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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 538 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism |
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| 6 | 6 | | until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | UBIO(for himself, Mr. CRUZ, and Mr. SCOTTof Florida) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on |
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| 12 | 12 | | Foreign Relations |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state spon- |
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| 15 | 15 | | sors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Oppression 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | until the Reign of Castro Ends Act’’ or the ‘‘FORCE 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | It shall be the policy of the United States— 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) to support the Cuban people’s desire to hold 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | free and fair elections, which are supervised by re-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | spected international observers that respect the peo-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ple of Cuba’s desire for freedom and democracy; 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) to encourage the international community 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | to raise their voices in support of the Cuban people’s 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | desire to live freely; and 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) to demand the release of all political pris-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | oners in Cuba. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REMOVAL. 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) I |
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| 39 | 39 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | sion of law, neither the President nor the Secretary of 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | State may remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of terrorism until the President makes the determination 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | described in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and Demo-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 6065). 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) D |
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| 47 | 47 | | EFINEDTERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘state 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the government of 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | provided support for international terrorism pursuant 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | to— 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •S 538 IS |
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| 57 | 57 | | (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) any other provision of law. 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SEC. 4. REPORT. 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (a) I |
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| 64 | 64 | | NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall sub-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | mit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the Senate, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | of Representatives, and the Permanent Select Committee 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | on Intelligence of the House of Representatives that iden-13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | tifies all terrorists and fugitives who— 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (1)(A) have been convicted for a terrorism-re-15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | lated offense in a United States court; 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (B) fled the United States after being indicted 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | for a terrorism-related offense, but before standing 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | trial; or 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (C) are members of a foreign terrorist organiza-20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tion; and 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) are being provided safe haven in Cuba. 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (b) F |
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| 81 | 81 | | ORM.—Each report submitted under this section 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | a classified annex. 25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | •S 538 IS |
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| 87 | 87 | | SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BENE-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | FITTING THE CUBAN REGIME. 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (a) I |
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| 90 | 90 | | NGENERAL.—No person subject to the jurisdic-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | tion of the United States may engage in a direct financial 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | transaction, including electronic remittances, with any en-5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | tity or subentity that the Secretary of State, in consulta-6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, determines to be 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | under the control of, or acting for or on behalf of, the 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or per-9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | sonnel with which direct financial transactions would dis-10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | proportionately benefit such services or personnel at the 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | expense of the Cuban people or private enterprise in Cuba. 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (b) S |
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| 101 | 101 | | ENSE OFCONGRESSREGARDINGSANCTIONS.— 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treas-14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ury should expand and tighten sanctions programs to en-15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | sure beneficial ownership disclosure and material support 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | clauses to penalize tax havens for entities used by sanc-17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | tioned countries, as was recently disclosed in the OpenLux 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | investigation of the Cuban military’s use of destinations 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | such as Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Hong Kong. 20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION. 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (a) U |
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| 111 | 111 | | PDATE ANDPUBLICATION OFENTITYLIST.— 22 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 23 |
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| 113 | 113 | | of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | shall— 25 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (1) in furtherance of the regulatory changes de-1 |
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| 119 | 119 | | scribed in this section, identify the entities or sub-2 |
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| 120 | 120 | | entities, as appropriate, that are under the control 3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | of, or act for or on behalf of, the Cuban military, in-4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | telligence, or security services or personnel, including 5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | GAESA, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and successors; 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (2) update a list of the entities and subentities 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | identified pursuant to paragraph (1) with which di-8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | rect financial transactions would disproportionately 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | benefit such services or personnel at the expense of 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | the Cuban people or private enterprise in Cuba; and 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (3) make the list updated pursuant to para-12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | graph (2) available to the public. 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (b) L |
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| 132 | 132 | | IMITATION.— 14 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (1) P |
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| 134 | 134 | | ROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS .—Except as 15 |
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| 135 | 135 | | provided in subsection (a) and section 8, the regu-16 |
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| 136 | 136 | | latory changes described in this section shall prohibit 17 |
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| 137 | 137 | | direct financial transactions with any entity or sub-18 |
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| 138 | 138 | | entity on the list updated pursuant to subsection 19 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (a)(2). 20 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (2) A |
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| 141 | 141 | | LLOWED TRANSACTIONS .—The regulatory 21 |
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| 142 | 142 | | changes described in this section may not prohibit 22 |
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| 143 | 143 | | any transaction that the Secretary of the Treasury 23 |
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| 144 | 144 | | or the Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | the Secretary of State, determines is consistent with 25 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the policy of the United States, including trans-1 |
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| 150 | 150 | | actions concerning— 2 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (A) Federal Government operations, in-3 |
