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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1120 

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that engage in certain 

transactions relating to Cuba and to impose sanctions with respect to 

human rights abuse and corruption in Cuba, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 21, 2023 

Mr. DONALDS (for himself, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. MOONEY, and Mr. DIAZBALART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that 

engage in certain transactions relating to Cuba and to 

impose sanctions with respect to human rights abuse 

and corruption in Cuba, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Denying Earnings to 

5 the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities 


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1 of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus Act’’ or the 

2 ‘‘DEMOCRACIA Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The Cuban Communist takeover of 1959 es6 tablished in Cuba a one-party authoritarian state of 

7 the Cuban Communist Party. 

8 (2) Cuba is a totalitarian state, in which the 

9 Cuban Communist Party has brutally oppressed the 

10 people of Cuba for more than 60 years. 

11 (3) Cuban democracy activists, including Las 

12 Damas de Blanco (also known as ‘‘Ladies in 

13 White’’), a group composed of wives and relatives of 

14 political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and 

15 peaceful activists in Cuba, are routinely repressed, 

16 censured, beaten, and unjustly imprisoned by the 

17 Cuban Communist Party. 

18 (4) On July 11, 2021, protesters marched in 

19 the streets throughout Cuba voicing their opposition 

20 against the communist regime of Cuba. 

21 (5) During those protests, Cubans in more than 

22 40 cities throughout the entire island held dem23 onstrations chanting ‘‘Libertad!’’, ‘‘Abajo la 

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1 ship’’), and ‘‘Patria y Vida!’’ (‘‘Homeland and 

2 Life’’). 

3 (6) Through those protests, the people of Cuba 

4 demanded the end to communism in Cuba and ac5 cess to food, medicine, water, and electricity, basic 

6 needs that the communist system in Cuba cannot 

7 provide. 

8 (7) Cubans gathered outside of the head9 quarters of the Cuban Communist Party chanting, 

10 ‘‘Cuba isn’t yours!’’. In a clear message, Cubans ex11 ercised their fundamental God-given rights to peace12 ably assemble, express their political opinions, and 

13 live free of censorship and oppression and demanded 

14 the ruling elites, especially the Cuban Communist 

15 Party, give the power back to the people. 

16 (8) During the July 11, 2021, protests, the 

17 Cuban Communist Party deployed a wave of terror 

18 throughout Cuba by— 

19 (A) unleashing its secret police and some 

20 military forces on peaceful protesters and un21 lawfully detained them, including by— 

22 (i) harassing and threatening people 

23 in their homes; 


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1 (ii) abducting and torturing civil soci2 ety leaders and other Cubans peacefully 

3 exercising their fundamental rights; and 

4 (iii) detaining more than 800 Cubans 

5 for peacefully protesting, who have gone 

6 missing since the protests and demonstra7 tions began, including leaders from Cuban 

8 civil society groups such as UNPACU, the 

9 San Isidro Movement, the Ladies in White, 

10 and religious leaders; and 

11 (B) in a crude and savage effort to silence 

12 the Cuban people, cutting internet connectivity 

13 and mobile services throughout Cuba, which 

14 prevented the Cuban people from organizing 

15 and hid from the outside world images and vid16 eos of the oppressive and brutal crackdown. 

17 (9) In response to these demonstrations and 

18 protests, the regime blocked access to social media, 

19 messaging platforms and cellular services, and ar20 rested and detained hundreds of protesters, activists, 

21 and journalists, according to Cuban human rights 

22 groups. 

23 (10) The Human Rights Report on Cuba for 

24 2020 set forth by the Department of State found 

25 that Cuba is an authoritarian state. 


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1 (11) A new constitution ratified in February 

2 2019 codified that Cuba remains a one-party system 

3 in which the Cuban Communist Party is the only 

4 legal political party. Elections in Cuba were neither 

5 free, fair, nor competitive. 

6 (12) The Ministry of Interior of Cuba 

7 (MININT) controls police, internal security forces, 

8 and the prison system. The National Revolutionary 

9 Police are the primary law enforcement organization 

10 of the Ministry. Specialized units of the state secu11 rity branch of the Ministry are responsible for moni12 toring, infiltrating, and suppressing independent po13 litical activity. The national leadership of Cuba, in14 cluding members of the military, maintain effective 

15 control over the security forces. Members of the se16 curity forces have committed numerous abuses. 

