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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 488 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that engage in certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | transactions relating to Cuba and to impose sanctions with respect to |
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| 7 | 7 | | human rights abuse and corruption in Cuba, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | COTTof Florida (for himself and Mr. TUBERVILLE) introduced the fol- |
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| 12 | 12 | | lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For- |
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| 13 | 13 | | eign Relations |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that |
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| 16 | 16 | | engage in certain transactions relating to Cuba and to |
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| 17 | 17 | | impose sanctions with respect to human rights abuse |
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| 18 | 18 | | and corruption in Cuba, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Denying Earnings to 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus Act’’ or the 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘DEMOCRACIA Act’’. 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) F |
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| 31 | 31 | | INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) The Cuban Communist takeover of 1959 es-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tablished in Cuba a one-party authoritarian state of 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Cuban Communist Party. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Cuba is a totalitarian state, in which the 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Cuban Communist Party has brutally oppressed the 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | people of Cuba for more than 60 years. 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (3) Cuban democracy activists, including Las 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Damas de Blanco (also known as ‘‘Ladies in 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | White’’), a group composed of wives and relatives of 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | peaceful activists in Cuba, are routinely repressed, 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | censured, beaten, and unjustly imprisoned by the 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Cuban Communist Party. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) On July 11, 2021, protesters marched in 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the streets throughout Cuba voicing their opposition 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | against the communist regime of Cuba. 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (5) During those protests, Cubans in more than 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 40 cities held demonstrations chanting ‘‘Freedom!’’, 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘Down with the Dictatorship!’’, and ‘‘Patria y Vida’’ 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (‘‘Homeland and Life’’). 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (6) Through those protests, the people of Cuba 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | demanded the end to communism in Cuba and ac-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cess to food, medicine, water, and electricity, basic 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | needs that the communist system in Cuba cannot 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | provide. 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (7) Cubans gathered outside of the head-3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | quarters of the Cuban Communist Party chanting, 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | ‘‘Cuba isn’t yours!’’. In a clear message, Cubans ex-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ercised their fundamental God-given rights to peace-6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ably assemble, express their political opinions, and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | live free of censorship and oppression and demanded 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the ruling elites, especially the Cuban Communist 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Party, release its control of their government and 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | give the power back to the people. 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (8) During the July 11, 2021, protests, the 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Cuban Communist Party deployed a wave of terror 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | throughout Cuba by— 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (A) unleashing its secret police and some 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | military forces on peaceful protesters and un-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | lawfully detained them, including by— 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (i) harassing and threatening people 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | in their homes; 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (ii) abducting and torturing civil soci-20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ety leaders and other Cubans peacefully 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | exercising their fundamental rights; and 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (iii) detaining more than 800 Cubans 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | for peacefully protesting, who have gone 24 |
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| 82 | 82 | | missing since the protests and demonstra-25 |
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| 86 | 86 | | tions began, including leaders from Cuban 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | civil society groups such as UNPACU, the 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | San Isidro Movement, the Ladies in White, 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | and religious leaders; and 4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (B) in a crude and savage effort to silence 5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | the Cuban people, cutting internet connectivity 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | and mobile services throughout Cuba, which 7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | prevented the Cuban people from organizing 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | and hid from the outside world images and vid-9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | eos of the oppressive and brutal crackdown by 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | the Government of Cuba. 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (9) In response to these demonstrations and 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | protests, the regime blocked access to social media, 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | messaging platforms and cellular services, and ar-14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | rested and detained hundreds of protesters, activists, 15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and journalists, according to Cuban human rights 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | groups. 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | (10) The Human Rights Report on Cuba for 18 |
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| 104 | 104 | | 2020 set forth by the Department of State found 19 |
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| 105 | 105 | | that Cuba is an authoritarian state. 20 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (11) A new constitution ratified in February 21 |
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| 107 | 107 | | 2019 codified that Cuba remains a one-party system 22 |
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| 108 | 108 | | in which the Cuban Communist Party is the only 23 |
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| 109 | 109 | | legal political party. Elections in Cuba were neither 24 |
