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(2) to provide democracy assistance to the vic-
tims of the most extreme political repression of the
Castro dictatorship, specifically the surviving imme-
diate relatives of those assassinated, political pris-
oners, former political prisoners, military and former
military personnel imprisoned for political reasons,
internal opposition activists, and their immediate rel-
atives; and
(3) to strengthen independent nongovernmental
opposition organizations in Cuba committed to the
liberation of the Cuban people.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) INDEPENDENT NONGOVERNMENTAL OPPO-
SITION
ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘independent
nongovernmental opposition organization’’ means a
nongovernmental organization inside Cuba that has
demonstrated that it is not an agency or instrumen-
tality of the Cuban Government, as certified annu-
ally by the President with the assistance and in co-
ordination with the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and
has publicly or actively made known its opposition to
the Cuban Government. Evidence of opposition to be
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taken into account shall include membership in inde-
pendent nongovernmental opposition organizations
of political prisoners and former political prisoners.
(2) INDEPENDENT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA-
NIZATION.—The 
term 
‘‘independent 
nongovern-
mental organization’’ means a nongovernmental or-
ganization that is not an agency or instrumentality
of the Cuban Government, nor is controlled by or
supportive of the Cuban Government, as certified
annually by the President with the assistance and in
coordination with the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, to
facilitate democracy assistance to the victims of the
most extreme political repression in Cuba.
(3) DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘de-
mocracy assistance’’ means communications equip-
ment, printing presses, photocopiers, fax machines,
pens, paper and other pro-democracy assistance for
independent nongovernmental opposition organiza-
tions and the victims of the most extreme political
repression, as well as humanitarian assistance cur-
rently authorized by section 109 of the Cuban Lib-
erty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996.
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(4) VICTIMS OF THE MOST EXTREME POLITICAL
REPRESSION.—The term ‘‘victims of the most ex-
treme political repression’’ means any Cuban na-
tional in Cuba who is—
(A) a political prisoner or an immediate
relative of one;
(B) a former political prisoner or an imme-
diate relative of one;
(C) a member or former member of the
military imprisoned for political reasons or an
immediate relative of one; or
(D) an individual active within an inde-
pendent nongovernmental opposition organiza-
tion or an immediate relative of one, or an im-
mediate relative of a Cuban assassinated by the
Castro regime.
(5) IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.—The term ‘‘imme-
diate relative’’ means the children, spouses, and par-
ents of the most extreme victims of political repres-
sion.
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SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE MOST EX-
TREME POLITICAL REPRESSION AND INDE-
PENDENT NONGOVERNMENTAL OPPOSITION
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS
AND
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under section 109(a) of the Cuban Liberty and
Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C.
6030(a)) for any fiscal year, the President shall use
funds to carry out activities to assist the victims of
the most extreme political repression and to assist
independent nongovernmental opposition organiza-
tions inside Cuba.
(b) VERIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTION.—
To assure that distribution of assistance is in compliance
with the intent of this Act, the President shall ensure that
adequate verification and monitoring is in place to assure
that such assistance will be delivered only to the victims
of the most extreme political repression and to inde-
pendent nongovernmental opposition organizations.
(C) REMITTANCES TO INDEPENDENT NONGOVERN-
MENTAL OPPOSITION ORGANIZATIONS.—The President
shall authorize the issuance of licenses to independent
nongovernmental organizations to send monetary remit-
tances to independent nongovernmental opposition organi-
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zations for the purposes of carrying out activities specified
in section 109 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Soli-
darity Act of 1996.
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