17 (13) Significant human rights issues in Cuba 

18 perpetrated by the Communist Party include the fol19 lowing: 

20 (A) Unlawful or arbitrary killings, includ21 ing extrajudicial killings. 

22 (B) Forced disappearances. 

23 (C) Torture and cruel, inhuman, and de24 grading treatment of political dissidents, detain25 ees, and prisoners by security forces. 


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1 (D) Harsh and life-threatening prison con2 ditions. 

3 (E) Arbitrary arrests and detentions. 

4 (F) The detaining of political prisoners. 

5 (G) Significant problems with the inde6 pendence of the judiciary. 

7 (H) Arbitrary or unlawful interference 

8 with privacy. 

9 (I) Functional lack of freedom of the 

10 press, as criminal libel laws are used against 

11 persons who criticize the ruling Communist 

12 Party of Cuba and that it has engaged in cen13 sorship and internet site blocking. 

14 (J) Severe limitations on academic and 

15 cultural freedom. 

16 (K) Severe restrictions on the right of 

17 peaceful assembly and denial of freedom of as18 sociation, including refusal to recognize inde19 pendent associations. 

20 (L) Severe restrictions on religious free21 dom. 

22 (M) Restrictions on internal and external 

23 freedom of movement. 

24 (N) Inability of citizens to change their 

25 government through free and fair elections. 


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1 (O) Restrictions on political participation 

2 to members of the ruling party. 

3 (P) Corruption within the ruling party, the 

4 Communist Party of Cuba. 

5 (Q) Trafficking in persons, including com6 pulsory labor. 

7 (R) Outlawing of independent trade 

8 unions. 

9 (14) Many within the high level operatives of 

10 the Communist Party of Cuba, at the direction of 

11 their superiors, have committed most human rights 

12 abuses. As a matter of policy, superiors failed to in13 vestigate or prosecute the individuals who committed 

14 those abuses. Impunity for the perpetrators has re15 mained widespread. 

16 (15) The United States Commission on Inter17 national Religious Freedom (USCIRF) rec18 ommended in its 2021 Annual Report that the 

19 United States Government again placed Cuba on the 

20 special watch list under section 402(b)(1)(A)(iii) of 

21 the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 

22 (22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(iii)) and recommended im23 posing sanctions on the Office of Religious Affairs of 

24 Cuba. 


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1 (16) In the report specified in paragraph (15), 

2 the United States Commission on International Reli3 gious Freedom (USCIRF) raised concerns regarding 

4 the denial in Cuba of religious freedom for human 

5 rights activists, independent journalists, and pro6 testers, particularly in the wake of demonstrations 

7 that started on November 13, 2020, calling for 

8 greater freedom of expression in Cuba. 

9 (17) Cuba is ground zero for a series of inter10 national and yet unexplained attacks that com11 menced in 2016 on members of the United States 

12 and Canadian diplomatic community. 

13 (18) Cuba continues to provide safe harbor for 

14 adversaries of the United States, including multiple 

15 fugitives from justice in the United States, including 

16 William Morales, Charles Hill, Victor Manuel 

17 Gerena, and Joanne Chesimard, who executed New 

18 Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a rou19 tine traffic stop in May 1973. 

20 (19) The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 

21 Enhancement Act (TSRA) of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 

22 et seq.) prohibits the President from imposing uni23 lateral agricultural or medical sanctions against 

24 Cuba. 


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1 (20) The defense, security, and intelligence sec2 tors of Cuba are the primary perpetrators of beat3 ings, arrests, detainments, and unjust 

4 imprisonments of the Cuban people. 

5 (21) The Cuban Communist Party has a long 

6 history of racism. 

7 (22) Many Cubans who suffered the worst 

8 treatment at the hands of the security forces of the 

9 Cuban Communist Party are Afro-Cuban, such as 

Dr. O ́ 10 scar Elı ́as Biscet, Jorge Luis Garcı ́a Pe ́rez, 

11 Berta Soler, Guillermo Farin ̃as, Orlando Zapata 

12 Tamayo, Luis Manuel Otero Alca ́ntara, and Ivan 

13 Hernandez Carrillo. 

14 (23) On January 12, 2021, the Department of 

15 State determined that Cuba has repeatedly provided 

16 support for acts of international terrorism and was 

17 designated a state sponsor of terrorism. 