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| 110 | 110 | | free, fair, nor competitive. 25 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (12) The Ministry of Interior of Cuba 1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (MININT) controls police, internal security forces, 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | and the prison system. The National Revolutionary 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Police are the primary law enforcement organization 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | of the Ministry. Specialized units of the state secu-5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | rity branch of the Ministry are responsible for moni-6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | toring, infiltrating, and suppressing independent po-7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | litical activity. The national leadership of Cuba, in-8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | cluding members of the military, maintain effective 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | control over the security forces. Members of the se-10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | curity forces have committed numerous abuses. 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (13) Significant human rights issues in Cuba 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | include the following: 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (A) Unlawful or arbitrary killings by the 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Government of Cuba, including extrajudicial 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | killings. 16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (B) Forced disappearances by the Govern-17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ment of Cuba. 18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (C) Torture and cruel, inhuman, and de-19 |
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| 133 | 133 | | grading treatment of political dissidents, detain-20 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ees, and prisoners by security forces. 21 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (D) Harsh and life-threatening prison con-22 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ditions. 23 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (E) Arbitrary arrests and detentions. 24 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (F) The detaining of political prisoners. 25 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (G) Significant problems with the inde-1 |
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| 143 | 143 | | pendence of the judiciary. 2 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (H) Arbitrary or unlawful interference 3 |
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| 145 | 145 | | with privacy. 4 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (I) Functional lack of freedom of the 5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | press, as criminal libel laws are used against 6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | persons who criticize leadership of the Govern-7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ment of Cuba and that Government has en-8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | gaged in censorship and internet site blocking. 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (J) Severe limitations on academic and 10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | cultural freedom. 11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (K) Severe restrictions on the right of 12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | peaceful assembly and denial of freedom of as-13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | sociation, including refusal to recognize inde-14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | pendent associations. 15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (L) Severe restrictions on religious free-16 |
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| 158 | 158 | | dom. 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (M) Restrictions on internal and external 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | freedom of movement. 19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (N) Inability of citizens to change their 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | government through free and fair elections. 21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (O) Restrictions on political participation 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | to members of the ruling party. 23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (P) Corruption by officials of the Govern-24 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ment of Cuba. 25 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (Q) Trafficking in persons, including com-1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | pulsory labor. 2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (R) Outlawing of independent trade 3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | unions. 4 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (14) Officials of the Government of Cuba, at 5 |
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| 175 | 175 | | the direction of their superiors, have committed most 6 |
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| 176 | 176 | | human rights abuses. As a matter of policy, officials 7 |
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| 177 | 177 | | failed to investigate or prosecute the individuals who 8 |
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| 178 | 178 | | committed those abuses. Impunity for the perpetra-9 |
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| 179 | 179 | | tors has remained widespread. 10 |
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| 180 | 180 | | (15) The United States Commission on Inter-11 |
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| 181 | 181 | | national Religious Freedom recommended in its 12 |
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| 182 | 182 | | 2021 Annual Report that the United States Govern-13 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ment again place Cuba on the special watch list 14 |
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| 184 | 184 | | under section 402(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the International 15 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 186 | 186 | | 6442(b)(1)(A)(iii)) and recommended imposing sanc-17 |
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| 187 | 187 | | tions on the Office of Religious Affairs of Cuba. 18 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (16) In the report specified in paragraph (15), 19 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the United States Commission on International Reli-20 |
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| 190 | 190 | | gious Freedom raised concerns regarding the denial 21 |
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| 191 | 191 | | in Cuba of religious freedom for human rights activ-22 |
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| 192 | 192 | | ists, independent journalists, and protesters, particu-23 |
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| 193 | 193 | | larly in the wake of demonstrations that started on 24 |
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| 197 | 197 | | November 13, 2020, calling for greater freedom of 1 |
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| 198 | 198 | | expression in Cuba. 2 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (17) Cuba was ground zero for a series of yet 3 |
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| 200 | 200 | | unexplained attacks in 2016 on members of the dip-4 |
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| 201 | 201 | | lomatic community of the United States in Havana, 5 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Cuba. 6 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (18) Cuba continues to provide safe harbor for 7 |
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| 204 | 204 | | adversaries of the United States, including multiple 8 |
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| 205 | 205 | | fugitives from justice in the United States, including 9 |
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| 206 | 206 | | William Morales, Charles Hill, Victor Manuel 10 |
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| 207 | 207 | | Gerena, and Joanne Chesimard, who executed New 11 |
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| 208 | 208 | | Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a rou-12 |
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| 209 | 209 | | tine traffic stop in May 1973. 13 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (19) The Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 14 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) 15 |
