Congress is easing up on restrictions on family travel to Cuba.

Changes in the rules for travel to Cuba are in a huge government spending bill Congress sent to President Barack Obama Tuesday night.

The changes come amid debate on whether the U.S. should lift its trade embargo against the island nation.

Under the bill Obama is expected to sign, Cuban-Americans could travel to Cuba once a year to visit relatives and stay for an unlimited duration. Existing rules limit family visits to once every three years for no more than 14 days at a time.

The bill would also ease rules for imports of food and medicine into Cuba. That change has prompted protests by lawmakers contending that a brutal dictatorship is being rewarded.

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