medical reasons or for purposes of litigation of an action under subchapter III. This section applies to aliens seeking to enter the United States on or after March 12, 1996 . This section applies only with respect to acts within the meaning of “traffics” that occur on or after March 12, 1996 . an unclassified list, by economic sector, of the number of entities then under review pursuant to that section; an unclassified list of all entities and a classified list of all individuals that the Secretary of State has determined to be subject to that section; an unclassified list of all entities and a classified list of all individuals that the Secretary of State has determined are no longer subject to that section; an explanation of the status of the review underway for the cases referred to in paragraph (1); and since the date of the enactment of this Act, in the case of the first report under this subsection; and in the preceding 3-month period, in the case of each subsequent report. In preparing the report under subsection (a), the names of entities shall not be identified under paragraph (1) or (4).”

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