economic condition of the country and the welfare of
the Cuban people will not improve in any significant
way.
(4) The Castro regime has made it abundantly
clear that it will not engage in any substantive eco-
nomic or political reforms that would lead to democ-
racy, a market economy, or an economic recovery.
(5) The repression of the Cuban people, includ-
ing a ban on free and fair elections, and the continu-
ing violation of the fundamental human rights of the
Cuban people, have isolated the Cuban regime as the
only nondemocratic government in the Western
Hemisphere.
SEC. 3. POLICY TOWARD A TRANSITION GOVERNMENT AND
A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN CUBA.
It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to support the self-determination of the
Cuban people;
(2) to recognize that the self-determination of
the Cuban people is a sovereign and national right
of the citizens of Cuba which must be exercised free
of interference by the government of any other coun-
try;
(3) to encourage the Cuban people to empower
themselves with a government which reflects the self-
determination of the Cuban people;
(4) to recognize the potential for a difficult
transition from the current regime in Cuba that may
result from the initiatives taken by the Cuban people
for self-determination in response to the intran-
sigence of the Castro regime in not allowing any
substantive political or economic reforms, and to be
prepared to provide the Cuban people with humani-
tarian, developmental, and other economic assist-
ance;
(5) in solidarity with the Cuban people, to pro-
vide emergency relief assistance to a transition gov-
ernment in Cuba, and long term assistance to a
democratic government in Cuba, governments that
result from an expression of the self-determination
of the Cuban people;
(6) through such assistance, to facilitate a
peaceful transition to a representative democracy
and a market economy in Cuba and the successful
consolidation of democracy in Cuba;
(7) to deliver such assistance to the Cuban peo-
ple only through a transition government in Cuba,
through a democratic government in Cuba, or
through United States, international, or indigenous
nongovernmental organizations;
(8) to encourage other countries and multilat-
eral organizations to provide similar assistance, and
work cooperatively with such countries and organiza-
tions to coordinate such assistance;
(9) to ensure that emergency relief is rapidly
implemented and distributed to the people of Cuba
upon the institution of a transition government in
Cuba;
(10) not to provide favorable treatment or influ-
ence on behalf of any individual or entity in the pro-
motion of the choice by the Cuban people of their fu-
ture government;
(11) to assist a transition government in Cuba
and a democratic government in Cuba to prepare the
Cuban military forces for a new role in a democracy;
(12) to be prepared to enter into negotiations
with a democratic government in Cuba either to re-
turn the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo
to Cuba or to renegotiate the present agreement
under mutually agreeable terms;
(13) to consider the restoration of diplomatic
recognition and support the reintegration of the
Cuban government into inter-American organizations
when the President determines that there exists a
democratically elected government in Cuba;
(14) to take steps to lift the economic embargo
on Cuba when the President determines that there
exists a democratic government in Cuba;
(15) to assist a democratic government in Cuba
to strengthen and stabilize its national currency; and
(16) to authorize the extension of the North
American Free Trade Agreement to a free, demo-
cratic, and independent Cuba.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE CUBAN
PEOPLE.
(a) PLAN FOR ASSISTANCE.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The President
shall develop a plan for providing, at such time as
the President determines that a transition govern-
ment in Cuba is in power, economic assistance to
Cuba while such government, or a democratic gov-
ernment in Cuba, is in power.
(2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—
(A) TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT.—Assist-
ance under the plan developed under paragraph
(1) to a transition government—
(i) shall include—
(I) such food, medicine, medical
supplies and equipment, and assist-
ance to meet emergency energy needs,
as is necessary to meet the basic
human needs of the Cuban people;
and
(II) assistance described in sub-
paragraph (C);
(ii) may include assistance for activi-
ties comparable to those set forth in sec-
tion 498 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295) (other than para-
graph (9) of such section); and
(iii) shall be limited to assistance
under clauses (i) and (ii).
