Restrictions on travel to Cuba have been a key and often contentious component in U.S. efforts to isolate the communist government of Fidel Castro for much of the past 40 years. Over time, there have been numerous changes to the restrictions, and for five years, from 1977 until 1982, there were no restrictions on travel to Cuba. Under the Bush Administration, enforcement of U.S. restrictions on Cuba travel has increased, and restrictions on travel and on private remittances to Cuba have been tightened. In March 2003, the Administration eliminated travel for people-to-people educational exchanges unrelated to academic coursework. In June 2004, the Administration further restricted family and educational travel and eliminated the category of fully-hosted travel. At the same time, remittances were further restricted so that they could only be sent to the remitters immediate family. In the 109th Congress, there has been significant legislative attention to the issue of Cuba travel. On June 30, 2005, the House rejected three amendments to H.R. 3058, the FY2006 Transportation appropriations bill, that would have eased Cuba travel restrictions: H.Amdt. 420 (Davis) on family travel; H.Amdt. 422 (Lee) on educational travel; and H.Amdt. 424 (Rangel) on the overall embargo. During June 29, 2005, consideration of H.R. 2361, the FY2006 Interior Appropriations bill, the Senate rejected a motion to suspend the rules with respect to S.Amdt. 1059 (Dorgan), which would have allowed family travel under a general license for humanitarian reasons; the amendment was then ruled out of order. A number of other legislative initiatives have been introduced in the 109th Congress that would ease restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. Two bills S. 894 (Enzi) and H.R. 1814 (Flake) would specifically lift overall restrictions on travel to Cuba. H.R. 2617 (Davis) would prohibit any additional restrictions on per diem allowances, family visits to Cuba, remittances, and accompanied baggage beyond those that were in effect on June 15, 2004. H.R. 3064 (Lee) would prohibit the use of funds available to the Department of the Treasury to implement regulations from June 2004 that tightened restrictions on travel to Cuba for educational activities. Two additional bills H.R. 208 (Serrano) and H.R. 579 (Paul) would lift the overall embargo on trade and financial transactions with Cuba, including restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba. Finally, two identical bills dealing with easing restrictions on exporting agricultural commodities to Cuba H.R. 719 (Moran of Kansas) and S. 328 (Craig) include provisions for a general license for travel transactions related to the marketing and sale of agricultural products, as opposed to the current requirement of a specific license for such travel transactions. Pending amendments S.Amdt. 281 (Baucus) and S.Amdt. 282 (Craig) to S. 600 would add the language of S. 328, with a provision on travel transactions for the marketing and sale of agricultural products. This report will be updated to reflect major developments.