In the Senate of the United States,
October 19 (legislative day, October 18), 1995.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 927) entitled ‘‘An Act to seek international sanc-
tions against the Castro government in Cuba, to plan for sup-
port of a transition government leading to a democratically
elected government in Cuba, and for other purposes’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ‘‘Cuban
Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of
1995’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purposes.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
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TITLE I—STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST
THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT
Sec. 101. Statement of Policy.
Sec. 102. Authorization of support for democratic and human rights groups and
international observers.
Sec. 103. Enforcement of the economic embargo of Cuba.
Sec. 104. Prohibition against indirect financing of Cuba.
Sec. 105. United States opposition to Cuban membership in international finan-
cial institutions.
Sec. 106. United States opposition to termination of the suspension of the Gov-
ernment of Cuba from participation in the Organization of
American States.
Sec. 107. Assistance by the independent states of the former Soviet Union for the
Government of Cuba.
Sec. 108. Television broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 109. Reports on commerce with, and assistance to, Cuba from other foreign
countries.
Sec. 110. Importation safeguard against certain Cuban products.
Sec. 111. Reinstitution of family remittances and travel to Cuba.
Sec. 112. News bureaus in Cuba.
Sec. 113. Impact on lawful United States Government activities.
TITLE II—SUPPORT FOR A FREE AND INDEPENDENT CUBA
Sec. 201. Policy toward a transition government and a democratically elected
government in Cuba.
Sec. 202. Assistance for the Cuban people.
Sec. 203. Implementation; reports to Congress.
Sec. 204. Termination of the economic embargo of Cuba.
Sec. 205. Requirements for a transition government.
Sec. 206. Factors for determining a democratically elected government.
Sec. 207. Settlement of outstanding United States claims to confiscated property
in Cuba.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The economy of Cuba has experienced a de-
cline of approximately 60 percent in the last 5 years
as a result of—
(A) the reduction in subsidies from the
former Soviet Union;
(B) 36 years of Communist tyranny and
economic mismanagement by the Castro govern-
ment;
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(C) the precipitous decline in trade between
Cuba and the countries of the former Soviet bloc;
and
(D) the policy of the Russian Government
and the countries of the former Soviet bloc to
conduct economic relations with Cuba predomi-
nantly on commercial terms.
(2) At the same time, the welfare and health of
the Cuban people have substantially deteriorated as a
result of Cuba’s economic decline and the refusal of
the Castro regime to permit free and fair democratic
elections in Cuba or to adopt any economic or politi-
cal reforms that would lead to democracy, a market
economy, or an economic recovery.
(3) The repression of the Cuban people, includ-
ing a ban on free and fair democratic elections and
the continuing violation of fundamental human
rights, has isolated the Cuban regime as the only
nondemocratic government in the Western Hemi-
sphere.
(4) As long as no such economic or political re-
forms are adopted by the Cuban Government, the eco-
nomic condition of the country and the welfare of the
Cuban people will not improve in any significant
way.
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(5) Fidel Castro has defined democratic plural-
ism as ‘‘pluralistic garbage’’ and has made clear that
he has no intention of permitting free and fair demo-
cratic elections in Cuba or otherwise tolerating the de-
mocratization of Cuban society.
(6) The Castro government, in an attempt to re-
tain absolute political power, continues to utilize, as
it has from its inception, torture in various forms
(including 
psychiatric 
abuse), 
execution, 
exile,
confiscation, political imprisonment, and other forms
of terror and repression as most recently dem-
onstrated by the massacre of more than 40 Cuban
men, women, and children attempting to flee Cuba.
(7) The Castro government holds hostage in Cuba
innocent Cubans whose relatives have escaped the
country.
(8) The Castro government has threatened inter-
national peace and security by engaging in acts of
armed subversion and terrorism, such as the training
and supplying of groups dedicated to international
violence.
(9) Over the past 36 years, the Cuban Govern-
ment has posed a national security threat to the
United States.
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(10) The completion and any operation of a nu-
clear-powered facility in Cuba, for energy generation
or otherwise, poses an unacceptable threat to the na-
tional security of the United States.
(11) The unleashing on United States shores of
thousands of Cuban refugees fleeing Cuban oppression
will be considered an act of aggression.
(12) The Government of Cuba engages in illegal
international narcotics trade and harbors fugitives
from justice in the United States.
(13) The totalitarian nature of the Castro regime
has deprived the Cuban people of any peaceful means
to improve their condition and has led thousands of
Cuban citizens to risk or lose their lives in dangerous
attempts to escape from Cuba to freedom.
(14) Attempts to escape from Cuba and coura-
geous acts of defiance of the Castro regime by Cuban
pro-democracy and human rights groups have ensured
the international community’s continued awareness
of, and concern for, the plight of Cuba.
(15) The Cuban people deserve to be assisted in
a decisive manner in order to end the tyranny that
has oppressed them for 36 years.
(16) Radio Marti and Television Marti have
been effective vehicles for providing the people of Cuba
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with news and information and have helped to bolster
the morale of the Cubans living under tyranny.
