I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3470
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act 
of 1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically 
elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the 
United States convicted felon Joanne Chesimard and all other individuals 
who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 
for criminal offenses committed in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order 
to determine that a democratically elected government 
in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the United 
States convicted felon Joanne Chesimard and all other 
individuals who are living in Cuba in order to escape 
prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses com-
mitted in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Safe Haven in 
Cuba Act’’. 
SEC. 1. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that—
(1) on May 2, 1973, Joanne Chesimard and 
two companions, upon being stopped in their vehicle 
by New Jersey State Troopers James Harper and 
Werner Foerster on the New Jersey Turnpike, 
opened fire on these officers, striking Trooper Wer-
ner Foerster in the chest and James Harper in the 
left shoulder; 
(2) the suspects then used Trooper Foerster’s 
own weapon to shoot him twice in the head, killing 
him; 
(3) in 1977, a properly constituted jury in a 
fair trial conducted according to the international 
norms of the rule of law, found Ms. Chesimard 
guilty of first-degree murder for the slaying of 
Trooper Foerster, as a result of which Ms. 
Chesimard was legally and properly sentenced to life 
imprisonment in a New Jersey State prison; 
(4) in 1979, Ms. Chesimard escaped from the 
Reformatory for Women in Clinton, New Jersey, 
with the help of four men who took a guard and
prison van driver hostage, thereby recklessly placing 
the lives of both men in danger; 
(5) after escaping prison, Ms. Chesimard fled to 
Cuba for the sole purpose of escaping her legally im-
posed life sentence in prison for the murder of 
Trooper Foerster; 
(6) there are currently approximately 80 other 
individuals who have fled from the United States to 
Cuba in order to avoid legal prosecution or legally 
imposed confinement for serious criminal offenses; 
(7) respect for the rule of law is a primary con-
dition for the establishment of any legitimate demo-
cratic government; and 
(8) legitimate democratic governments must 
show respect for the justice systems of one another 
and not provide safe harbor to individuals who have 
been legally indicted or convicted of serious offenses. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO LIBERTAD ACT. 
Section 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6066) 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and