18 (24) On May 14, 2021, Secretary of State 

19 Antony Blinken determined and certified to Con20 gress that Cuba is not cooperating fully with United 

21 States antiterrorism efforts. 

22 (25) The Cuban Communist Party continues to 

23 support international terrorist groups such as the 

24 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 

25 and the National Liberation Army (ELN). 


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1 (26) Commercial engagement with the defense, 

2 security, and intelligence sectors of Cuba empowers 

3 the human rights abuses, racism against Afro-Cu4 bans, and support for international terrorism by the 

5 Cuban Communist Party. 

6 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that Congress— 

8 (1) reaffirms subsection (a) of section 1704 of 

9 the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (CDA) (22 

10 U.S.C. 6003), which states that the President 

11 should encourage foreign countries to restrict trade 

12 and credit relations with Cuba in a manner con13 sistent with the purposes of that Act; and 

14 (2) urges the President to take immediate steps 

15 to apply the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) 

16 of that section with respect to countries assisting 

17 Cuba. 

18 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

19 It shall be the policy of the United States— 

20 (1) to support the desire of the people of Cuba 

21 for freedom and democracy; and 

22 (2) to work with allies and the international 

23 community to seek to restrict and reduce the finan24 cial resources of the Cuban dictatorship, which sup25 ports terrorism and perpetrates injustice and human 


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1 rights abuses against the Cuban people, that being 

2 the Cuban military, security, and intelligence sec3 tors. 

4 SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR5 EIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN 

6 TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO CUBA. 

7 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose 

9 the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re10 spect to a foreign person if the President determines 

11 that the foreign person, on or after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act, knowingly engages in an ac13 tivity described in paragraph (2). 

14 (2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—Except as pro15 vided in paragraph (3), a foreign person engages in 

16 an activity described in this paragraph if the foreign 

17 person provides financial, material, or technological 

18 support to, or engages in a transaction with— 

19 (A) a covered sector of the Government of 

20 Cuba, or any entity or individual affiliated with 

21 such sector (including an immediate adult fam22 ily member of such individual); 

23 (B) an agency, instrumentality, or other 

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1 vidual described in subparagraph (A) in a per2 centage share exceeding 25 percent; 

3 (C) an individual who is a senior official of 

4 a covered sector or entity described in subpara5 graph (A) (including an immediate adult family 

6 member of such individual); 

7 (D) an agency, instrumentality, or other 

8 entity operated or controlled by a covered sec9 tor, entity, or individual described in subpara10 graph (A); 

11 (E) an entity or individual— 

12 (i) for the purpose of avoiding a fi13 nancial transaction with, or the transfer of 

14 funds to, an entity or individual specified 

15 in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D); 

16 or 

17 (ii) for the benefit of an entity or indi18 vidual specified in any of subparagraphs 

19 (A) through (D); 

20 (F) a foreign person that is a military con21 tractor, mercenary, or a paramilitary force 

22 knowingly operating in a military, security, or 

23 intelligence capacity for or on behalf of the 

24 Government of Cuba; or 


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1 (G) a foreign person subject to sanctions 

2 pursuant to the International Emergency Eco3 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

4 (IEEPA) or the Trading with the Enemy Act 

5 (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) with respect to Cuba 

6 or any other provision of law that imposes sanc7 tions or other economic restrictions or limita8 tions with respect to Cuba. 

9 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—The following activities en10 gaged in by a foreign person shall not be considered 

11 to be activities described in paragraph (2) for pur12 poses of imposing sanctions described in subsection 

13 (b) with respect to the person: 

14 (A) The sale of agricultural commodities, 

15 medicines, and medical devices sold to Cuba 

16 consistent with the Trade Sanctions Reform 

17 and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSRA) 

18 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 

19 (B) A remittance to an immediate family 

20 member, other than— 

21 (i) an individual who is a high-level 

22 member of the Cuban Communist Party; 

23 or 


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1 (ii) an individual who is an immediate 

2 family member of an individual described 

3 in clause (i). 