(17) The consistent policy of the United States
towards Cuba since the beginning of the Castro re-
gime, carried out by both Democratic and Republican
administrations, has sought to keep faith with the
people of Cuba, and has been effective in isolating the
totalitarian Castro regime.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to assist the Cuban people in regaining their
freedom and prosperity, as well as in joining the com-
munity of democratic countries that are flourishing
in the Western Hemisphere;
(2) to strengthen international sanctions against
the Castro government;
(3) to provide for the continued national security
of the United States in the face of continuing threats
from the Castro government of terrorism, theft of
property from United States nationals, and the polit-
ical manipulation of the desire of Cubans to escape
that results in mass migration to the United States;
(4) to encourage the holding of free and fair
democratic elections in Cuba, conducted under the su-
pervision of internationally recognized observers;
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(5) to provide a policy framework for United
States support to the Cuban people in response to the
formation of a transition government or a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba; and
(6) to protect American nationals against confis-
catory takings and the wrongful trafficking in prop-
erty confiscated by the Castro regime.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act, the following terms have the follow-
ing meanings:
(1) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF A FOREIGN
STATE.—The term ‘‘agency or instrumentality of a
foreign state’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, except as
otherwise provided for in this Act under paragraph
4(5).
(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on International Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
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(3) COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘commer-
cial activity’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 1603(d) of title 28, United States Code.
(4) CONFISCATED.—The term ‘‘confiscated’’ re-
fers to—
(A) the nationalization, expropriation, or
other seizure by the Cuban Government of owner-
ship or control of property, on or after January
1, 1959—
(i) without the property having been
returned or adequate and effective com-
pensation provided; or
(ii) without the claim to the property
having been settled pursuant to an inter-
national claims settlement agreement or
other mutually accepted settlement proce-
dure; and
(B) the repudiation by the Cuban Govern-
ment of, the default by the Cuban Government
on, or the failure by the Cuban Government to
pay, on or after January 1, 1959—
(i) a debt of any enterprise which has
been nationalized, expropriated, or other-
wise taken by the Cuban Government,
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(ii) a debt which is a charge on prop-
erty nationalized, expropriated, or otherwise
taken by the Cuban Government, or
(iii) a debt which was incurred by the
Cuban Government in satisfaction or settle-
ment of a confiscated property claim.
(5) 
CUBAN
GOVERNMENT.—(A) 
The 
terms
‘‘Cuban Government’’ and ‘‘Government of Cuba’’ in-
clude the government of any political subdivision of
Cuba, and any agency or instrumentality of the Gov-
ernment of Cuba.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
‘‘agency or instrumentality’’ is used within the mean-
ing of section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code.
(6) DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN
CUBA.—The term ‘‘democratically elected government
in Cuba’’ means a government that the President has
determined as being democratically elected, taking
into account the factors listed in section 206.
(7) ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF CUBA.—The term
‘‘economic embargo of Cuba’’ refers to the economic
embargo imposed against Cuba pursuant to section
620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2370(a)), section 5(b) of the Trading With the
Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)), the International
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Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
and following), the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 and following), as modi-
fied by the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C.
6001 and following).
(8) FOREIGN NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘foreign na-
tional’’ means—
(A) an alien, or
(B) any corporation, trust, partnership, or
other juridical entity not organized under the
laws of the United States, or of any State, the
District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession
of the United States.
(9) OFFICIAL OF THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT OR
THE RULING POLITICAL PARTY IN CUBA.—The term
‘‘official of the Cuban Government or the ruling polit-
ical party in Cuba’’ refers to members of the Council
of Ministers, Council of State, central committee of
the Cuban Communist Party, the Politburo, or their
equivalents.
(10) PROPERTY.—(A) The term ‘‘property’’
means any property (including patents, copyrights,
trademarks, and any other form of intellectual prop-
erty), whether real, personal or mixed, and any
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present, future, or contingent right, security, or other
interest therein, including any leasehold interest.
(B) For purposes of title III of this Act, the term
‘‘property’’ shall not include real property used for
residential purposes, unless, at the time of enactment
of this Act—
(i) the claim to the property is held by a
United States national and the claim has been
certified under title V of the International
Claims Settlement Act of 1949; or
(ii) the property is occupied by an official
of the Cuban Government or the ruling political
party in Cuba.
(11) TRANSITION GOVERNMENT IN CUBA.—The
term ‘‘transition government in Cuba’’ means a gov-
ernment that the President determines as being a
transition government consistent with the require-
ments and factors listed in section 205.
(12) UNITED
STATES
NATIONAL.—The term
‘‘United States national’’ means—
(A) any United States citizen; or
(B) any other legal entity which is orga-
nized under the laws of the United States, or of
any State, the District of Columbia, or the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory
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or possession of the United States, and which has
its principal place of business in the United
States.
