1.  The act, authored by Senators Jesse Helms of North Carolina and Dan Burton of Indiana, tightened restrictions on Cuban travel.

2.  U.S. citizens, unless granted waivers, are banned from Cuban travel.

3.  Unless granted waivers, U.S. citizens are banned from Cuban travel.

4.  Those talks however focused on increasing business ties and on easing Cuban travel restrictions for Cubans living abroad.

5.  It also urged exemptions from the embargo of all transactions that foster US-Cuban communications including the Cuban travel ban for US nationals.