4 (C) A payment in furtherance of the lease 

5 agreement for, or other financial transactions 

6 necessary for maintenance and improvements 

7 of, the military base at Guantanamo Bay, 

8 Cuba, including any adjacent areas under the 

9 control or possession of the United States. 

10 (D) Assistance or support in furtherance 

11 of democracy-building efforts for Cuba de12 scribed in section 109 of the Cuban Liberty and 

13 Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 

14 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6039). 

15 (E) Customary and routine financial trans16 actions necessary for the maintenance, improve17 ments, or regular duties of the United States 

18 Embassy in Havana, Cuba, including outreach 

19 to the pro-democracy opposition. 

20 (F) Accessing the internet or providing cel21 lular services if the internet and cellular serv22 ices have been restored, are without interference 

23 from the Cuban regime, and do not include any 

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1 by the Communist Party of the People’s Repub2 lic of China. 

3 (4) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

4 Congress that the President should, in making a de5 termination of whether a foreign person engages in 

6 an activity described in paragraph (2), consider the 

7 provision of loans, credits, or export credits by the 

8 person to be a form of significant financial, material, 

9 or technological support as described in such para10 graph. 

11 (5) COVERED SECTOR DEFINED.—In this sub12 section, the term ‘‘covered sector’’ means— 

13 (A) the defense sector; 

14 (B) the security sector; 

15 (C) the intelligence sector; or 

16 (D) any other sector of the Government of 

17 Cuba beginning 15 days after the date on which 

18 the President certifies to Congress that such 

19 sector is involved in carrying out human rights 

20 abuses or providing support for international 

21 terrorism. 

22 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed 

24 with respect to a foreign person subject to sub25 section (a) are the following: 


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1 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi2 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

3 the President under the International Emer4 gency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 

5 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the Trading with the 

6 Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) to the ex7 tent necessary to block and prohibit all trans8 actions in property and interests in property of 

9 the foreign person if such property and inter10 ests in property are in the United States, come 

11 within the United States, or are or come within 

12 the possession or control of a United States 

13 person. 

14 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD15 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

16 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

17 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

18 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des19 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

20 has reason to believe, has knowingly en21 gaged in any activity described in sub22 section (a)(2) is— 

23 (I) inadmissible to the United 

24 States; 


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1 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

2 other documentation to enter the 

3 United States; and 

4 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

5 admitted or paroled into the United 

6 States or to receive any other benefit 

7 under the Immigration and Nation8 ality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

9 seq.). 

10 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

11 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

12 consular officer, the Secretary of 

13 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

14 Security (or a designee of one of such 

15 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

16 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

17 Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 

18 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other 

19 entry documentation issued to an 

20 alien described in clause (i) regardless 

21 of when the visa or other entry docu22 mentation is issued. 

23 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

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1 (aa) shall take effect imme2 diately; and 

3 (bb) shall automatically can4 cel any other valid visa or entry 

5 documentation that is in the 

6 alien’s possession. 

7 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

8 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter9 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) 

10 (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that vio11 lates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 

12 causes a violation of any regulation, license, or order 

13 issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) to the same ex14 tent that such penalties apply to a person that com15 mits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of 

16 that section. 

17 (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER18 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under para19 graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 

20 if admitting or paroling the alien into the United 

21 States is necessary to permit the United States to 

22 comply with the Agreement regarding the Head23 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc24 cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem25 ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 


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1 United States, or other applicable international obli2 gations. 

3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President shall exercise 

4 all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter5 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 

6 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section, except 

7 that the President— 

8 (1) shall not issue any general license author9 izing, or otherwise authorize, any activity subject to 

10 sanctions under subsection (a); and 

11 (2) shall require any United States person seek12 ing to engage in a financial transaction or transfer 

13 of funds subject to sanctions under subsection (a) to 

14 submit a written request to the Office of Foreign 

15 Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 

16 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica17 tion of sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 

18 to a foreign person for a period of 180 days (and such 

19 waiver may not be renewed) if the President determines 

20 and certifies to Congress that such waiver is in the vital 

21 national security interest of the United States. 

22 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

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1 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

2 (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

3 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part4 nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora5 tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 

6 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per7 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

8 person. 

9 (4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in10 dividual or entity. 