(B) DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT.—Assist-
ance under the plan to a democratic govern-
ment in Cuba shall consist of additional eco-
nomic assistance and assistance described in
subparagraph (C). Such economic assistance
may include—
(i) assistance under chapter 1 of part
I (relating to development assistance), and
chapter 4 of part II (relating to the eco-
nomic support fund), of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961;
(ii) assistance under the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954;
(iii) financing, guarantees, and other
forms of assistance provided by the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States;
(iv) financial support provided by the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
for investment projects in Cuba;
(v) assistance provided by the Trade
and Development Agency;
(vi) Peace Corps programs;
(vii) relief of Cuba’s external debt;
and
(viii) other appropriate assistance to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
(C) 
MILITARY
ADJUSTMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Assistance under the plan to a transi-
tion government in Cuba and to a democratic
government in Cuba shall also include assist-
ance in preparing the Cuban military forces to
adjust to a new role in a democracy and civilian
life, which may include assistance for housing,
educational, and training programs.
(b) STRATEGY FOR DISTRIBUTION.—The plan devel-
oped under subsection (a) shall include a strategy for dis-
tributing assistance under the plan.
(c) DISTRIBUTION.—The plan developed under sub-
section (a) shall authorize assistance under the plan to be
provided through United States, international, and indige-
nous nongovernmental organizations and private voluntary
organizations, including humanitarian, educational, labor,
and private sector organizations.
(d) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.—The President shall
take the necessary steps to seek to obtain the agreement
of other countries and of the international financial insti-
tutions and multilateral organizations to provide to a tran-
sition government in Cuba, and to a democratic govern-
ment in Cuba, assistance comparable to that provided by
the United States under this Act, and to work with such
countries, institutions, and organizations to coordinate all
such assistance programs.
(e) CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE.—The President
shall determine, as part of the assistance plan developed
under subsection (a), whether or not to designate Cuba
as a beneficiary country under section 212 of the Carib-
bean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Any such designation
of Cuba may be made only after the President determines
that a transition government or a democratic government
in Cuba is in power.
(f) TRADE AGREEMENTS.—The President—
(1) shall seek to enter into preliminary agree-
ments with a transition government in Cuba provid-
ing for trade with and investment in Cuba; and
(2) is authorized to enter into negotiations with
a democratic government in Cuba to provide for the
extension of the North American Free Trade Agree-
ment to Cuba and to take such other steps as will
encourage renewed investment in Cuba.
(g) COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE.—
The President shall take the necessary steps to commu-
nicate to the Cuban people the plan for assistance devel-
oped under this section.
(h) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—The President shall
transmit to the Congress, not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, a report describing
in detail the plan developed under this section.
SEC. 5. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; IMPLE-
MENTATION AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS;
REPROGRAMMING.
(a) COORDINATING OFFICIAL.—The President shall
designate, within the Department of State, a coordinating
official—
(1) who shall be responsible for—
(A) implementing the strategy for distrib-
uting assistance under the plan developed under
section 4(a);
(B) ensuring the speedy and efficient dis-
tribution of such assistance; and
(C) ensuring coordination among, and ap-
propriate oversight by, the agencies of the
United States that provide assistance under the
plan, including resolving any disputes among
such agencies; and
(2) who, if the President has made a deter-
mination that a transition government or a demo-
cratic government in Cuba is in power, shall des-
ignate a United States-Cuba council—
(A) to ensure coordination between the
United States Government and the private sec-
tor in responding to change in Cuba, and in
promoting market-based development in Cuba;
and
(B) to establish periodic meetings between
representatives of the United States and Cuban
private sectors for the purpose of facilitating bi-
lateral trade.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN; REPORTS TO CON-
GRESS.—
(1) IMPLEMENTATION WITH RESPECT TO TRAN-
SITION GOVERNMENT.—Upon making a determina-
tion that a transition government in Cuba is in
power, the President shall transmit that determina-
tion to the Congress and shall, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, commence the delivery and
distribution of assistance to such transition govern-
ment under the plan developed under section 4(a).
(2) REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—The President
shall transmit to the Congress a report setting forth
the strategy for providing assistance described in
section 4(a)(2) (A) and (C) to the transition govern-
ment in Cuba under the plan of assistance developed
under section 4(a), the types of such assistance, and
the extent to which such assistance has been distrib-
uted in accordance with the plan. The President
shall transmit the report not later than 90 days
after making that determination referred to in para-
graph (1), except that the President shall transmit
the report in preliminary form not later than 15
days after making the determination.
