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Whereas the Cuban regime has allowed Russian warships, in-
cluding a nuclear-powered submarine, to conduct military 
exercises in the Caribbean, bringing the flotilla within 30 
nautical miles from the United States coast; 
Whereas the Wall Street Journal reported in June 2023 that 
the Cuban regime has allowed China to establish an elec-
tronic surveillance facility on the island, which ‘‘would 
allow Chinese intelligence services to scoop up electronic 
communications throughout the Southeastern U.S., where 
many military bases are located, and monitor U.S. ship 
traffic’’; and 
Whereas it has been the longstanding goal of United States 
policy to bring about freedom, prosperity, and democracy 
to the Cuban people: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls for a policy that promotes democratic 
government and respect for fundamental rights in 
Cuba and opposes lifting of sanctions until a gen-
uine democratic transition is underway in Cuba, as 
specified in United States law; 
(2) believes that the promotion of democracy 
abroad is a core foreign policy objective of the 
United States Congress; 
(3) believes that the spread of democracy glob-
ally preserves the security of the United States and 
enhances our Nation’s prosperity; 
(4) calls on the United States Government to 
use every diplomatic tool to persuade foreign govern-
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ments and international organizations to join its ef-
forts and coordinate activities to bring freedom and 
democracy to Cuba; 
(5) believes that the United States should work 
with allies and like-minded democracies to seek 
Cuba’s expulsion from the United Nations Human 
Rights Council; 
(6) believes that, due to Cuba’s mutually sup-
portive relationships with foreign terrorist organiza-
tions and state sponsors of terrorism, the Secretary 
of State should maintain Cuba on the Department 
of State’s State Sponsors of Terrorism list; 
(7) encourages the United States Trade Rep-
resentative to enter in consultations with the Gov-
ernment of Mexico and all the other countries that 
engage in the trafficking of Cuban doctors, not just 
in Mexico but in all other countries that are in viola-
tion of the labor provisions of the United States- 
Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); 
(8) calls on the Department of State to submit 
biannual reports to Congress on March 1st and Sep-
tember 1st of each year on its efforts to bring free-
dom and democracy to Cuba based on the principles 
outlined in this resolution; and 
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(9) emphasizes the readiness of the people of 
the United States to assist the Cuban people, who 
are emerging from a decades-long authoritarian 
nightmare, to rebuild their lives and country and to 
rejoin the community of free, peaceful, and demo-
cratic nations. 
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