11 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—the term 

12 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

13 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law14 fully admitted to the United States for perma15 nent residence; 

16 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

17 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

18 United States (including any foreign branch of 

19 such an entity); and 

20 (C) any person in the United States. 


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1 SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

2 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND CORRUPTION IN 

3 CUBA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 

5 sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to the 

6 following persons: 

7 (1) Any foreign person determined by the Sec8 retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Sec9 retary of State and the Attorney General— 

10 (A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 

11 to have directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

12 human rights abuse in Cuba; 

13 (B) to be a current or former official of 

14 the Government of Cuba, or a person acting for 

15 or on behalf of such an official, who is respon16 sible for or complicit in, or has directly or indi17 rectly engaged in— 

18 (i) corruption, including the misappro19 priation of state assets, the expropriation 

20 of private assets for personal gain, corrup21 tion related to government contracts or the 

22 extraction of natural resources, or bribery; 

23 or 

24 (ii) the transfer or the facilitation of 

25 the transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

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1 (C) to be or have been a leader or official 

2 of— 

3 (i) an entity, including a government 

4 entity, that has engaged in, or whose mem5 bers have engaged in, any of the activities 

6 described in subparagraph (A) or (B) re7 lating to the tenure of the leader or offi8 cial; or 

9 (ii) an entity whose property and in10 terests in property are blocked under sub11 section (b)(1) as a result of activities re12 lated to the tenure of the leader or official; 

13 (D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 

14 or provided financial, material, or technological 

15 support for, or goods or services to or in sup16 port of— 

17 (i) any activity described in subpara18 graph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a 

19 foreign person; 

20 (ii) any person whose property and in21 terests in property are blocked under sub22 section (b)(1); or 

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1 tivities described in subparagraph (A) or 

2 (B) of paragraph (1), if the activity is con3 ducted by a foreign person; 

4 (E) to have received any contribution or 

5 provision of funds, goods, or services from any 

6 person whose property and interests in property 

7 are blocked under subsection (b)(1); 

8 (F) to be owned or controlled by, or to 

9 have acted or purported to act for or on behalf 

10 of, directly or indirectly, any person whose 

11 property and interests in property are blocked 

12 under subsection (b)(1); 

13 (G) to be under the control of, or to act for 

14 or on behalf of, the military, intelligence, or se15 curity services or personnel of Cuba; 

16 (H) to be an official of the Government of 

17 Cuba who works with the Ministry of Justice or 

18 the Office of the Attorney General and who vio19 lates due process rights of an individual in 

20 Cuba; or 

21 (I) to have attempted to engage in any of 

22 the activities described in subparagraph (A) or 

23 (B). 

24 (2) Members of the Communist Party of Cuba, 

25 including— 


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1 (A) members of the Politburo; 

2 (B) members, department heads, and em3 ployees of the Central Committee; 

4 (C) secretaries and first secretaries of the 

5 provincial party central committees; and 

6 (D) members of the Office of Religious Af7 fairs; 

8 (3) members of the Council of State; 

9 (4) members of the Council of Ministers; 

10 (5) members of the Committees for the Defense 

11 of the Revolution; 

12 (6) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba; 

13 (7) the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba, includ14 ing the National Revolutionary Police Force; 

15 (8) the Office of the President of Cuba; and 

16 (9) the spouse and children of any individual 

17 subject to sanctions under this section. 

18 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed 

20 with respect to a foreign person subject to sub21 section (a) are the following: 

22 (A) BLOCKING OF PROPERTY.—The Presi23 dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 

24 the President under the International Emer25 gency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 


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1 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 

2 block and prohibit all transactions in property 

3 and interests in property of the foreign person 

4 if such property and interests in property are in 

5 the United States, come within the United 

6 States, or are or come within the possession or 

7 control of a United States person. 

8 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD9 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

10 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

11 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des13 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

14 has reason to believe, has knowingly en15 gaged in any activity described in sub16 section (a)(2) is— 

17 (I) inadmissible to the United 

18 States; 

19 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

20 other documentation to enter the 

21 United States; and 

22 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

23 admitted or paroled into the United 

24 States or to receive any other benefit 

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1 ality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 

2 seq.). 

