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H.R. CONF. REP. 103-482, H.R. CONF. REP. 103-482 (1994)
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SEC. 525. FREE TRADE IN IDEAS.
(a) Sense of Congress.–It is the sense of the Congress that the President should not restrict travel or exchanges for informational, educational, religious, cultural, or humanitarian purposes or for public performances or exhibitions, between the United States and any other country.
(b) Amendments to Trading With the Enemy Act.–(1) Section 5(b)(4) of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
"(4) The authority granted to the President by this section does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or indirectly, the importation from any country, or the exportation to any country, whether commercial or otherwise, regardless of format or medium of transmission, of any information or informational materials, including but not limited...
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1) BACKGROUND
The documents included in the native PDF file represent the whole of the legislative history of the original 1989 Berman Amendment to IEEPA and TWEA, as well as the 1994 amendments that modified the text of the informational materials exemption as follows (changes emphasized).
The authority granted to the President by [IEEPA] does not include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or indirectly, the importation from any country, or the exportation to any country, whether commercial or otherwise, regardless of format or medium of transmission, of any information or informational materials, including but not limited to, publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks, and news wire...