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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 926

To provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from

the United States, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 29, 1999

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. CHAFEE,

Mr. LEAHY, Mr. KERREY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr.

JEFFORDS, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. WARNER) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To provide the people of Cuba with access to food and

medicines from the United States, 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 ‘‘Cuban Food and Medi5 cine Security Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

2 ON TRADE WITH CUBA TO ALLOW FOR THE

3 EXPORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA.

4 Notwithstanding section 620(a)(1) of the Foreign As5 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)(1)) or any other

6 provision of law (except section 3 of this Act), the prohibi7 tion or restriction on trade or financial transactions with

8 Cuba shall not apply with respect to the export of any

9 food and other agricultural products (including fertilizer),

10 medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or med11 ical equipment, or with respect to travel incident to the

12 sale or delivery of food and other agricultural products (in13 cluding fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies, medical in14 struments, or medical equipment, to Cuba.

15 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR THE EX16 PORT OF FOOD AND MEDICINES TO CUBA.

17 Section 2 of this Act shall not apply—

18 (1) with respect to restrictions imposed under

19 section 5 of the Export Administration Act of 1979

20 for øgoods¿ containing parts or components on

21 which export controls are in effect under that sec22 tion; and

23 (2) with respect to section 203 of the Inter24 national Emergency Economic Powers Act, to the

25 extent the authorities under that section are exer26 cised to deal with a threat to the national security
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1 of the United States by virtue of the technology in2 corporated in such instruments or equipment.

3 SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO EXPORT PRO4 MOTION AND CREDIT PROGRAMS FOR CUBA.

5 Title IV of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7

6 U.S.C. 5661 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

7 the following:

8 ‘‘SEC. 418. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO EXPORT PRO9 MOTION AND CREDIT PROGRAMS FOR CUBA.

10 ‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall carry out a study

11 of existing United States agricultural export promotion

12 and credit programs to determine how such programs can

13 be carried out to promote the consumption of United

14 States agricultural commodities in Cuba.

15 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date

16 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pre17 pare and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the

18 House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri19 culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report

20 containing—

21 ‘‘(1) the results of the study carried out under

22 subsection (a); and

23 ‘‘(2) proposed legislation, if any, to improve the

24 ability of the Secretary to utilize United States agri25 cultural export promotion and credit programs with
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1 respect to the consumption of United States agricul2 tural commodities in Cuba.’’.

3 SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

4 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Con6 gress a report that sets forth—

7 (1) the extent (expressed in volume and dollar

8 amounts) of sales to Cuba of food and other agricul9 tural products (including fertilizer), medicines, med10 ical supplies, medical instruments, and medical

11 equipment, since the enactment of this Act;

12 (2) a description of the types and end users of

13 the goods so exported; and

14 (3) whether there has been any indication that

15 any medicines, medical supplies, medical instru16 ments, or medical equipment exported to Cuba since

17 the enactment of this Act—

18 (A) have been used for purposes of torture

19 or other human rights abuses;

20 (B) were reexported; or

21 (C) were used in the production of any bio22 technological product.

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