3 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

4 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

5 consular officer, the Secretary of 

6 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

7 Security (or a designee of one of such 

8 Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 

9 section 221(i) of the Immigration and 

10 Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 

11 1201(i)), revoke any visa or other 

12 entry documentation issued to an 

13 alien described in clause (i) regardless 

14 of when the visa or other entry docu15 mentation is issued. 

16 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

17 A revocation under subclause (I)— 

18 (aa) shall take effect imme19 diately; and 

20 (bb) shall automatically can21 cel any other valid visa or entry 

22 documentation that is in the 

23 alien’s possession. 

24 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

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1 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

2 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

3 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

4 violation of any regulation, license, or order issued 

5 to carry out paragraph (1)(A) to the same extent 

6 that such penalties apply to a person that commits 

7 an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 

8 section. 

9 (3) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER10 NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under para11 graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 

12 if admitting or paroling the alien into the United 

13 States is necessary to permit the United States to 

14 comply with the Agreement regarding the Head15 quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc16 cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem17 ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 

18 United States, or other applicable international obli19 gations. 

20 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President shall exercise 

21 all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter22 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 

23 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section, except 

24 that the President— 


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1 (1) shall not issue any general license author2 izing, or otherwise authorize, any activity subject to 

3 sanctions under subsection (a); and 

4 (2) shall require any United States person seek5 ing to engage in a financial transaction or transfer 

6 of funds subject to sanctions under subsection (a) to 

7 submit a written request to the Office of Foreign 

8 Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 

9 (d) HUMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—The President 

10 may not impose sanctions under this section with respect 

11 to any person for— 

12 (1) donating food or agricultural commodities 

13 to— 

14 (A) an independent, nongovernmental or15 ganization not controlled by the Government of 

16 Cuba; or 

17 (B) individuals in Cuba who are not high18 level members of the Communist Party of Cuba 

19 or the immediate family member of any such 

20 individual; or 

21 (2) exporting medicines or medical supplies, in22 struments, or equipment that would be permitted 

23 under section 1705(c) of the Cuban Democracy Act 

24 of 1992 (CDA) (22 U.S.C. 6004(c)). 


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1 (e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica2 tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a per3 son if the President determines that such a waiver is in 

4 the national security interests of the United States. 

5 (f) NO PRIOR NOTICE.—The President, the Sec6 retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the 

7 Attorney General, and any other official of the United 

8 States Government are not required to provide any prior 

9 notice of a determination made under subsection (a) or 

10 of any other determination to impose sanctions under this 

11 section. 

12 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 (1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 

14 and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

15 section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

16 (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

17 (2) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part18 nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora19 tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 

20 (3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per21 son’’ means a person that is not a United States 

22 person. 

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1 (5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—the term 

2 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

3 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law4 fully admitted to the United States for perma5 nent residence; 

6 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

7 the United States or any jurisdiction within the 

8 United States (including any foreign branch of 

9 such an entity); and 

10 (C) any person in the United States. 

11 SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The authority to impose sanctions 

13 under sections 4 and 5 shall terminate if— 

14 (1) the President submits to Congress a deter15 mination and certification that the Government of 

16 Cuba— 

17 (A) has legalized all political activity; 

18 (B) has released all political prisoners and 

19 allowed for investigations of Cuban prisons by 

20 appropriate international human rights organi21 zations; 

22 (C) has dissolved the Department of State 

23 Security in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior 

24 in place as of the date of the enactment of this 

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1 of the Revolution and the Rapid Response Bri2 gades; 

3 (D) has made public commitments to orga4 nizing free and fair elections for a new govern5 ment— 

6 (i) to be held in a timely manner with7 in a period not to exceed 18 months after 

8 such certification; 

9 (ii) with the participation of multiple 

10 independent political parties that have full 

11 access to the media on an equal basis, in12 cluding (in the case of radio, television, or 

13 other telecommunications media) in terms 

14 of allotments of time for such access and 

15 the times of day such allotments are given; 

16 and 

17 (iii) to be conducted under the super18 vision of reputable internationally recog19 nized observers, such as the Organization 

20 of American States, the United Nations, 

21 and other election monitors; 

22 (E) has ceased any interference with Radio 

23 Marti or Television Marti broadcasts; 

24 (F) has made public commitments to and 

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1 (i) establishing an independent judici2 ary; 