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| 212 | 212 | | prohibits the President from imposing unilateral ag-16 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ricultural or medical sanctions against Cuba. 17 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (20) The defense, security, and intelligence sec-18 |
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| 215 | 215 | | tors of Cuba are the primary perpetrators of beat-19 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ings, arrests, detainments, and unjust 20 |
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| 217 | 217 | | imprisonments of the Cuban people. 21 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (21) The Cuban Communist Party has a long 22 |
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| 219 | 219 | | history of racism. 23 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (22) No high level positions within the Cuban 24 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Communist Party are occupied by Afro-Cubans. 25 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (23) Many Cubans who suffered the worst 1 |
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| 226 | 226 | | treatment at the hands of the security forces of the 2 |
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| 227 | 227 | | Cuban Communist Party are Afro-Cuban, such as 3 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Dr. O |
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| 229 | 229 | | ´ |
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| 230 | 230 | | scar Elı´as Biscet, Jorge Luis Garcia Pe´rez, 4 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Berta Soler of Las Damas de Blanco, Guillermo 5 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Farin˜as Herna´ndez, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Luis 6 |
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| 233 | 233 | | Manuel Otero Alca´ntara, and Iva´n Herna´ndez 7 |
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| 234 | 234 | | Carrillo. 8 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (24) On January 12, 2021, the Department of 9 |
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| 236 | 236 | | State determined that Cuba has repeatedly provided 10 |
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| 237 | 237 | | support for acts of international terrorism and was 11 |
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| 238 | 238 | | designated a state sponsor of terrorism. 12 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (25) On May 14, 2021, Secretary of State 13 |
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| 240 | 240 | | Antony Blinken determined and certified to Con-14 |
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| 241 | 241 | | gress that Cuba is not cooperating fully with United 15 |
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| 242 | 242 | | States antiterrorism efforts. 16 |
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| 243 | 243 | | (26) The Cuban Communist Party continues to 17 |
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| 244 | 244 | | support international terrorist groups such as the 18 |
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| 245 | 245 | | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 19 |
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| 246 | 246 | | and the National Liberation Army (ELN). 20 |
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| 247 | 247 | | (27) Commercial engagement with the defense, 21 |
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| 248 | 248 | | security, and intelligence sectors of Cuba empowers 22 |
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| 249 | 249 | | the human rights abuses, racism against Afro-Cu-23 |
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| 250 | 250 | | bans, and support for international terrorism by the 24 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Cuban Communist Party. 25 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (b) SENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1 |
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| 256 | 256 | | gress that Congress— 2 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) reaffirms subsection (a) of section 1704 of 3 |
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| 258 | 258 | | the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 259 | 259 | | 6003), which states that the President should en-5 |
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| 260 | 260 | | courage foreign countries to restrict trade and credit 6 |
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| 261 | 261 | | relations with Cuba in a manner consistent with the 7 |
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| 262 | 262 | | purposes of that Act; and 8 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) urges the President to take immediate steps 9 |
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| 264 | 264 | | to apply the sanctions described in subsection (b)(1) 10 |
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| 265 | 265 | | of that section with respect to countries assisting 11 |
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| 266 | 266 | | Cuba. 12 |
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| 267 | 267 | | SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 13 |
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| 268 | 268 | | It shall be the policy of the United States— 14 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (1) to support the desire of the people of Cuba 15 |
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| 270 | 270 | | for freedom and democracy; and 16 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (2) to work with allies and the international 17 |
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| 272 | 272 | | community to seek to restrict and reduce the finan-18 |
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| 273 | 273 | | cial resources of the Cuban dictatorship, which sup-19 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ports terrorism and perpetrates injustice and human 20 |
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| 275 | 275 | | rights abuses against the Cuban people, that being 21 |
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| 276 | 276 | | the Cuban military, security, and intelligence sec-22 |
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| 277 | 277 | | tors. 23 |
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| 281 | 281 | | SEC. 4. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR-1 |
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| 282 | 282 | | EIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN CERTAIN 2 |
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| 283 | 283 | | TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO CUBA. 3 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (a) I |
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| 285 | 285 | | MPOSITION OFSANCTIONS.— 4 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (1) I |
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| 287 | 287 | | N GENERAL.—The President shall impose 5 |
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| 288 | 288 | | the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re-6 |
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| 289 | 289 | | spect to a foreign person if the President determines 7 |
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| 290 | 290 | | that the foreign person, on or after the date of the 8 |
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| 291 | 291 | | enactment of this Act, knowingly engages in an ac-9 |
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| 292 | 292 | | tivity described in paragraph (2). 10 |
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| 293 | 293 | | (2) A |
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| 294 | 294 | | CTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—Except as pro-11 |
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| 295 | 295 | | vided in paragraph (3), a foreign person engages in 12 |
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| 296 | 296 | | an activity described in this paragraph if the foreign 13 |
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| 297 | 297 | | person provides financial, material, or technological 14 |
