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Support Act of 1992, and any other program of as-
sistance or credits provided by the United States to
other countries under other provisions of law, except
that the term ‘‘assistance’’ does not include humani-
tarian assistance, including disaster relief assistance.
SEC. 6221. EXPULSION OF CRIMINALS FROM CUBA.
The President shall instruct all United States Gov-
ernment officials who engage in official conduct with the
Cuban Government to raise on a regular basis the extra-
dition of or rendering to the United States all persons re-
siding in Cuba who are sought by the United States De-
partment of Justice for crimes committed in the United
States.
PART 2—ASSISTANCE TO A FREE AND
INDEPENDENT CUBA
SEC. 6231. POLICY TOWARD A TRANSITION GOVERNMENT
AND A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERN-
MENT IN CUBA.
The policy of the United States is as follows:
(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
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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 appropriate forms of assistance—
(A) to a transition government in Cuba;
(B) to facilitate the rapid movement from
such a transition government to a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba that results
from an expression of the self-determination of
the Cuban people; and
(C) to support such a democratically elect-
ed government.
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(6) Through such assistance, to facilitate a
peaceful transition to representative democracy and
a market economy in Cuba and to consolidate de-
mocracy in Cuba.
(7) To deliver such assistance to the Cuban
people only through a transition government in
Cuba, through a democratically elected government
in Cuba, through United States Government organi-
zations, or through United States, international, or
indigenous nongovernmental organizations.
(8) To encourage other countries and multilat-
eral organizations to provide similar assistance, and
to work cooperatively with such countries and orga-
nizations to coordinate such assistance.
(9) To ensure that appropriate assistance is
rapidly provided and distributed to the people of
Cuba upon the institution of a transition govern-
ment in Cuba.
(10) Not to provide favorable treatment or in-
fluence on behalf of any individual or entity in the
selection by the Cuban people of their future govern-
ment.
(11) To assist a transition government in Cuba
and a democratically elected government in Cuba to
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prepare the Cuban military forces for an appropriate
role in a democracy.
(12) To be prepared to enter into negotiations
with a democratically elected government in Cuba ei-
ther to return 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 organiza-
tions when the President determines that there ex-
ists a democratically elected government in Cuba.
(14) To take steps to remove the economic em-
bargo of Cuba when the President determines that
a transition to a democratically elected government
in Cuba has begun.
(15) To assist a democratically elected govern-
ment in Cuba to strengthen and stabilize its national
currency.
(16) To pursue trade relations with a free,
democratic, and independent Cuba.
SEC. 6232. ASSISTANCE FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall develop
a plan for providing economic assistance to Cuba at
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such time as the President determines that a transi-
tion government or a democratically elected govern-
ment in Cuba (as determined under section 6233(c))
is in power.
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Assistance may
be provided under this section subject to an author-
ization of appropriations and subject to the availabil-
ity of appropriations.
(b) PLAN FOR ASSISTANCE.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The President
shall develop a plan for providing assistance under
this section—
(A) to Cuba when a transition government
in Cuba is in power; and
(B) to Cuba when a democratically elected
government in Cuba is in power.
(2) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under
the plan developed under paragraph (1) may, subject
to an authorization of appropriations and subject to
the availability of appropriations, include the follow-
ing:
(A) TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT.—(i) Ex-
cept as provided in clause (ii), assistance to
Cuba under a transition government shall, sub-
ject to an authorization of appropriations and
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subject to the availability of appropriations, be
limited to—
(I) such food, medicine, medical sup-
plies and equipment, and assistance to
meet emergency energy needs, as is nec-
essary to meet the basic human needs of
the Cuban people; and
(II) assistance described in subpara-
graph (C).
(ii) Assistance provided only after the
President certifies to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, in accordance with proce-
dures applicable to reprogramming notifications
under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, that such assistance is essential to
the successful completion of the transition to
democracy.
(iii) Only after a transition government in
Cuba is in power, remittances by individuals to
their relatives of cash or goods, as well as free-
dom to travel to visit them without any restric-
tions, shall be permitted.
(B) DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERN-
MENT.—Assistance to a democratically elected
government in Cuba may, subject to an author-
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ization of appropriations and subject to the
availability of appropriations, consist of addi-
tional economic assistance, together with assist-
ance described in subparagraph (C). Such eco-
nomic 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; and
(vii) other appropriate assistance to
carry out the policy of section 6231.
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(C) 
MILITARY
ADJUSTMENT
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Assistance to a transition government
in Cuba and to a democratically elected govern-
ment in Cuba shall also include assistance in
preparing the Cuban military forces to adjust
to an appropriate role in a democracy.
(c) STRATEGY FOR DISTRIBUTION.—The plan devel-
oped under subsection (b) shall include a strategy for dis-
tributing assistance under the plan.