3 (ii) respecting internationally recog4 nized human rights and basic freedoms as 

5 set forth in the Universal Declaration of 

6 Human Rights, to which Cuba is a signa7 tory nation; and 

8 (iii) allowing the establishment of 

9 independent trade unions as set forth in 

10 conventions 87 and 98 of the International 

11 Labor Organization, and allowing the es12 tablishment of independent social, eco13 nomic, and political associations; 

14 (G) does not include Raul Castro or his 

15 immediate family; 

16 (H) has given adequate assurances that it 

17 will allow the speedy and efficient distribution 

18 of assistance to the people of Cuba; 

19 (I) is demonstrably in transition from a 

20 communist totalitarian dictatorship to a rep21 resentative democracy; 

22 (J) has made public commitments to and 

23 is making demonstrable progress in— 

24 (i) effectively guaranteeing the rights 

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1 cluding granting permits to privately 

2 owned media and telecommunications com3 panies to operate in Cuba; 

4 (ii) permitting the reinstatement of 

5 citizenship to Cuban-born persons return6 ing to Cuba; 

7 (iii) assuring the right to private 

8 property; and 

9 (iv) taking appropriate steps to return 

10 to United States citizens, and entities that 

11 are 50 percent or more beneficially owned 

12 by United States citizens, property taken 

13 by the Government of Cuba from such citi14 zens and entities on or after January 1, 

15 1959, or to provide equitable compensation 

16 to such citizens and entities for such prop17 erty; 

18 (K) has extradited or otherwise rendered 

19 to the United States all persons sought by the 

20 Department of Justice of the United States for 

21 crimes committed in the United States; and 

22 (L) has permitted the deployment through23 out Cuba of independent and unfettered inter24 national human rights monitors; and 


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1 (2) a joint resolution approving the determina2 tion and certification of the President submitted 

3 under paragraph (1) is enacted into law in accord4 ance with the procedures described in subsection (b). 

5 (b) CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES.— 

6 (1) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—Joint resolu7 tions described in subsection (a)(2) that are intro8 duced in the House of Representatives shall be re9 ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

10 joint resolutions described in subsection (a)(2) that 

11 are introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations. 

13 (2) PROCEDURES.— 

14 (A) SENATE.—Any joint resolution de15 scribed in subsection (a)(2) shall be considered 

16 in the Senate in accordance with the provisions 

17 of section 601(b) of the International Security 

18 Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 

19 1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 765). 

20 (B) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—For 

21 the purpose of expediting the consideration and 

22 enactment of a joint resolution described in 

23 subsection (a)(2), a motion to proceed to the 

24 consideration of any such joint resolution after 

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1 mittee shall be treated as highly privileged in 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 (C) LIMITATION.—Not more than one joint 

4 resolution described in subsection (a)(2) may be 

5 considered in the House of Representatives and 

6 the Senate during the 6-month period beginning 

7 on the date on which the President submits to 

8 Congress a determination and certification 

9 under subsection (a)(1). 

10 SEC. 7. PROVISION OF UNRESTRICTED INTERNET SERVICE 

11 FOR THE PEOPLE OF CUBA. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective immediately upon the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall use 

14 all means possible to provide unrestricted, reliable internet 

15 service to the people of Cuba that is not censored, blocked, 

16 or otherwise restricted by the Government of Cuba and 

17 does not include any technology, services, or communica18 tions backed by the Communist Party of the People’s Re19 public of China. 

20 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 

21 appropriate committees of Congress once an internet con22 nection has been established to provide unrestricted, reli23 able internet service under subsection (a). 

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 President shall establish an interagency task force to 

4 develop a long-term solution for providing reliable 

5 internet service to the people of Cuba that is not 

6 censored or blocked by the Government of Cuba. 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the inter9 agency task force established under paragraph (1) 

10 shall submit to the President and the appropriate 

11 committees of Congress a report that outlines the 

12 best long-term solutions of the interagency task 

13 force for providing reliable internet service to the 

14 people of Cuba that is not censored, blocked, or oth15 erwise restricted by the Government of Cuba. 

16 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 

17 this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con18 gress’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 

20 Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 

21 Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

22 of the Senate; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Homeland Security, the 

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2 Representatives. 

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