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| 298 | 298 | | support to, or engages in a transaction with— 15 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (A) a covered sector of the Government of 16 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Cuba, or any entity or individual affiliated with 17 |
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| 301 | 301 | | such sector (including an immediate adult fam-18 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ily member of such individual); 19 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (B) an agency, instrumentality, or other 20 |
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| 304 | 304 | | entity owned by an entity that is part of or as-21 |
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| 305 | 305 | | sociated with a covered sector, entity, or indi-22 |
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| 306 | 306 | | vidual described in subparagraph (A) in a per-23 |
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| 307 | 307 | | centage share exceeding 25 percent; 24 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (C) an individual who is a senior official of 25 |
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| 309 | 309 | | a covered sector or entity described in subpara-26 |
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| 313 | 313 | | graph (A) (including an immediate adult family 1 |
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| 314 | 314 | | member of such individual); 2 |
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| 315 | 315 | | (D) an agency, instrumentality, or other 3 |
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| 316 | 316 | | entity operated or controlled by a covered sec-4 |
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| 317 | 317 | | tor, entity, or individual described in subpara-5 |
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| 318 | 318 | | graph (A); 6 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (E) an entity or individual— 7 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (i) for the purpose of avoiding a fi-8 |
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| 321 | 321 | | nancial transaction with, or the transfer of 9 |
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| 322 | 322 | | funds to, an entity or individual specified 10 |
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| 323 | 323 | | in any of subparagraphs (A) through (D); 11 |
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| 324 | 324 | | or 12 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (ii) for the benefit of an entity or indi-13 |
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| 326 | 326 | | vidual specified in any of subparagraphs 14 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (A) through (D); 15 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (F) a foreign person that is a military con-16 |
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| 329 | 329 | | tractor, mercenary, or a paramilitary force 17 |
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| 330 | 330 | | knowingly operating in a military, security, or 18 |
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| 331 | 331 | | intelligence capacity for or on behalf of the 19 |
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| 332 | 332 | | Government of Cuba; or 20 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (G) a foreign person subject to sanctions 21 |
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| 334 | 334 | | pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-22 |
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| 335 | 335 | | nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or 23 |
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| 344 | 344 | | (3) E |
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| 345 | 345 | | XCEPTIONS.—The following activities en-4 |
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| 346 | 346 | | gaged in by a foreign person shall not be considered 5 |
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| 347 | 347 | | to be activities described in paragraph (2) for pur-6 |
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| 348 | 348 | | poses of imposing sanctions described in subsection 7 |
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| 349 | 349 | | (b) with respect to the person: 8 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (A) The sale of agricultural commodities, 9 |
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| 351 | 351 | | medicines, and medical devices sold to Cuba 10 |
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| 352 | 352 | | consistent with the Trade Sanctions Reform 11 |
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| 353 | 353 | | and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 12 |
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| 354 | 354 | | U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 13 |
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| 355 | 355 | | (B) A remittance to an immediate family 14 |
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| 356 | 356 | | member, other than— 15 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (i) an individual who is a high-level 16 |
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| 358 | 358 | | member of the Cuban Communist Party; 17 |
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| 359 | 359 | | or 18 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (ii) an individual who is an immediate 19 |
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| 361 | 361 | | family member of an individual described 20 |
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| 362 | 362 | | in clause (i). 21 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (C) A payment in furtherance of the lease 22 |
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| 364 | 364 | | agreement for, or other financial transactions 23 |
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| 365 | 365 | | necessary for maintenance and improvements 24 |
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| 366 | 366 | | of, the military base at Guantanamo Bay, 25 |
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| 371 | 371 | | control or possession of the United States. 2 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (D) Assistance or support in furtherance 3 |
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| 373 | 373 | | of democracy-building efforts for Cuba de-4 |
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| 374 | 374 | | scribed in section 109 of the Cuban Liberty and 5 |
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| 375 | 375 | | Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 6 |
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| 376 | 376 | | 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6039). 7 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (E) Customary and routine financial trans-8 |
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| 378 | 378 | | actions necessary for the maintenance, improve-9 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ments, or regular duties of the United States 10 |
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| 380 | 380 | | Embassy in Havana, Cuba, including outreach 11 |
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| 381 | 381 | | to the pro-democracy opposition. 12 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (F) Accessing the internet or providing cel-13 |
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| 383 | 383 | | lular services if the internet and cellular serv-14 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ices have been restored, are without interference 15 |
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| 385 | 385 | | from the Cuban regime, and do not include any 16 |
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| 386 | 386 | | technology, services, or communications backed 17 |
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| 387 | 387 | | by the Communist Party of the People’s Repub-18 |
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| 388 | 388 | | lic of China. 19 |
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| 389 | 389 | | (4) S |
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| 390 | 390 | | ENSE OF CONGRESS .—It is the sense of 20 |
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| 391 | 391 | | Congress that the President should, in making a de-21 |
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| 392 | 392 | | termination of whether a foreign person engages in 22 |
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| 393 | 393 | | an activity described in paragraph (2), consider the 23 |