(3) 
IMPLEMENTATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT.—The President shall,
upon determining that a democratic government in
Cuba is in power, submit that determination to the
Congress and shall, subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, commence the delivery and distribution
of assistance to such democratic government under
the plan developed under section 4(a).
(4) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not
later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the President shall transmit to the Congress a re-
port on the assistance provided under the plan devel-
oped under section 4(a), including a description of
each type of assistance, the amounts expended for
such assistance, and a description of the assistance
to be provided under the plan in the current fiscal
year.
(c) REPROGRAMMING.—Any changes in the assist-
ance to be provided under the plan developed under sec-
tion 4(a) may not be made unless the President notifies
the Congress at least 15 days in advance in accordance
with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifica-
tions under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961.
(d) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
assistance may be provided under the plan developed
under section 4(a) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law.
(2) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in this Act shall af-
fect the provisions of section 620(a)(2) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)(2)).
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF EMBARGO.
(a) STEPS TO TERMINATE EMBARGO.—Upon sub-
mitting a determination to the Congress under section
5(b)(3) that a democratic government in Cuba is in power,
the President shall take steps to terminate the embargo
on trade with Cuba.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
phrase ‘‘embargo on trade with Cuba’’ refers to the eco-
nomic embargo imposed against Cuba pursuant to section
620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2370(a)) and section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)).
SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSITION GOVERNMENT.
For purposes of this Act, a transition government in
Cuba is a government in Cuba which—
(1) is demonstrably in transition from com-
munist totalitarian dictatorship to a representative
democracy;
(2) makes public commitments to and is mak-
ing demonstrable progress in—
(A) releasing all political prisoners and al-
lowing for investigations of Cuban prisons by
appropriate international human rights organi-
zations;
(B) establishing an independent judiciary;
(C) respecting internationally recognized
human rights and basic freedoms as set forth in
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
(D) effectively guaranteeing the rights of
free speech and freedom of the press;
(E) dissolving the present Department of
State Security in the Cuban Ministry of the In-
terior, including (but not limited to) the Com-
mittees for the Defense of the Revolution and
the Rapid Response Brigades;
(F) organizing free and fair elections for a
new government—
(i) to be held within 1 year after the
transition government assumes power;
(ii) with the participation of multiple
independent political parties that have full
access to the media on an equal basis, in-
cluding (in the case of radio, television, or
other telecommunications media) in terms
of allotments of time for such access and
the times of day such allotments are given;
and
(iii) to be conducted under the super-
vision of internationally recognized observ-
ers, such as the United Nations, the Orga-
nization of American States, and other
elections monitors;
(G) assuring the right to private property;
(H) granting permits to privately owned
indigenous telecommunications and media com-
panies to operate in Cuba; and
(I) allowing the establishment of an inde-
pendent labor movement and of independent so-
cial, economic, and political associations;
(3) does not include Fidel Castro or Raul Cas-
tro; and
(4) has given adequate assurances that it will
allow the speedy and efficient distribution of assist-
ance under this Act to the Cuban people.
SEC. 9. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
For purposes of this Act, a democratic government
in Cuba is a government in Cuba which—
(1) results from free and fair elections con-
ducted under internationally recognized observers;
(2) has permitted opposition parties ample time
to organize and campaign for such elections, and has
permitted full access to the media to all candidates
in the elections;
(3) is showing respect for the basic civil lib-
erties and human rights of the citizens of Cuba;
(4) has made demonstrable progress in estab-
lishing an independent judiciary;
(5) is moving toward establishing a market-ori-
ented economic system; and
(6) has made or is committed to making con-
stitutional changes that would ensure regular free
and fair elections that meet the requirements of
paragraph (2).
SEC. 10. AMENDMENT TO CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RE-
COVERY ACT.
The table contained in section 212(b) of the Carib-
bean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(b))
is amended by inserting ‘‘Cuba’’ between ‘‘Costa Rica’’
and ‘‘Dominica’’.
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