Updating Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State [Public Notice: 12713] SUMMARY: The Department of State is adding 11 properties to its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List (CPA List). The Cuban Assets Control Regulations generally prohibit persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction from lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for, or on behalf of, a third party to lodge at any property in Cuba on the CPA List. DATES: Effective July 14, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Haas, Office of the Coordinator for Cuban Affairs, tel.: 771-204-7384, WHA-CCAEconomicUnit@state.gov , Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On September 24, 2020, the Department of the Treasury amended its Cuba sanctions with a regulatory amendment to the CACR, adding § 515.10 to generally prohibit persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction from lodging, paying for lodging, or making any reservation for, or on behalf of, a third party to lodge at any property in Cuba on the CPA List. The State Department, on behalf of the Secretary of State, is now updating the CPA List, as published below and available on the State Department's website: https://www.state.gov/​cuba-sanctions/​cuba-prohibited-accommodations-list/​ . This update includes eleven additional accommodations, one address correction, four name refinements, and one merging of duplicative entries. The State Department continues to update the Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List periodically. Elec…