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| 394 | 394 | | provision of loans, credits, or export credits by the 24 |
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| 395 | 395 | | person to be a form of significant financial, material, 25 |
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| 401 | 401 | | (5) C |
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| 402 | 402 | | OVERED SECTOR DEFINED .—In this sub-3 |
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| 403 | 403 | | section, the term ‘‘covered sector’’ means— 4 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (A) the defense sector; 5 |
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| 405 | 405 | | (B) the security sector; 6 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (C) the intelligence sector; or 7 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (D) any other sector of the Government of 8 |
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| 408 | 408 | | Cuba beginning 15 days after the date on which 9 |
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| 409 | 409 | | the President certifies to Congress that such 10 |
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| 410 | 410 | | sector is involved in carrying out human rights 11 |
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| 411 | 411 | | abuses or providing support for international 12 |
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| 412 | 412 | | terrorism. 13 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (b) S |
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| 414 | 414 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 14 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (1) I |
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| 416 | 416 | | N GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed 15 |
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| 417 | 417 | | with respect to a foreign person subject to sub-16 |
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| 418 | 418 | | section (a) are the following: 17 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (A) B |
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| 420 | 420 | | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The Presi-18 |
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| 421 | 421 | | dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 19 |
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| 422 | 422 | | the President under the International Emer-20 |
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| 423 | 423 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 21 |
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| 424 | 424 | | seq.) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 22 |
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| 425 | 425 | | U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 23 |
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| 426 | 426 | | block and prohibit all transactions in property 24 |
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| 427 | 427 | | and interests in property of the foreign person 25 |
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| 432 | 432 | | the United States, come within the United 2 |
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| 433 | 433 | | States, or are or come within the possession or 3 |
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| 434 | 434 | | control of a United States person. 4 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (B) A |
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| 436 | 436 | | LIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS , AD-5 |
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| 437 | 437 | | MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 6 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (i) V |
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| 439 | 439 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 7 |
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| 440 | 440 | | An alien who the Secretary of State or the 8 |
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| 441 | 441 | | Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-9 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 10 |
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| 443 | 443 | | has reason to believe, has knowingly en-11 |
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| 444 | 444 | | gaged in any activity described in sub-12 |
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| 445 | 445 | | section (a)(2) is— 13 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (I) inadmissible to the United 14 |
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| 447 | 447 | | States; 15 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 16 |
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| 449 | 449 | | other documentation to enter the 17 |
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| 450 | 450 | | United States; and 18 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (III) otherwise ineligible to be 19 |
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| 452 | 452 | | admitted or paroled into the United 20 |
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| 453 | 453 | | States or to receive any other benefit 21 |
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| 454 | 454 | | under the Immigration and Nation-22 |
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| 455 | 455 | | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 23 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (ii) C |
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| 457 | 457 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 24 |
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| 462 | 462 | | consular officer, the Secretary of 2 |
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| 463 | 463 | | State, or the Secretary of Homeland 3 |
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| 464 | 464 | | Security (or a designee of one of such 4 |
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| 465 | 465 | | Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 5 |
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| 466 | 466 | | section 221(i) of the Immigration and 6 |
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| 467 | 467 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 7 |
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| 468 | 468 | | revoke any visa or other entry docu-8 |
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| 469 | 469 | | mentation issued to an alien described 9 |
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| 470 | 470 | | in clause (i) regardless of when the 10 |
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| 471 | 471 | | visa or other entry documentation is 11 |
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| 472 | 472 | | issued. 12 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (II) E |
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| 474 | 474 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .— 13 |
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| 475 | 475 | | A revocation under subclause (I)— 14 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (aa) shall take effect imme-15 |
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| 477 | 477 | | diately; and 16 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (bb) shall automatically can-17 |
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| 479 | 479 | | cel any other valid visa or entry 18 |
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| 480 | 480 | | documentation that is in the 19 |
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| 481 | 481 | | alien’s possession. 20 |
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| 482 | 482 | | (2) P |
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| 483 | 483 | | ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 21 |
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| 484 | 484 | | subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-22 |
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| 485 | 485 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 23 |
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| 486 | 486 | | U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 24 |
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| 487 | 487 | | attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 25 |
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| 492 | 492 | | to carry out paragraph (1)(A) to the same extent 2 |
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| 493 | 493 | | that such penalties apply to a person that commits 3 |