TITLE 
I—STRENGTHENING
INTERNATIONAL 
SANCTIONS
AGAINST THE CASTRO GOV-
ERNMENT
SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the acts of the Castro government, including
its massive, systematic, and extraordinary violations
of human rights, are a threat to international peace;
(2) the President should advocate, and should in-
struct the United States Permanent Representative to
the United Nations to propose and seek within the
Security Council a mandatory international embargo
against the totalitarian Government of Cuba pursu-
ant to chapter VII of the Charter of the United Na-
tions, employing efforts similar to consultations con-
ducted by United States representatives with respect
to Haiti;
(3) any resumption of efforts by an independent
state of the former Soviet Union to make operational
the nuclear facility at Cienfuegos, Cuba, and the con-
tinuation of intelligence activities from Cuba targeted
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at the United States and its citizens will have a det-
rimental impact on United States assistance to such
state; and
(4) in view of the threat to the national security
posed by the operation of any nuclear facility, and
the Castro government’s continuing blackmail to
unleash another wave of Cuban refugees fleeing from
Castro’s oppression, most of whom find their way to
United States shores further depleting limited human-
itarian and other resources of the United States, the
President should do all in his power to make it clear
to the Cuban Government that—
(A) the completion and operation of any
nuclear power facility, or
(B) any further political manipulation of
the desire of Cubans to escape that results in
mass migration to the United States,
will be considered an act of aggression which will be
met with an appropriate response in order to main-
tain the security of the national borders of the United
States and the health and safety of the American peo-
ple.
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SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC
AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND INTER-
NATIONAL OBSERVERS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to
furnish assistance to and make available other support for
individuals and nongovernmental organizations to support
democracy-building efforts in Cuba, including the following:
(1) Published and informational matter, such as
books, videos, and cassettes, on transitions to democ-
racy, human rights, and market economies to be made
available to independent democratic groups in Cuba.
(2) Humanitarian assistance to victims of politi-
cal 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) DENIAL
OF FUNDS
TO
THE GOVERNMENT
OF
CUBA.—In implementing this section, the President shall
take all necessary steps to ensure that no funds or other
assistance are provided to the Government of Cuba or any
of its agencies, entities, or instrumentalities.
(c) SUPERSEDING OTHER LAWS.—Assistance may be
provided under this section notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, except for section 634A of the Foreign Assist-
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ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394) and comparable notifica-
tion requirements contained in sections of the annual for-
eign operations, export financing, and related programs ap-
propriations Act.
SEC. 103. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF
CUBA.
(a) POLICY.—(1) The Congress hereby reaffirms sec-
tion 1704(a) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, which
states the President should encourage foreign countries to
restrict trade and credit relations with Cuba in a manner
consistent with the purposes of that Act.
(2) The Congress further urges the President to take
immediate steps to apply the sanctions described in section
1704(b)(1) of such Act against countries assisting Cuba.
(b) DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS.—The Secretary of State
should ensure that United States diplomatic personnel
abroad understand and, in their contacts with foreign offi-
cials are communicating the reasons for the United States
economic embargo of Cuba, and are urging foreign govern-
ments to cooperate more effectively with the embargo.
(c) EXISTING REGULATIONS.—The President shall in-
struct the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney Gen-
eral to enforce fully the Cuban Assets Control Regulations
in part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
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(d) TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT.—(1) Subsection
(b) of section 16 of the Trading With the Enemy Act (50
U.S.C. App. 16(b)), as added by Public Law 102–484, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b)(1) A civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 may
be imposed by the Secretary of the Treasury on any person
who violates any license, order, rule, or regulation issued
in compliance with the provisions of this Act.
‘‘(2) Any property, funds, securities, papers, or other
articles or documents, or any vessel, together with its tackle,
apparel, furniture, and equipment, that is the subject of a
violation under paragraph (1) shall, at the direction of the
Secretary of the Treasury, be forfeited to the United States
Government.
‘‘(3) The penalties provided under this subsection may
be imposed only on the record after opportunity for an
agency hearing in accordance with sections 554 through 557
of title 5, United States Code, with the right to prehearing
discovery.
‘‘(4) Judicial review of any penalty imposed under
this subsection may be had to the extent provided in section
702 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(2) Section 16 of the Trading With the Enemy Act
is further amended—
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(A) by striking subsection (b), as added by Pub-
lic Law 102–393; and
(B) by striking subsection (c).
(e) COVERAGE OF DEBT-FOR-EQUITY SWAPS UNDER
THE ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF CUBA.—Section 1704(b)(2)
of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6003(b)(2))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) includes an exchange, reduction, or
forgiveness of Cuban debt owed to a foreign coun-
try in return for a grant of an equity interest
in a property, investment, or operation of the
Government of Cuba or of a Cuban national;
and’’.
SEC. 104. PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FINANCING OF
CUBA.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no loan, credit, or other financing may be ex-
tended knowingly by a United States national, a perma-
nent resident alien, or a United States agency to a foreign
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or United States national for the purpose of financing
transactions involving any property confiscated by the
Cuban Government the claim to which is owned by a Unit-
ed States national as of the date of enactment of this Act,
except for financing by the owner of the property or the
claim thereto for a permitted transaction.