(d) DISTRIBUTION.—Assistance under the plan devel-
oped under subsection (b) shall be provided through
United States Government organizations and nongovern-
mental organizations and private and voluntary organiza-
tions, whether within or outside the United States, includ-
ing humanitarian, educational, labor, and private sector
organizations.
(e) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.—The President shall
take the necessary steps—
(1) to seek to obtain the agreement of other
countries and of international financial institutions
and multilateral organizations to provide to a transi-
tion government in Cuba, and to a democratically
elected government in Cuba, assistance comparable
to that provided by the United States under this
subtitle; and
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(2) to work with such countries, institutions,
and organizations to coordinate all such assistance
programs.
(f) 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.
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report describing in detail the plan developed under this
section.
(h) TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS.—
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The President, fol-
lowing the transmittal to the Congress of a deter-
mination under section 6233(c)(3) that a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba is in power, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report that describes—
(A) acts, policies, and practices that con-
stitute significant barriers to, or distortions of,
United States trade in goods or services or for-
eign direct investment with respect to Cuba;
(B) policy objectives of the United States
regarding trade relations with a democratically
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elected government in Cuba, and the reasons
therefor, including possible—
(i) reciprocal extension of nondiscrim-
inatory trade treatment (most-favored-
nation treatment);
(ii) designation of Cuba as a bene-
ficiary developing country under title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the
Generalized System of Preferences) or as a
beneficiary country under the Caribbean
Basin Economic Recovery Act, and the im-
plications of such designation with respect
to trade with any other country that is
such a beneficiary developing country or
beneficiary country or is a party to the
North American Free Trade Agreement;
and
(iii) negotiations regarding free trade,
including the accession of Cuba to the
North American Free Trade Agreement;
(C) specific trade negotiating objectives of
the United States with respect to Cuba, includ-
ing the objectives described in section 108(b)(5)
of the North American Free Trade Agreement
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Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3317(b)(5));
and
(D) actions proposed or anticipated to be
undertaken, and any proposed legislation nec-
essary or appropriate, to achieve any of such
policy and negotiating objectives.
(2) CONSULTATIONS.—The President shall con-
sult with the appropriate congressional committees
and shall seek advice from the appropriate advisory
committees established under section 135 of the
Trade Act of 1974 regarding the policy and nego-
tiating objectives and the legislative proposals de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
SEC. 6233. COORDINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; IM-
PLEMENTATION 
AND 
REPORTS 
TO 
CON-
GRESS; REPROGRAMMING.
(a) COORDINATING OFFICIAL.—The President shall
designate a coordinating official who shall be responsible
for—
(1) implementing the strategy for distributing
assistance described in section 6232(b);
(2) ensuring the speedy and efficient distribu-
tion of such assistance; and
(3) ensuring coordination among, and appro-
priate oversight by, the agencies of the United
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States that provide assistance described in section
6232(b), including resolving any disputes among
such agencies.
(b) UNITED STATES-CUBA COUNCIL.—Upon making
a determination under subsection (c)(3) that a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba is in power, the Presi-
dent, after consultation with the coordinating official, is
authorized to designate a United States-Cuba council—
(1) to ensure coordination between the United
States Government and the private sector in re-
sponding to change in Cuba, and in promoting mar-
ket-based development in Cuba; and
(2) to establish periodic meetings between rep-
resentatives of the United States and Cuban private
sectors for the purpose of facilitating bilateral trade.
(c) 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 appropriate congressional committees and
shall, subject to an authorization of appropriations
and subject to the availability of appropriations,
commence the delivery and distribution of assistance
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to such transition government under the plan devel-
oped under section 6232(b).
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—(A) The Presi-
dent shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report setting forth the strategy for
providing assistance described in section 6232(b)(2)
(A) and (C) to the transition government in Cuba
under the plan of assistance developed under section
6232(b), the types of such assistance, and the extent
to which such assistance has been distributed in ac-
cordance with the plan.
(B) The President shall transmit the report not
later than 90 days after making the determination
referred to in paragraph (1), except that the Presi-
dent shall transmit the report in preliminary form
not later than 15 days after making that determina-
tion.
(3) 
IMPLEMENTATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED
GOVERNMENT.—The
President shall, upon determining that a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba is in power, sub-
mit that determination to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and shall, subject to an authoriza-
tion of appropriations and subject to the availability
of appropriations, commence the delivery and dis-
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tribution of assistance to such democratically elected
government under the plan developed under section
6232(b).
(4) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not
later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year,
the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on the assistance
provided under the plan developed under section
6232(b), including a description of each type of as-
sistance, the amounts expended for such assistance,
and a description of the assistance to be provided
under the plan in the current fiscal year.
(d) REPROGRAMMING.—Any changes in the assist-
ance to be provided under the plan developed under sec-
tion 6232(b) may not be made unless the President noti-
fies the appropriate congressional committees at least 15
days in advance in accordance with the procedures appli-
cable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–
1).
