---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 515.563"
title: "31"
number: "515.563"
heading: "Journalistic activities in Cuba."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/515.563"
---

# §515.563. Journalistic activities in Cuba.

- (a) **General license.** The travel-related transactions set forth in [§ 515.560(c)](/cfr/31/515.560.md?p=c) and such additional transactions as are directly incident to journalistic activities in Cuba are authorized, provided that:
  - (1) **The traveler is at least one of the following—**
    - (i) Regularly employed as a journalist by a news reporting organization;
    - (ii) Regularly employed as supporting broadcast or technical personnel;
    - (iii) A freelance journalist with a record of previous journalistic experience working on a freelance journalistic project; or
    - (iv) Broadcast or technical personnel with a record of previous broadcast or technical experience, who are supporting a freelance journalist working on a freelance journalistic project; and
  - (2) The traveler's schedule of activities does not include free time or recreation in excess of that consistent with a full-time schedule.
- (b) An entire group does not qualify for the general license in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section merely because some members of the group qualify individually.
- (c) **Certain travel-related transactions restricted.** Nothing in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section authorizes the lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for or on behalf of a third party to lodge, at any property on the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List to the extent prohibited by [§ 515.210](/cfr/31/515.210.md).
- (d) **Specific licenses.** Specific licenses may be issued on a case-by-case basis authorizing the travel-related transactions set forth in [§ 515.560(c)](/cfr/31/515.560.md?p=c) and such other transactions as are related to journalistic activity in Cuba that do not qualify for the general license under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 2296, Jan. 16, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 60071, Sept. 24, 2020]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2370(a), 6001-6010, 7201-7211; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 4301-4341; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 22 U.S.C. 6021-6091; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 111-8, 123 Stat. 524; Pub. L. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034; E.O. 9989, 13 FR 4891, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 748; Proc. 3447, 27 FR 1085, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 157; E.O. 12854, 58 FR 36587, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 614.

### Source

Source: 28 FR 6974, July 9, 1963, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 2296, Jan. 16, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 60071, Sept. 24, 2020]