(b) SUSPENSION
AND TERMINATION
OF PROHIBI-
TION.—(1) the President is authorized to suspend this pro-
hibition upon a determination pursuant to section 203(a).
(2) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall cease to
apply on the date of termination of the economic embargo
of Cuba, as provided for in section 204.
(c) PENALTIES.—Violations of subsection (a) shall be
punishable by such civil penalties as are applicable to simi-
lar violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations in
part 515 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 105. UNITED STATES OPPOSITION TO CUBAN MEMBER-
SHIP IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS.
(a) CONTINUED OPPOSITION TO CUBAN MEMBERSHIP
IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
States executive director of each international finan-
cial institution to use the voice and vote of the United
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States to oppose the admission of Cuba as a member
of such institution until the President submits a de-
termination pursuant to section 203(c).
(2) Once the President submits a determination
under section 203(a) that a transition government in
Cuba is in power—
(A) the President is encouraged to take steps
to support the processing of Cuba’s application
for membership in any international financial
institution, subject to the membership taking ef-
fect after a democratically elected government in
Cuba is in power, and
(B) the Secretary of the Treasury is author-
ized to instruct the United States executive direc-
tor of each international financial institution to
support loans or other assistance to Cuba only to
the extent that such loans or assistance contrib-
ute to a stable foundation for a democratically
elected government in Cuba.
(b) REDUCTION IN UNITED STATES PAYMENTS TO
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—If any inter-
national financial institution approves a loan or other as-
sistance to the Cuban Government over the opposition of
the United States, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall
withhold from payment to such institution an amount
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equal to the amount of the loan or other assistance, with
respect to each of the following types of payment:
(1) The paid-in portion of the increase in capital
stock of the institution.
(2) The callable portion of the increase in capital
stock of the institution.
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘international financial institution’’ means the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development, the International Develop-
ment Association, the International Finance Corporation,
the Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, and the
Inter-American Development Bank.
SEC. 106. UNITED STATES OPPOSITION TO TERMINATION
OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE GOVERNMENT
OF CUBA FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE OR-
GANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.
The President should instruct the United States Per-
manent Representative to the Organization of American
States to oppose and vote against any termination of the
suspension of the Cuban Government from participation in
the Organization until the President determines under sec-
tion 203(c) that a democratically elected government in
Cuba is in power.
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SEC. 107. ASSISTANCE BY THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION FOR THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF CUBA.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing progress toward the withdrawal of person-
nel of any independent state of the former Soviet Union
(within the meaning of section 3 of the FREEDOM Support
Act (22 U.S.C. 5801)), including advisers, technicians, and
military personnel, from the Cienfuegos nuclear facility in
Cuba.
(b) CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE.—Section 498A(a)(11)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2295a(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘of military facilities’’
and inserting ‘‘military and intelligence facilities, includ-
ing the military and intelligence facilities at Lourdes and
Cienfuegos,’’.
(c) INELIGIBILITY
FOR
ASSISTANCE.—(1) Section
498A(b) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2295a(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (4);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the follow-
ing:
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‘‘(5) except for assistance under the secondary
school exchange program administered by the United
States Information Agency, for the government of any
independent state effective 30 days after the President
has determined and certified to the appropriate con-
gressional committees (and Congress has not enacted
legislation disapproving the determination within the
30-day period) that such government is providing as-
sistance for, or engaging in nonmarket based trade
(as defined in section 498B(k)(3)) with, the Govern-
ment of Cuba; or’’.
(2) Subsection (k) of section 498B of that Act (22
U.S.C. 2295b(k)), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) NONMARKET
BASED
TRADE.—As used in
section 498A(b)(5), the term ‘nonmarket based trade’
includes exports, imports, exchanges, or other ar-
rangements that are provided for goods and services
(including oil and other petroleum products) on terms
more favorable than those generally available in ap-
plicable markets or for comparable commodities, in-
cluding—
‘‘(A) exports to the Government of Cuba on
terms that involve a grant, concessional price,
guarantee, insurance, or subsidy;
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‘‘(B) imports from the Government of Cuba
at preferential tariff rates;
‘‘(C) exchange arrangements that include
advance delivery of commodities, arrangements
in which the Government of Cuba is not held ac-
countable for unfulfilled exchange contracts, and
arrangements under which Cuba does not pay
appropriate transportation, insurance, or fi-
nance costs; and
‘‘(D) the exchange, reduction, or forgiveness
of Cuban Government debt in return for a grant
by the Cuban Government of an equity interest
in a property, investment, or operation of the
Government of Cuba 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 instrumental-
ity of the Government of Cuba.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
‘agency or instrumentality’ is used within the mean-
ing of section 1603(b) of title 28, United States
Code.’’.
