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‘‘(F) assistance under the secondary school exchange
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. 107. TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA.
(a) CONVERSION TO UHF.—The Director of the United 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 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
AUTHORITIES.—Upon
transmittal of a determination under section 203(c)(3), the Tele-
vision 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following) are repealed.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. 108. REPORTS ON COMMERCE WITH, AND ASSISTANCE TO, CUBA
FROM OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and by January 1 of each year
thereafter until the President submits a determination under sec-
tion 203(c)(1), 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 provided to
Cuba by other foreign countries, including humanitarian assist-
ance.
(2) A description of Cuba’s commerce with foreign 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 business firms involving
facilities in Cuba, including an identification 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 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 debt of the Cuban
Government that is 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; and
(B) the amount of debt owed the foreign country that
has been exchanged, forgiven, or reduced in return for
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a grant by the Cuban Government of an equity interest
in a property, investment, or operation of the Cuban
Government or of a Cuban national.
(6) A description of the steps taken to assure that raw
materials and semifinished or finished goods produced by facili-
ties in Cuba involving foreign nationals do not enter the United
States market, either directly or through third countries or
parties.
(7) An identification of countries that purchase, or have
purchased, arms or military supplies from Cuba or that other-
wise have entered into agreements with Cuba that have a
military application, including—
(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 exchange for military
supplies, equipment, or material, and
(C) the terms or conditions of any such agreement.
SEC. 109. AUTHORIZATION OF SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC AND
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERV-
ERS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law (including section 102 of this Act), except for section 634A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1) and
comparable notification requirements contained in any Act making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs, the President is authorized to furnish assistance and
provide other support for individuals and independent nongovern-
mental organizations to support democracy-building efforts for
Cuba, including the following:
(1) Published and informational matter, such as books,
videos, and cassettes, on transitions to democracy, human
rights, and market economies, to be made available to independ-
ent democratic groups in Cuba.
(2) Humanitarian assistance to victims of political repres-
sion, and their families.
(3) Support for democratic and human rights groups in
Cuba.
(4) Support for visits and permanent deployment of
independent international human rights monitors in Cuba.
(b) OAS EMERGENCY FUND.—
(1) FOR SUPPORT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ELECTIONS.—The
President shall take the necessary steps to encourage the
Organization 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) ACTION
OF
OTHER
MEMBER
STATES.—The President
should instruct the United States Permanent Representative
to the Organization of American States to encourage other
member states of the Organization 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-Amer-
ican Commission on Human Rights.
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(3) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FUND.—Notwithstand-
ing section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2227) or any other provision of law limiting the United
States proportionate share of assistance to Cuba by any inter-
national organization, the President should provide not less
than $5,000,000 of the voluntary contributions of the United
States to the Organization of American States solely for the
purposes of the special fund referred to in paragraph (1).
(c) DENIAL
OF
FUNDS
TO
THE
CUBAN
GOVERNMENT.—In
implementing this section, the President shall take all necessary
steps to ensure that no funds or other assistance is provided to
the Cuban Government.
SEC. 110. IMPORTATION SAFEGUARD AGAINST CERTAIN CUBAN PROD-
UCTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON IMPORT OF AND DEALINGS IN CUBAN PROD-
UCTS.—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—
(1) is of Cuban origin;
(2) is or has been located in or transported from or through
Cuba; or
(3) is made or derived in whole or in part of any article
which is the growth, produce, or manufacture of Cuba.
(b) EFFECT OF NAFTA.—The Congress notes that United States
accession to the North American Free Trade Agreement does not
modify or alter the United States sanctions against Cuba. The
statement of administrative action accompanying that trade agree-
ment specifically states the following:
(1) ‘‘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.’’.
(2) ‘‘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 United States products are not
exported to Cuba through those countries.’’.
(c) RESTRICTION OF SUGAR IMPORTS.—The Congress notes that
section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–
198) requires 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 reexport to the United States any sugar pro-
duced in Cuba.
(d) ASSURANCES REGARDING SUGAR PRODUCTS.—Protection of
essential security interests of the United States requires assurances
that sugar products that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, into the customs territory of the United States
are not products of Cuba.
SEC. 111. WITHHOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FROM COUNTRIES
SUPPORTING JURAGUA NUCLEAR PLANT IN CUBA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) President Clinton stated in April 1993 that the United
States opposed the construction of the Juragua nuclear power
plant because of the concerns of the United States about Cuba’s
ability to ensure the safe operation of the facility and because
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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 weapons-free zone.
(3) The State Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion, and the Department of Energy have expressed concerns
about the construction and operation of Cuba’s nuclear reactors.
(4) In a September 1992 report to the Congress, the General
Accounting Office outlined concerns among nuclear energy
experts about deficiencies in the nuclear plant project in
Juragua, near Cienfuegos, Cuba, including—
(A) a lack in Cuba of a nuclear regulatory structure;
(B) the absence in Cuba of an adequate infrastructure
to ensure the plant’s safe operation and requisite mainte-
nance;
(C) the inadequacy of training of plant operators;
(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 percent of those sites were defective;
(E) since September 5, 1992, when construction on
the plant was halted, the prolonged exposure to the ele-
ments, including corrosive salt water vapor, of the primary
reactor components; and
(F) the possible inadequacy of the upper portion of
the reactors’ dome retention capability to withstand only
7 pounds of pressure per square inch, given that normal
atmospheric pressure is 32 pounds per square inch and
United States reactors are designed to accommodate pres-
sures of 50 pounds per square inch.
(5) The United States Geological Survey claims that it
had difficulty determining answers to specific questions regard-
ing 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 produced an
earthquake numbering 7.0 on the Richter scale.
(8) According to a study by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, summer winds could carry radio-
active pollutants from a nuclear accident at the power plant
throughout all of Florida and parts of the States on the coast
of the Gulf of Mexico as far as Texas, and northern winds
could carry the pollutants as far northeast as Virginia and
Washington, D.C.
(9) The Cuban Government, under dictator Fidel Castro,
in 1962 advocated the Soviets’ launching 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 consistently issued
threats against the United States Government, most recently