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| 152 | 152 | | cluding operations at the Naval Station at 4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Guantanamo Bay and at the United States mis-5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | sion in Havana; 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (B) programs seeking to build democracy 7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | in Cuba; 8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (C) air and sea operations that support 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | permissible travel, cargo, or trade; 10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (D) the acquisition of visas for permissible 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | travel; 12 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (E) the expansion of direct telecommuni-13 |
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| 162 | 162 | | cations and internet access for the Cuban peo-14 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ple; 15 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (F) the sale of agricultural commodities, 16 |
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| 165 | 165 | | medicines, and medical devices sold to Cuba in 17 |
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| 166 | 166 | | accordance with the Trade Sanctions Reform 18 |
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| 167 | 167 | | and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 19 |
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| 168 | 168 | | U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) and the Cuban Democracy 20 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 6001 et seq.); 21 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (G) sending, processing, or receiving au-22 |
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| 171 | 171 | | thorized remittances that do not wholly, or in 23 |
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| 172 | 172 | | any part, benefit any entity or subentity on the 24 |
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| 173 | 173 | | list updated pursuant to subsection (a)(2); 25 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (H) furthering the national security or for-1 |
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| 178 | 178 | | eign policy interests of the United States; or 2 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (I) any other activity that is required by 3 |
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| 180 | 180 | | law. 4 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (c) P |
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| 182 | 182 | | ROTECTION OFNATIONALINTERESTS.—Any ac-5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | tivity conducted pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) shall 6 |
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| 184 | 184 | | be carried out in a manner that furthers the national in-7 |
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| 185 | 185 | | terests of the United States, including by appropriately 8 |
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| 186 | 186 | | protecting sensitive sources, methods, and operations of 9 |
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| 187 | 187 | | the Federal Government. 10 |
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| 188 | 188 | | SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 11 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (a) D |
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| 190 | 190 | | EFINEDTERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap-12 |
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| 191 | 191 | | propriate congressional committees’’ means— 13 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 14 |
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| 193 | 193 | | Senate; 15 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 16 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Senate; 17 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 19 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 20 |
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| 199 | 199 | | House of Representatives; 21 |
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| 200 | 200 | | (5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-22 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ligence of the House of Representatives; and 23 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 24 |
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| 203 | 203 | | House of Representatives. 25 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (b) REPORT ON THEINVOLVEMENT OF FIDELCAS-1 |
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| 208 | 208 | | TRO, RAU´LCASTRO, ANDMIGUELDI´AZ-CANEL INPUB-2 |
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| 209 | 209 | | LICCORRUPTION AND OTHERILLICITACTIVITIES.—Not 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 4 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau 5 |
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| 212 | 212 | | of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, 6 |
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| 213 | 213 | | and in coordination with the Director of National Intel-7 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ligence, shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-8 |
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| 215 | 215 | | sional committees that describes— 9 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (1) significant acts of public corruption in Cuba 10 |
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| 217 | 217 | | that— 11 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (A) involve— 12 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (i) members of El Partido Comunista 13 |
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| 220 | 220 | | de Cuba; or 14 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (ii) senior officials of the Cuban re-15 |
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| 222 | 222 | | gime, including members of La Asamblea 16 |
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| 223 | 223 | | Nacional del Poder Popular, GAESA, and 17 |
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| 224 | 224 | | the Ministerio del Interior; 18 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (B) pose challenges for United States na-19 |
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| 226 | 226 | | tional security and regional stability; 20 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (C) impede the realization of freedom of 21 |
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| 228 | 228 | | expression; or 22 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (D) infringe upon the fundamental free-23 |
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| 230 | 230 | | doms of civil society and political opponents in 24 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Cuba; and 25 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (2) activities of the Maduro regime in Ven-1 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ezuela taking place in Cuba, including— 2 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (A) cooperation between Venezuela and 3 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Cuba’s military personnel, intelligence services, 4 |
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| 239 | 239 | | and security forces; 5 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (B) cooperation related to telecommuni-6 |
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| 241 | 241 | | cations and satellite navigation; 7 |
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| 242 | 242 | | (C) other political and economic coopera-8 |
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| 243 | 243 | | tion with the Government of Cuba; and 9 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (D) the threats and risks that such activi-10 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ties pose to United States national interests 11 |
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| 246 | 246 | | and national security. 12 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (c) N |
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| 248 | 248 | | OTIFICATION OFANYENGAGEMENT OF THE 13 |
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| 249 | 249 | | U |
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| 250 | 250 | | NITEDSTATESWITHCUBA.—The Secretary of State, 14 |
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| 251 | 251 | | in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 15 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary 16 |
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| 253 | 253 | | of Commerce, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 17 |
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| 254 | 254 | | shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of 18 |
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| 255 | 255 | | any engagement of the United States with Cuba not later 19 |
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| 256 | 256 | | than 14 days after such engagement to ensure that such 20 |
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| 257 | 257 | | engagement is advancing the interests of the United 21 |
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| 258 | 258 | | States. 22 |
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| 259 | 259 | | SEC. 8. TERMINATION. 23 |
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| 260 | 260 | | The limitation set forth in section 6(b)(1) shall termi-24 |
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| 261 | 261 | | nate on the date that is 90 days after the date on which 25 |
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| 265 | 265 | | the President certifies to Congress that the Government 1 |
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| 266 | 266 | | of Cuba— 2 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (1) has taken the necessary steps to begin an 3 |
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| 268 | 268 | | electoral process that is transparent, free, and fair 4 |
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| 269 | 269 | | in accordance with sections 205 and 206 of the 5 |
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| 270 | 270 | | Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 6 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–114); 7 |
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| 272 | 272 | | and 8 |
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| 273 | 273 | | (2) has met the requirements for the termi-9 |
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| 274 | 274 | | nation of the economic embargo set forth in section 10 |
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| 275 | 275 | | 204 of such Act. 11 |
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