(d) FACILITIES AT LOURDES, CUBA.—(1) The Con-
gress expresses its strong disapproval of the extension by
Russia of credits equivalent to $200,000,000 in support of
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the intelligence facility at Lourdes, Cuba, announced in No-
vember 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 IN-
TELLIGENCE FACILITIES IN CUBA.—(1) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the President shall withhold
from assistance provided, on or after the date of enactment
of this subsection, for an independent state of the former
Soviet Union under this Act an amount equal to the sum
of assistance and credits, if any, provided on or after such
date by such state in support of intelligence 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 President
certifies that the Russian Government has assured the Unit-
ed States Government that the Russian Government is not
sharing intelligence data collected at the Lourdes facility
with officials or agents of the Cuban Government.
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‘‘(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 facil-
ity is used by the Russian Government and the extent to
which the Russian Government provides payment or gov-
ernment credits to the Cuban Government for the continued
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 appro-
priate congressional committees, includes the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent-
atives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Sen-
ate.
‘‘(3) The requirement of paragraph (1) to withhold as-
sistance 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;
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‘‘(D) the creation of private sector and non-
governmental organizations that are independent of
government control;
‘‘(E) the development of a free market economic
system;
‘‘(F) assistance under the secondary school ex-
change program administered by the United States
Information Agency; or
‘‘(G) assistance for the purposes described in the
Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII
of Public Law 103–160)’’.
SEC. 108. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.
(a) CONVERSION TO UHF.—The Director of the Unit-
ed States Information Agency shall implement a conversion
of television broadcasting to Cuba under the Television
Marti Service to ultra high frequency (UHF) broadcasting.
(b) PERIODIC REPORTS.—Not later than 45 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, and every three months
thereafter until the conversion described in subsection (a)
is fully implemented, the Director shall submit a report to
the appropriate congressional committees on the progress
made in carrying out subsection (a).
(c) TERMINATION OF BROADCASTING AUTHORITIES.—
Upon transmittal of a determination under section 203(c),
the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C. 1465aa
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et seq.) and the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act (22 U.S.C.
1465 et seq.) are repealed.
SEC. 109. REPORTS ON COMMERCE WITH, AND ASSISTANCE
TO, CUBA FROM OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, and by January
1 each year thereafter until the President submits a deter-
mination under section 203(a), the President shall submit
a report to the appropriate congressional committees on
commerce with, and assistance to, 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 report,
contain the following, to the extent such information is
available—
(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 completed,
or under consideration, by foreign nationals and busi-
ness firms involving facilities in Cuba, including an
identification of the location of the facilities involved
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and a description of the terms of agreement of the
joint ventures and the names of the parties that are
involved;
(4) a determination as to whether or not any of
the facilities described in paragraph (3) is the subject
of a claim against Cuba by a United States national;
(5) a determination of the amount of Cuban debt
owed to each foreign country, including—
(A) the amount of debt exchanged, forgiven,
or reduced under the terms of each investment or
operation in Cuba involving foreign nationals or
businesses; and
(B) the amount of debt owned the foreign
country that has been exchanged, reduced, or for-
given in return for a grant by the Cuban Gov-
ernment of an equity interest in a property, in-
vestment, or operation of the Government of
Cuba or of a Cuban national;
(6) a description of the steps taken to assure that
raw materials and semifinished or finished goods pro-
duced by facilities in Cuba involving foreign nation-
als or businesses do not enter the United States mar-
ket, either directly or through third countries or par-
ties; and
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(7) an identification of countries that purchase,
or have purchased, arms or military supplies from
Cuba or that otherwise have entered into agreements
with Cuba that have a military application, includ-
ing—
(A) a description of the military supplies,
equipment, or other material sold, bartered, or
exchanged between Cuba and such countries;
(B) a listing of the goods, services, credits,
or other consideration received by Cuba in ex-
change for military supplies, equipment, or ma-
terial; and
(C) the terms or conditions of any such
agreement.
SEC. 110. IMPORTATION SAFEGUARD AGAINST CERTAIN
CUBAN PRODUCTS.
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—(1) The Congress notes
that section 515.204 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations,
prohibits the entry of, and dealings outside the United
States in, merchandise that—
(A) is of Cuban origin,
(B) is or has been located in or transported from
or through Cuba, or
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(C) is made or derived in whole or in part of
any article which is the growth, produce, or manufac-
ture of Cuba.
(2) The Congress notes that United States accession
to the North American Free Trade Agreement does not mod-
ify or alter the United States sanctions against Cuba, not-
ing that the statement of administrative action accompany-
ing that trade agreement specifically states the following:
(A) ‘‘The NAFTA rules of origin will not in any
way diminish the Cuban sanctions program. * * *
Nothing in the NAFTA would operate to override this
prohibition.’’.
(B) ‘‘Article 309(3) (of the NAFTA) permits the
United States to ensure that Cuban products or goods
made from Cuban materials are not imported into the
United States from Mexico or Canada and that Unit-
ed States products are not exported to Cuba through
those countries.’’.
(3) The Congress notes that section 902(c) of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198) required the
President not to allocate any of the sugar import quota to
a country that is a net importer of sugar unless appropriate
officials of that country verify to the President that the
country does not import for re-export to the United States
any sugar produced in Cuba.
