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Cuban Government of an equity interest in a
property, investment, or operation of the Cuban
Government or of a Cuban national.
‘‘(4) CUBAN
GOVERNMENT.—(A) The term
‘Cuban Government’ includes the government of any
political subdivision of Cuba, and any agency or in-
strumentality of the Government of Cuba.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
term ‘agency or instrumentality of the Government
of Cuba’ means an agency or instrumentality of a
foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title
28, United States Code, with ‘Cuba’ substituted for
‘a foreign state’ each place it appears in such sec-
tion.’’.
(d) FACILITIES AT LOURDES, CUBA.—(1) The Con-
gress expresses its strong disapproval of the extension by
Russia 
of 
credits 
equivalent 
to 
approximately
$200,000,000 in support of the intelligence facility at
Lourdes, Cuba, in November 1994.
(2) Section 498A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295a) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) REDUCTION IN ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORT OF
INTELLIGENCE FACILITIES IN CUBA.—(1) Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the President shall with-
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hold from assistance provided, on or after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, for an independent state of
the former Soviet Union under this chapter an amount
equal to the sum of assistance and credits, if any, provided
on or after such date by such state in support of intel-
ligence facilities in Cuba, including the intelligence facility
at Lourdes, Cuba.
‘‘(2)(A) The President may waive the requirement of
paragraph (1) to withhold assistance if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the
provision of such assistance is important to the national
security of the United States, and, in the case of such
a certification made with respect to Russia, if the Presi-
dent certifies that the Russian Government has assured
the United States Government that the Russian Govern-
ment is not sharing intelligence data collected at the
Lourdes facility with officials or agents of the Cuban Gov-
ernment.
‘‘(B) At the time of a certification made with respect
to Russia pursuant to subparagraph (A), the President
shall also submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report describing the intelligence activities of Russia
in Cuba, including the purposes for which the Lourdes fa-
cility is used by the Russian Government and the extent
to which the Russian Government provides payment or
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government credits to the Cuban Government for the con-
tinued use of the Lourdes facility.
‘‘(C) The report required by subparagraph (B) may
be submitted in classified form.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ includes the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate.
‘‘(3) The requirement of paragraph (1) to withhold
assistance shall not apply with respect to—
‘‘(A) assistance to meet urgent humanitarian
needs, including disaster and refugee relief;
‘‘(B) democratic political reform and rule of law
activities;
‘‘(C) technical assistance for safety upgrades of
civilian nuclear power plants;
‘‘(D) the creation of private sector and non-
governmental organizations that are independent of
government control;
‘‘(E) the development of a free market eco-
nomic system; and
‘‘(F) assistance for the purposes described in
the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title
XII of Public Law 103–160).’’.
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SEC. 6217. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.
(a) CONVERSION
TO UHF.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency shall implement a con-
version of television broadcasting to Cuba under the Tele-
vision Marti Service to ultra high frequency (UHF) broad-
casting.
(b) PERIODIC REPORTS.—Not later than 45 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every
three months thereafter until the conversion described in
subsection (a) is fully implemented, the Director of the
United States Information Agency shall submit a report
to the appropriate congressional committees on the
progress made in carrying out subsection (a).
(c) TERMINATION
OF
BROADCASTING
AUTHORI-
TIES.—Upon transmittal of a determination under section
6233(c)(3), the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22
U.S.C. 1465aa and following) and the Radio Broadcasting
to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465 and following) are repealed.
SEC. 6218. REPORTS ON ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCE RE-
CEIVED BY CUBA FROM OTHER FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year
thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on assistance and
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commerce received by Cuba from other foreign countries
during the preceding 12-month period.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report required
by subsection (a) shall, for the period covered by the re-
port, contain the following, to the extent such information
is known:
(1) A description of all bilateral assistance pro-
vided to Cuba by other foreign countries, including
humanitarian assistance.
(2) A description of Cuba’s commerce with for-
eign countries, including an identification of Cuba’s
trading partners and the extent of such trade.
(3) A description of the joint ventures com-
pleted, or under consideration, by foreign nationals
involving facilities in Cuba, including an identifica-
tion of the location of the facilities involved and a
description of the terms of agreement of the joint
ventures and the names of the parties that are in-
volved.
(4) A determination whether or not any of the
facilities described in paragraph (3) is the subject of
a claim by a United States national.
(5) A determination of the amount of Cuban
debt owed to each foreign country, including—
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(A) the amount of debt exchanged, for-
given, or reduced under the terms of each in-
vestment or operation in Cuba involving foreign
nationals; and
(B) the amount of debt owed to the foreign
country that has been exchanged, reduced, or
forgiven in return for a grant by the Cuban
Government of an equity interest in a property,
investment, or operation of the Cuban Govern-
ment or of a Cuban national.
(6) A description of the steps taken to ensure
that raw materials and semifinished or finished
goods produced by facilities in Cuba involving for-
eign nationals do not enter the United States mar-
ket, either directly or through third countries or par-
ties.
(7) An identification of countries that purchase,
or have purchased, arms or military supplies from
the Cuban Government or that otherwise have en-
tered into agreements with the Cuban Government
that have a military application, including—
(A) a description of the military supplies,
equipment, or other materiel sold, bartered, or
exchanged between the Cuban Government and
such countries;
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(B) a listing of the goods, services, credits,
or other consideration received by the Cuban
Government in exchange for military supplies,
equipment, or materiel; and
(C) the terms or conditions of any such
agreement.
