Cuba Sanctions Regulations

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 the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Part 516 AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adding regulations to implement a May 1, 2026 Cuba-related Executive order. OFAC intends to supplement these regulations with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive guidance and definitions, general licenses, and other regulatory provisions. DATES: This rule is effective September 30 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, 202-622-4855; or https://ofac.treasury.gov/​contact-ofac . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC's website: https://ofac.treasury.gov . Background On May 1, 2026, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) (IEEPA), issued Executive Order (E.O.) 14404, “Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy” ( 91 FR 25061 , May 7, 2026). In E.O. 14404 , the President determined that the policies, practices, ( printed page 61749) and actions of the Government of Cuba, as described in the national emergency declared in E.O. 14380 , “Addressing Threats to the United S…