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(4) Protection of essential security interests of the
United States requires enhanced assurances that sugar
products that are entered are not products of Cuba.
SEC. 111. REINSTITUTION OF FAMILY REMITTANCES AND
TRAVEL TO CUBA.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should,
before considering the reinstitution of general licensure
for—
(1) family remittances to Cuba—
(A) insist that, prior to such reinstitution,
the Government of Cuba permit the unfettered
operation of small businesses fully endowed with
the right to hire others to whom they may pay
wages, buy materials necessary in the operation
of the business and such other authority and
freedom required to foster the operation of small
businesses throughout the island, and
(B) require a specific license for remittances
above $500; and
(2) travel to Cuba by United States resident
family members of Cuban nationals resident in Cuba
itself insist on such actions by the Government of
Cuba as abrogation of the sanction for refugee depar-
ture from the island, release of political prisoners,
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(b) ASSURANCE AGAINST ESPIONAGE.—In implement-
ing this section, the President shall take all necessary steps
to assure the safety and security of the United States
against espionage by Cuban journalists it believes to be
working for the intelligence agencies of the Cuban Govern-
ment.
(c) FULLY RECIPROCAL.—It is the sense of Congress
that the term ‘‘fully reciprocal’’ means that all news serv-
ices, news organizations, and broadcasting services, includ-
ing such services or organizations that receive financing,
assistance or other support from a governmental or official
source, are permitted to establish and operate a news bu-
reau in each nation.
SEC. 113. IMPACT ON LAWFUL UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT ACTIVITIES.
Nothing in this Act shall prohibit any lawfully author-
ized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a
law enforcement agency or of an intelligence agency of the
United States.
TITLE II—SUPPORT FOR A FREE
AND INDEPENDENT CUBA
SEC. 201. POLICY TOWARD A TRANSITION GOVERNMENT
AND A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERN-
MENT IN CUBA.
It is the policy of the United States—
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(1) to support the self-determination of the
Cuban people;
(2) to facilitate a peaceful transition to rep-
resentative democracy and a free market economy in
Cuba;
(3) to be impartial toward any individual or en-
tity in the selection by the Cuban people of their fu-
ture government;
(4) to enter into negotiations with a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba regarding the sta-
tus of the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo
Bay;
(5) to consider the restoration of diplomatic rela-
tions with Cuba and support the reintegration of the
Cuban Government into the Inter-American System
after a transition government in Cuba comes to power
and at such a time as will facilitate the rapid transi-
tion to a democratic government;
(6) to remove the economic embargo of Cuba
when the President determines that there exists a
democratically elected government in Cuba; and
(7) to pursue a mutually beneficial trading rela-
tionship with a democratic Cuba.
SEC. 202. ASSISTANCE FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may provide
assistance under this section for the Cuban people
after a transition government, or a democratically
elected government, is in power in Cuba, subject to
subsections 203 (a) and (c).
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Subject to section
203, the President is authorized to provide such forms
of assistance to Cuba as are provided for in subsection
(b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex-
cept for—
(A) this Act;
(B) section 620(a)(2) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)(2)); and
(C) section 634A of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394) and comparable
notification requirements contained in sections of
the annual foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs appropriations Act.
(b) RESPONSE PLAN.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
PLAN.—The President
shall develop a plan detailing, to the extent possible,
the manner in which the United States would provide
and implement support for the Cuban people in re-
sponse to the formation of—
(A) a transition government in Cuba; and
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(B) a democratically elected government in
Cuba.
(2) TYPES
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Support for the
Cuban people under the plan described in paragraph
(1) shall include the following types of assistance:
(A) TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT.—(i) The
plan developed under paragraph (1)(A) for as-
sistance to a transition government in Cuba
shall be limited to such food, medicine, medical
supplies and equipment, and other assistance as
may be necessary to meet the basic human needs
of the Cuban people.
(ii) When a transition government in Cuba
is in power, the President is encouraged to re-
move or modify restrictions that may exist on—
(I) remittances by individuals to their
relatives of cash or humanitarian items,
and
(II) on freedom to travel to visit Cuba
other than that the provision of such serv-
ices and costs in connection with such travel
shall be internationally competitive.
(iii) Upon transmittal to Congress of a de-
termination under section 203(a) that a transi-
tion government in Cuba is in power, the Presi-
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dent should take such other steps as will encour-
age renewed investment in Cuba to contribute to
a stable foundation for a democratically elected
government in Cuba.
(B) DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED
GOVERN-
MENT.—The plan developed under paragraph
(1)(B) for assistance for a democratically elected
government in Cuba should consist of assistance
to promote free market development, private en-
terprise, and a mutually beneficial trade rela-
tionship between the United States and Cuba.
Such assistance should include—
(i) financing, guarantees, and other as-
sistance provided by the Export-Import
Bank of the United States;
(ii) insurance, guarantees, and other
assistance provided by the Overseas Private
Investment 
Corporation 
for 
investment
projects in Cuba;
(iii) assistance provided by the Trade
and Development Agency;
(iv) international narcotics control as-
sistance provided under chapter 8 of part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and
(v) Peace Corps activities.