SEC. 6219. AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC
AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND INTER-
NATIONAL OBSERVERS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, except for section 634A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1) and com-
parable notification requirements contained in any Act
making appropriations for foreign operations, export fi-
nancing, and related programs, the President is author-
ized to furnish assistance and provide other support for
individuals and independent nongovernmental organiza-
tions to support democracy-building efforts for Cuba, in-
cluding the following:
(1) Published and informational matter, such as
books, videos, and cassettes, on transitions to de-
mocracy, human rights, and market economies, to be
made available to independent democratic groups in
Cuba.
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(2) Humanitarian assistance to victims of polit-
ical repression, and their families.
(3) Support for democratic and human rights
groups in Cuba.
(4) Support for visits and permanent deploy-
ment of independent international human rights
monitors in Cuba.
(b) OAS EMERGENCY FUND.—(1) The President
shall take the necessary steps to encourage the Organiza-
tion of American States to create a special emergency fund
for the explicit purpose of deploying human rights observ-
ers, election support, and election observation in Cuba.
(2) The President should instruct the United States
Permanent Representative to the Organization of Amer-
ican States to encourage other member states of the Orga-
nization to join in calling for the Cuban Government to
allow the immediate deployment of independent human
rights monitors of the Organization throughout Cuba and
on-site visits to Cuba by the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights.
(3) Notwithstanding section 307 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227) or any other provi-
sion of law limiting the United States proportionate share
of assistance to Cuba by any international organization,
the President should provide not less than $5,000,000 of
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the voluntary contributions of the United States to the
Organization of American States as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act solely for the purposes of the special
fund referred to in paragraph (1).
SEC. 6220. WITHHOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FROM
COUNTRIES SUPPORTING NUCLEAR PLANT
IN CUBA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) President Clinton stated in April 1993 that
‘‘the United States opposes the construction of the
Juragua nuclear power plant because of our con-
cerns about Cuba’s ability to ensure the safe oper-
ation of the facility and because of Cuba’s refusal to
sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or ratify
the Treaty of Tlatelolco.’’.
(2) Cuba has not signed the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons or ratified the
Treaty of Tlatelolco, the latter of which establishes
Latin America and the Caribbean as a nuclear weap-
ons-free zone.
(3) The State Department, the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission, and the Department of Energy
have expressed concerns about the construction and
operation of Cuba’s nuclear reactors.
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(4) In a September 1992 report to Congress,
the General Accounting Office outlined concerns
among nuclear energy experts about deficiencies in
the nuclear plant project in Juragua, near Cienfue-
gos, Cuba, including—
(A) a lack in Cuba of a nuclear regulatory
structure;
(B) the absence in Cuba of an adequate in-
frastructure to ensure the plant’s safe operation
and requisite maintenance;
(C) the inadequacy of training of plant op-
erators;
(D) reports by a former technician from
Cuba who, by examining with x-rays weld sites
believed to be part of the auxiliary plumbing
system for the plant, found that 10 to 15 per-
cent of those sites were defective;
(E) since September 5, 1992, when con-
struction on the plant was halted, the prolonged
exposure to the elements, including corrosive
salt water vapor, of the primary reactor compo-
nents; and
(F) the possible inadequacy of the upper
portion of the reactors’ dome retention capabil-
ity to withstand only 7 pounds of pressure per
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square inch, given that normal atmospheric
pressure is 32 pounds per square inch and
United States reactors are designed to accom-
modate pressures of 50 pounds per square inch.
(5) The United States Geological Survey claims
that it had difficulty determining answers to specific
questions regarding earthquake activity in the area
near Cienfuegos because the Cuban Government was
not forthcoming with information.
(6) The Geological Survey has indicated that
the Caribbean plate, a geological formation near the
south coast of Cuba, may pose seismic risks to Cuba
and the site of the power plant, and may produce
large to moderate earthquakes.
(7) On May 25, 1992, the Caribbean plate pro-
duced an earthquake numbering 7.0 on the Richter
scale.
(8) According to a study by the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, summer
winds could carry radioactive pollutants from a nu-
clear accident at the power plant throughout all of
Florida and parts of the States on the gulf coast as
far as Texas, and northern winds could carry the
pollutants as far northeast as Virginia and Washing-
ton, D.C.
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(9) The Cuban Government, under dictator
Fidel Castro, in 1962 advocated the Soviets’ launch-
ing of nuclear missiles to the United States, which
represented a direct and dangerous provocation of
the United States and brought the world to the
brink of a nuclear conflict.
(10) Fidel Castro over the years has consist-
ently issued threats against the United States Gov-
ernment, most recently that he would unleash an-
other perilous mass migration from Cuba upon the
enactment of this Act.
(11) Despite the various concerns about the
plant’s safety and operational problems, a feasibility
study is being conducted that would establish a sup-
port group to include Russia, Cuba, and third coun-
tries with the objective of completing and operating
the plant.
(b) WITHHOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the President shall withhold from
assistance allocated, on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, for any country an amount
equal to the sum of assistance and credits, if any,
provided on or after such date of enactment by that
country or any entity in that country in support of
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the completion of the Cuban nuclear facility at
Juragua, near Cienfuegos, Cuba.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement of para-
graph (1) to withhold assistance shall not apply with
respect to—
(A) assistance to meet urgent humani-
tarian needs, including disaster and refugee re-
lief;
(B) democratic political reform and rule of
law activities;
(C) the creation of private sector and non-
governmental organizations that are independ-
ent of government control;
(D) the development of a free market eco-
nomic system; and
(E) assistance for the purposes described
in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of
1993 (title XII of Public Law 103–160).
(3) DEFINITION.—As used in paragraph (1),
the term ‘‘assistance’’ means assistance under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, credits, sales, and
guarantees of extensions of credit under the Arms
Export Control Act, assistance under titles I and III
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, assistance under the FREEDOM