FORCE Act

Bill: 118-hr-314
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area

Cuba

Latin America

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 20.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act or the FORCE Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the determination that a transition government in Cuba is in power.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 314 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2023 Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. McCaul , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Buck , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mrs. Bice , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. Gimenez , Miss González-Colón , Mr. Rutherford , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Owens , Mr. Issa , Mr. Womack , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Mooney , and Mrs. Spartz ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends Act or the FORCE Act . 2. Prohibition on removal (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the President nor the Secretary of State may remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the determination described in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 ( 22 U.S.C. 6065 ). (b) Definition In this section, the term state sponsor of terrorism means a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— (1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A) ); (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or (4) any other provision of law.