I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2687 
To withhold United States assessed and voluntary contributions to the Organi-
zation of American States (OAS) if Cuba is allowed full membership 
or participation in the OAS unless the President certifies that Cuba 
has satisfied certain conditions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2009 
Mr. MACK (for himself, Mr. SIRES, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BROUN of Geor-
gia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, and 
Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To withhold United States assessed and voluntary contribu-
tions to the Organization of American States (OAS) if 
Cuba is allowed full membership or participation in the 
OAS unless the President certifies that Cuba has satis-
fied certain conditions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Cuba is currently excluded from participa-
tion in the Inter-American system, as adopted by 
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Resolution VI during the Eighth Meeting of Con-
sultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held in 
Punta del Este, Uruguay, in 1962. 
(2) According to section 105 of the Cuban Lib-
erty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104–114), ‘‘[t]he President 
should instruct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the Organization of American States 
to use the voice and vote of the United States to op-
pose ending the suspension of the Government of 
Cuba from the Organization until the President de-
termines under section 203(c)(3) that a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba is in power.’’. 
(3) The Inter-American Democratic Charter 
states that ‘‘the peoples of the Americas have a right 
to democracy and their governments have an obliga-
tion to promote and defend it.’’. 
(4) According to the most recent Department of 
State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 
citizens in Cuba do not have the right to change 
their government, and the regime retaliated against 
those individuals who sought peaceful political 
change. 
(5) The Report continues that hundreds of po-
litical prisoners are currently being held, including 
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‘‘peaceful activists, journalists, union organizers, and 
opposition figures . . .’’ and that ‘‘mistreatment of 
political prisoners and detainees was widespread[, 
and] [b]eatings were not uncommon.’’. 
(6) The Report further indicates that elections 
in Cuba are ‘‘neither free nor fair.’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION REGARDING CUBA’S PARTICIPA-
TION IN THE OAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Government of Cuba is al-
lowed full membership or participation in the Organization 
of American States (OAS), for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act until the Presi-
dent transmits to Congress a certification that the require-
ments described in subsection (b) have been satisfied, the 
Secretary of State shall, with respect to each such fiscal 
year, withhold assessed and voluntary contributions to the 
Organization of American States. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a certification made by the President to 
Congress that there is a government in Cuba that— 
(1) has legalized all political activity and polit-
ical parties; 
(2) has released all political prisoners; 
(3) has dissolved the present Department of 
State Security in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior; 
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(4) has made public commitments to organizing 
free and fair elections for a new government; 
(5) has complied with the Inter-American 
Democratic Charter; 
(6) has ceased any interference with Radio 
Marti or Television Marti broadcasts; 
(7) has made public commitments to and is 
making demonstrable progress in— 
(A) establishing an independent judiciary; 
(B) respecting internationally recognized 
human rights and basic freedoms as set forth in 
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; 
and 
(C) allowing the establishment of inde-
pendent trade unions, and allowing the estab-
lishment of independent social, economic, and 
political associations; 
(8) does not include Fidel Castro or Raul Cas-
tro; 
(9) has given adequate assurances that it will 
allow the speedy and efficient distribution of assist-
ance to the Cuban people; and 
(10) has complied with other applicable provi-
sions of section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and 
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Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–114). 
Æ 
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