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(c) INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS.—The President is en-
couraged to take the necessary steps—
(1) to seek to obtain the agreement of other coun-
tries and multinational organizations to provide as-
sistance to a transition government in Cuba and to
a democratically elected government in Cuba; and
(2) to work with such countries, institutions, and
organizations to coordinate all such assistance pro-
grams.
(d) REPORT
ON TRADE
AND INVESTMENT RELA-
TIONS.—
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The President, fol-
lowing the transmittal to the Congress of a deter-
mination under section 203(c) that a democratically
elected government in Cuba is in power, shall submit
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate and other appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that describes—
(A) acts, policies, and practices which 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 re-
garding trade relations with a democratically
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(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) CONSULTATION.—The President shall consult
with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate and other appropriate congressional com-
mittees 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).
(e) COMMUNICATION WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE.—The
President is encouraged to take the necessary steps to com-
municate to the Cuban people the plan developed under this
section.
(f) 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.
SEC. 203. IMPLEMENTATION; REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION WITH RESPECT TO TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT.—Upon making a determination, consistent
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with the requirements and factors in section 205, that a
transition government in Cuba is in power, the President
shall transmit that determination to the appropriate con-
gressional committees and should, subject to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations and the availability of appropria-
tions, commence to provide assistance pursuant to section
202(b)(2)(A).
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—(1) The President shall
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port setting forth the strategy for providing assistance au-
thorized under section 202(b)(2)(A) to the transition gov-
ernment in Cuba, the types of such assistance, and the ex-
tent to which such assistance has been distributed.
(2) The President shall transmit the report not later
than 90 days after making the determination referred to
in paragraph (1), except that the President shall consult
regularly with the appropriate congressional committees re-
garding the development of the plan.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION WITH RESPECT TO DEMOCRAT-
ICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT.—Upon making a deter-
mination, consistent with section 206, that a democratically
elected government in Cuba is in power, the President shall
transmit that determination to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and should, subject to the authorization
of appropriations and the availability of appropriations,
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commence to provide such forms of assistance as may be
included in the plan for assistance pursuant to section
202(b)(2)(B).
(d) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Once the Presi-
dent has transmitted a determination referred to in either
subsection (a) or (c), the President shall, not later than 60
days after the end of each fiscal year, transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the assistance
to Cuba authorized under section 202, including a descrip-
tion 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.
SEC. 204. TERMINATION OF THE ECONOMIC EMBARGO OF
CUBA.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—Upon submitting a de-
termination to the appropriate congressional committees
under section 203(a) that a transition government in Cuba
is in power, the President, after consulting with the Con-
gress, is authorized to take steps to suspend the economic
embargo on Cuba and to suspend application of the right
of action created in section 302 as to actions thereafter filed
against the Government of Cuba, to the extent that such
action contributes to a stable foundation for a democrat-
ically elected government in Cuba.
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(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 sub-
mitting a determination to the appropriate congressional
committees under section 203(c) that a democratically elect-
ed government in Cuba is in power, the President shall take
steps to terminate the economic embargo of Cuba.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—On the date on
which the President submits a determination under section
203(c)—
(1) section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a)) is repealed;
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(2) section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)) is amended by striking
‘‘Republic of Cuba’’;
(3) sections 1704, 1705(d), and 1706 of the
Cuban Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 6003, 6004(d),
6005) are repealed; and
(4) section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of
1985 is repealed.
(e) REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF ECONOMIC EMBAR-
GO.—
(1) REVIEW.—If the President takes action
under subsection (a) to suspend the economic embargo
of Cuba, the President shall immediately so notify the
Congress. The President shall report to the Congress
no less frequently than every 6 months thereafter,
until he submits a determination under section 203(c)
that a democratically elected government in Cuba is
in power, on the progress being made by Cuba toward
the establishment of such a democratically elected gov-
ernment. The action of the President under subsection
(a) shall cease to be effective upon the enactment of
a joint resolution described 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 mat-
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ter after the resolving clause of which is as follows:
‘‘That the Congress disapproves the action of the
President under section 204(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 lll.’’,
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 Rela-
tions and joint resolutions introduced in the Senate
shall be referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
(4) PROCEDURE.—(A) Any joint resolution shall
be considered in the Senate in accordance with the
provisions of section 601(b) of the International Secu-
rity 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 commit-
tee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House
of Representatives.
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(C) Not more than 1 joint resolution may be con-
sidered in the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in the 6-month period beginning on the date on
which the President notifies the Congress under para-
graph (1) of the action taken under subsection (a),
and in each 6-month period thereafter.
SEC. 205. REQUIREMENTS FOR A TRANSITION GOVERN-
MENT.
