Cuban Assets Control Regulations

What it does

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to implement portions of the President's foreign policy toward Cuba, including as directed by National Security Presidential Memorandum-5, "Reissuance of and Amendments to National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 on Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba" (2025 NSPM-5), signed by the President on June 30, 2025. Among other things, this rule adds a prohibition on indirect financial transactions with entities or subentities on the Cuba Restricted List; amends other authorizations related to financial transactions, including removing an authorization for "U-Turn" transactions; and amends authorizations related to travel and related transactions, including removing authorizations for group people-to-people travel and professional meetings in Cuba.

The Foreign Assets Control Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

31 CFR 515

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Foreign Assets Control Office has published 54 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 23 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective September 30, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Title 31 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register