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T119.2 SEPTEMBER 21

WASHINGTON, DC,

September 21, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable J.D.

HAYWORTH to act as Speaker pro tempore on

this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

T119.2 APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HAYWORTH, announced he had examined and approved the Journal of the

proceedings of Wednesday, September

30, 1995.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal was approved.

T119.3 COMMUNICATIONS

Executive and other communications, pursuant to clause 2, rule XXIV,

were referred as follows:

1452. A letter from the Deputy Associate

Director for Compliance, Department of the

Interior, transmitting notification of proposed refunds of offshore lease revenues in

OCS areas, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1339(b); to

the Committee on Resources.

1453. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a

draft of proposed legislation to amend title

38, sections 810(2) and 810(h)(3)(B), USC; to

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

1454. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Labor, transmitting the quarterly

report on the expenditure and need for worker adjustment assistance training funds

under the Trade Act of 1974, pursuant to 19

U.S.C. 2296(a)(2); to the Committee on Ways

and Means.

1455. A letter from the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, transmitting a copy of the annual report entitled

‘‘Monitoring the Impact of Medicare Physician Payment Reform on Utilization and Access,’’ pursuant to Public Law 101–239; jointly, to the Committees on Ways and Means

and Commerce.

T119.4 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.

Lundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

bills of the following titles, in which

the concurrence of the House is requested:

S.J. Res. 20. Joint resolution granting the

consent of Congress to the compact to provide for joint natural resource management

and enforcement of laws and regulations pertaining to natural resources and boating at

the Jennings Randolph Lake Project lying in

Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral

County, West Virginia, entered into between

the States of West Virginia and Maryland;

and

S. Con. Res. 27. Concurrent resolution correcting the enrollment of H.R. 402.

T119.5 SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

HAYWORTH, pursuant to House Resolution 225 and rule XXIII, declared the

House resolved into the Committee of

the Whole House on the state of the

Union for the further consideration of

the bill (H.R. 927) to seek international

sanctions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for the support

of a transition government leading to a

democratically elected government in

Cuba, and for other purposes.

Mr. DUNCAN, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, resumed the

chair; and after some time spent therein,

T119.6 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment in

the nature of a substitute submitted by

Mr. MCDERMOTT:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as

the ‘‘Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1995’’.

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings.

Sec. 3. Purposes.

Sec. 4. Definitions.

TITLE I—SEEKING SANCTIONS AGAINST

THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT

Sec. 101. Statement of policy.

Sec. 102. Enforcement of the economic embargo of Cuba.

Sec. 103. Prohibition against indirect financing of the Castro dictatorship.

Sec. 104. United States opposition to Cuban

membership in international financial institutions.

Sec. 105. United States opposition to ending

the suspension of the Government of Cuba from the Organization of American States.

Sec. 106. Assistance by the Independent

States of the former Soviet

Union for the Cuban Government.

Sec. 107. Television broadcasting to Cuba.

Sec. 108. Reports on assistance and commerce received by Cuba from

other foreign countries.

Sec. 109. Authorization of support for democratic and human rights groups

and international observers.

Sec. 110. Withholding of foreign assistance

from countries supporting nuclear plant in Cuba.

Sec. 111. Expulsion of criminals from Cuba.

Sec. 112. Exports of food or medical items.

TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO A FREE AND

INDEPENDENT CUBA

Sec. 201. Policy toward a transition government and a democratically

elected government in Cuba.

Sec. 202. Assistance for the Cuban people.

Sec. 203. Coordination of assistance program; implementation and reports to Congress; reprogramming.

Sec. 204. Termination of the economic embargo of Cuba.

Sec. 205. Requirements for a transition government.

Sec. 206. Requirements for a democratically

elected government.

TITLE III—PROTECTION OF PROPERTY

RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS AGAINST CONFISCATORY TAKINGS

BY THE CASTRO REGIME

Sec. 301. Statement of policy.

Sec. 302. Liability for trafficking in property confiscated from United

States nationals.

Sec. 303. Determination of claims to confiscated property.

Sec. 304. Exclusivity of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission certification procedure.

TITLE IV—EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN

ALIENS

Sec. 401. Exclusion from the United States

of aliens who have confiscated

property of United States nationals or who traffic in such

property.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The economy of Cuba has experienced a

decline of at least 60 percent in the last 5

years as a result of—

(A) the end of its subsidization by the

former Soviet Union of between 5 billion and

6 billion dollars annually;

(B) 36 years of Communist tyranny and

economic mismanagement by the Castro

government;

(C) the extreme decline in trade between

Cuba and the countries of the former Soviet

bloc; and

(D) the stated policy of the Russian Government and the countries of the former Soviet bloc to conduct economic relations with

Cuba on strictly commercial terms.

(2) At the same time, the welfare and

health of the Cuban people have substantially deteriorated as a result of this economic decline and the refusal of the Castro

regime to permit free and fair democratic

elections in Cuba.

(3) The Castro regime has made it abundantly clear that it will not engage in any

substantive political reforms that would lead

to democracy, a market economy, or an economic recovery.

(4) The repression of the Cuban people, including a ban on free and fair democratic

elections, and continuing violations of fundamental human rights have isolated the

Cuban regime as the only completely nondemocratic government in the Western

Hemisphere.

(5) As long as free elections are not held in

Cuba, the economic condition of the country

and the welfare of the Cuban people will not

improve in any significant way.

(6) The totalitarian nature of the Castro

regime has deprived the Cuban people of any

peaceful means to improve their condition

and has led thousands of Cuban citizens to

risk or lose their lives in dangerous attempts

to escape from Cuba to freedom.

(7) Radio Marti and Television Marti have

both been effective vehicles for providing the

people of Cuba with news and information

and have helped to bolster the morale of the

people of Cuba living under tyranny.

(8) The consistent policy of the United

States towards Cuba since the beginning of

the Castro regime, carried out by both

Democratic and Republican administrations,

has sought to keep faith with the people of

Cuba, and has been effective in sanctioning

the totalitarian Castro regime.

(9) The United States has shown a deep

commitment, and considers it a moral obligation, to promote and protect human rights

and fundamental freedoms as expressed in

the Charter of the United Nations and in the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

(10) The Congress has historically and consistently manifested its solidarity and the

solidarity of the American people with the

democratic aspirations of the Cuban people.

(11) The Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 calls

upon the President to encourage the governments of countries that conduct trade with

Cuba to restrict their trade and credit relations with Cuba in a manner consistent with

the purposes of that Act.

(12) The 1992 FREEDOM Support Act requires that the President, in providing economic assistance to Russia and the emerging

Eurasian democracies, take into account the

extent to which they are acting to ‘‘terminate support for the communist regime in

Cuba, including removal of troops, closing

military facilities, and ceasing trade subsidies and economic, nuclear, and other assistance’’.

(13) The Cuban Government engages in the

illegal international narcotics trade and harbors fugitives from justice in the United

States.