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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 450 |
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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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | ALAZAR(for herself, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ELF, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, Mr. MCCAUL, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. Z |
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| 14 | 14 | | INKE, Mr. MILLS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | S |
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| 16 | 16 | | COTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. ISSA, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | C |
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| 18 | 18 | | RENSHAW, Mrs. BICE, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. |
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| 20 | 20 | | ITZPATRICK, Mr. LAWLER, and Mr. TIFFANY) introduced the following |
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| 21 | 21 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state spon- |
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| 23 | 23 | | sors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, |
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| 24 | 24 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fighting Oppression 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | until the Reign of Castro Ends’’ or the ‘‘FORCE Act’’. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | •HR 450 IH |
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| 33 | 33 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REMOVAL. 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | sion of law, neither the President nor the Secretary of 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | State may remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors 4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of terrorism until the President makes the determination 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | described in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and Demo-6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 6065). 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) D |
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| 43 | 43 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘state 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the government of 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly 11 |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided support for international terrorism pursuant 12 |
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| 47 | 47 | | to— 13 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 14 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 15 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 16 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (4) any other provision of law. 20 |
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