SEC. 6234. TERMINATION OF THE ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF
CUBA.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—Upon submitting a de-
termination to the appropriate congressional committees
under section 6233(c)(1) that a transition government in
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Cuba is in power, the President, after consulting with the
Congress, is authorized to take steps to suspend the eco-
nomic embargo of Cuba to the extent that such action con-
tributes to a stable foundation for a democratically elected
government in Cuba.
(b) SUSPENSION
OF
CERTAIN
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—In carrying out subsection (a), the President may
suspend the enforcement of—
(1) section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a));
(2) section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)) with regard to the ‘‘Re-
public of Cuba’’;
(3) sections 1704, 1705(d), and 1706 of the
Cuban Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 6003, 6004(d),
6005);
(4) section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of
1985; and
(5) the prohibitions on transactions described in
part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) ADDITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—Upon
submitting a determination to the appropriate congres-
sional committees under section 6233(c)(3) that a demo-
cratically elected government in Cuba is in power, the
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made by Cuba toward the establishment of such a
democratically elected government. The action of the
President under subsection (a) shall cease to be ef-
fective upon the enactment of a joint resolution de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
(2) JOINT RESOLUTIONS.—For purposes of this
subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a
joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the
matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-
lows: ‘‘That the Congress disapproves the action of
the President under section 6234(a) of the Cuban
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)
Act of 1995 to suspend the economic embargo of
Cuba, notice of which was submitted to the Congress
on ll.’’, with the blank space being filled with the
appropriate date.
(3) REFERRAL TO COMMITTEES.—Joint resolu-
tions introduced in the House of Representatives
shall be referred to the Committee on International
Relations and joint resolutions introduced in the
Senate shall be referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations.
(4) PROCEDURES.—(A) Any joint resolution
shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with
the provisions of section 601(b) of the International
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Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act
of 1976.
(B) For the purpose of expediting the consider-
ation and enactment of joint resolutions, a motion to
proceed to the consideration of any joint resolution
after it has been reported by the appropriate com-
mittee shall be treated as highly privileged in the
House of Representatives.
(C) Not more than 1 joint resolution may be
considered in the House of Representatives and the
Senate in the 6-month period beginning on the date
on which the President notifies the Congress under
paragraph (1) of the action taken under subsection
(a), and in each 6-month period thereafter.
SEC. 6235. REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRANSITION GOVERN-
MENT.
For purposes of this subtitle, a transition government
in Cuba is a government in Cuba which—
(1) is demonstrably in transition from com-
munist totalitarian dictatorship to representative de-
mocracy;
(2) has recognized the right to independent po-
litical activity and association;
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(3) has released all political prisoners and al-
lowed for investigations of Cuban prisons by appro-
priate international human rights organizations;
(4) has ceased any interference with Radio or
Television Marti broadcasts;
(5) makes public commitments to and is mak-
ing demonstrable progress in—
(A) establishing an independent judiciary;
(B) dissolving the present Department of
State Security in the Cuban Ministry of the In-
terior, including the Committees for the De-
fense of the Revolution and the Rapid Response
Brigades;
(C) respecting internationally recognized
human rights and basic freedoms as set forth in
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to
which Cuba is a signatory nation;
(D) effectively guaranteeing the rights of
free speech and freedom of the press;
(E) organizing free and fair elections for a
new government—
(i) to be held in a timely manner with-
in a period not to exceed 1 year after the
transition government assumes power;
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(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 Organization of American
States, the United Nations, and other elec-
tions monitors;
(F) assuring the right to private property;
(G) taking appropriate steps to return to
United States citizens (and entities which are
50 percent or more beneficially owned by Unit-
ed States citizens) property taken by the Cuban
Government from such citizens and entities on
or after January 1, 1959, or to provide equi-
table compensation to such citizens and entities
for such property;
(H) granting permits to privately owned
telecommunications and media companies to op-
erate in Cuba; and
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the rights-of-way on lands managed by the Bu-
reau of Land Management and military lands
in accordance with applicable law.
(E) The Secretary shall transfer fee title to
lands at Anchorage Substation to the Eklutna
Purchasers at no additional cost if the Sec-
retary of the Interior determines that pending
claims to and selections of those lands are in-
valid or relinquished.
(F) With respect only to the Eklutna lands
identified in Exhibit A of the Eklutna Purchase
Agreement, the State of Alaska may select, and
the Secretary of the Interior shall convey, to the
State, improved lands under the selection enti-
tlements in section 6 of the Alaska Statehood
Act (Public Law 85–508; 72 Stat. 339) and the
North Anchorage Land Agreement of January
31, 1983. The conveyance of such lands is sub-
ject to the rights-of-way provided to the
Eklutna Purchasers under subparagraph (A).
(2) LANDS FOR THE SNETTISHAM PROJECT.—
With respect to the Snettisham lands identified in
Exhibit A of the Snettisham Purchase Agreement,
the State of Alaska may select, and the Secretary of
the Interior shall convey to the State, improved