(a) A determination under section 203(a) that a tran-
sition government in Cuba is in power shall not be made
unless that government has taken the following actions—
(1) legalized all political activity;
(2) released all political prisoners and allowed
for investigations of Cuban prisons by appropriate
international human rights organizations;
(3) dissolved the present Department of State Se-
curity in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior, includ-
ing the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
and the Rapid Response Brigades; and
(4) has committed to organizing free and fair
elections for a new government—
(A) to be held in a timely manner within
2 years after the transition government assumes
power;
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(B) with the participation of multiple inde-
pendent political parties that have full access to
the media on an equal basis, including (in the
case of radio, television, or other telecommuni-
cations media) in terms of allotments of time for
such access and the times of day such allotments
are given; and
(C) to be conducted under the supervision of
internationally recognized observers, such as the
Organization of American States, the United
Nations, and other election monitors;
(b) In addition to the requirements in subsection (a),
in determining whether a transition government is in
power in Cuba, the President shall take into account the
extent to which that government—
(1) is demonstrably in transition from com-
munist totalitarian dictatorship to representative de-
mocracy;
(2) has publicly committed itself to, and is mak-
ing 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;
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(C) effectively guaranteeing the rights of
free speech and freedom of the press, including
granting permits to privately owned media and
telecommunications companies to operate in
Cuba;
(D) permitting the reinstatement of citizen-
ship to Cuban-born nationals returning to Cuba;
(E) assuring the right to private property;
and
(F) allowing the establishment of independ-
ent trade unions as set forth in conventions 87
and 98 of the International Labor Organization,
and allowing the establishment of independent
social, economic, and political associations;
(3) has ceased any interference with broadcasts
by Radio Marti or the Television Marti Service;
(4) has given adequate assurances that it will
allow the speedy and efficient distribution of assist-
ance to the Cuban people; and
(5) permits the deployment throughout Cuba of
independent and unfettered international human
rights monitors.
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SEC. 206. FACTORS FOR DETERMINING A DEMOCRATICALLY
ELECTED GOVERNMENT.
For purposes of determining under section 203(c) of
this Act whether a democratically elected government in
Cuba is in power, the President shall take into account
whether, and the extent to which, that government—
(1) results from free and fair elections—
(A) conducted under the supervision of
internationally recognized observers; and
(B) in which opposition parties were per-
mitted ample time to organize and campaign for
such elections, and in which all candidates in
the elections were permitted full access to the
media;
(2) is showing respect for the basic civil liberties
and human rights of the citizens of Cuba;
(3) is substantially moving toward a market-ori-
ented economic system based on the right to own and
enjoy property;
(4) is committed to making constitutional
changes that would ensure regular free and fair elec-
tions and the full enjoyment of basic civil liberties
and human rights by the citizens of Cuba; and
(5) is continuing to comply with the require-
ments of section 205.
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SEC. 207. SETTLEMENT OF OUTSTANDING UNITED STATES
CLAIMS 
TO 
CONFISCATED 
PROPERTY 
IN
CUBA.
(a) SUPPORT FOR A TRANSITION GOVERNMENT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act—
(1) no assistance may be provided under the au-
thority of this Act to a transition government in
Cuba, and
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any
loan or other utilization of the funds of such bank or
institution for the benefit of a transition government
in Cuba, except for assistance to meet the emergency
humanitarian needs of the Cuban people,
unless the President determines and certifies to Congress
that such a government has publicly committed itself, and
is taking appropriate steps, to establish a procedure under
its law or through international arbitration to provide for
the return of, or prompt, adequate, and effective compensa-
tion for, property confiscated by the Government of Cuba
on or after January 1, 1959, from any person or entity
that is a United States national who is described in section
620(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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(b) SUPPORT FOR A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOV-
ERNMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act—
(1) no assistance may be provided under the au-
thority of this Act to a democratically elected govern-
ment in Cuba, and
(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct
the United States executive director of each inter-
national financial institution to vote against any
loan or other utilization of the funds of such bank or
institution for the benefit of a democratically elected
government in Cuba,
unless the President determines and certifies to Congress
that such a government has adopted and is effectively im-
plementing a procedure under its law or through inter-
national arbitration to provide for the return of, or prompt,
adequate, and effective compensation for, property con-
fiscated by the Government of Cuba on or after January
1, 1959, from any person or entity that is a United States
national who is described in section 620(a)(2) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State shall provide a report to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees containing an assessment of the property
dispute question in Cuba, including—
(1) an estimate of the number and amount of
claims to property confiscated by the Cuban Govern-
ment held by United States nationals beyond those
certified under section 507 of the International
Claims Settlement Act of 1949,
(2) an assessment of the significance of promptly
resolving confiscated property claims to the revitaliza-
tion of the Cuban economy,
(3) a review and evaluation of technical and
other assistance that the United States could provide
to help either a transition government in Cuba or a
democratically elected government in Cuba establish
mechanisms to resolve property questions,
(4) an assessment of the role and types of sup-
port the United States could provide to help resolve
claims to property confiscated by the Cuban Govern-
ment held by United States nationals who did not re-
ceive or qualify for certification under section 507 of
the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, and
(5) an assessment of any areas requiring legisla-
tive review or action regarding the resolution of prop-
erty claims in Cuba prior to a change of government
in Cuba.