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| 494 | 494 | | an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 4 |
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| 495 | 495 | | section. 5 |
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| 496 | 496 | | (3) E |
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| 497 | 497 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -6 |
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| 498 | 498 | | NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under para-7 |
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| 499 | 499 | | graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 8 |
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| 500 | 500 | | if admitting or paroling the alien into the United 9 |
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| 501 | 501 | | States is necessary to permit the United States to 10 |
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| 502 | 502 | | comply with the Agreement regarding the Head-11 |
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| 503 | 503 | | quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc-12 |
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| 504 | 504 | | cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem-13 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 14 |
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| 506 | 506 | | United States, or other applicable international obli-15 |
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| 507 | 507 | | gations. 16 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (c) I |
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| 509 | 509 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President shall exercise 17 |
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| 510 | 510 | | all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter-18 |
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| 511 | 511 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 512 | 512 | | 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section, except that the 20 |
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| 513 | 513 | | President— 21 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (1) shall not issue any general license author-22 |
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| 515 | 515 | | izing, or otherwise authorize, any activity subject to 23 |
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| 516 | 516 | | sanctions under subsection (a); and 24 |
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| 520 | 520 | | (2) shall require any United States person seek-1 |
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| 521 | 521 | | ing to engage in a financial transaction or transfer 2 |
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| 522 | 522 | | of funds subject to sanctions under subsection (a) to 3 |
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| 523 | 523 | | submit a written request to the Office of Foreign 4 |
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| 524 | 524 | | Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 5 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (d) W |
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| 526 | 526 | | AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-6 |
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| 527 | 527 | | tion of sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect 7 |
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| 528 | 528 | | to a foreign person for a period of 180 days (and such 8 |
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| 529 | 529 | | waiver may not be renewed) if the President determines 9 |
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| 530 | 530 | | and certifies to Congress that such waiver is in the vital 10 |
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| 531 | 531 | | national security interest of the United States. 11 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (e) D |
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| 533 | 533 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 12 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (1) A |
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| 535 | 535 | | DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 13 |
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| 536 | 536 | | and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 14 |
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| 537 | 537 | | section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 15 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (8 U.S.C. 1101). 16 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (2) E |
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| 540 | 540 | | NTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part-17 |
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| 541 | 541 | | nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora-18 |
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| 542 | 542 | | tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 19 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (3) F |
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| 544 | 544 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-20 |
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| 545 | 545 | | son’’ means a person that is not a United States 21 |
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| 546 | 546 | | person. 22 |
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| 547 | 547 | | (4) P |
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| 548 | 548 | | ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-23 |
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| 554 | 554 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 2 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-3 |
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| 556 | 556 | | fully admitted to the United States for perma-4 |
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| 557 | 557 | | nent residence; 5 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 6 |
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| 559 | 559 | | the United States or any jurisdiction within the 7 |
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| 560 | 560 | | United States (including any foreign branch of 8 |
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| 561 | 561 | | such an entity); and 9 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (C) any person in the United States. 10 |
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| 563 | 563 | | SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 11 |
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| 564 | 564 | | HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE AND CORRUPTION IN 12 |
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| 565 | 565 | | CUBA. 13 |
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| 566 | 566 | | (a) I |
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| 567 | 567 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall impose the 14 |
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| 568 | 568 | | sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to the 15 |
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| 569 | 569 | | following persons: 16 |
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| 570 | 570 | | (1) Any foreign person determined by the Sec-17 |
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| 571 | 571 | | retary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Sec-18 |
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| 572 | 572 | | retary of State and the Attorney General— 19 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 20 |
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| 574 | 574 | | to have directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 21 |
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| 575 | 575 | | human rights abuse in Cuba; 22 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (B) to be a current or former official of 23 |
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| 577 | 577 | | the Government of Cuba, or a person acting for 24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | or on behalf of such an official, who is respon-25 |
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| 583 | 583 | | rectly engaged in— 2 |
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| 584 | 584 | | (i) corruption, including the misappro-3 |
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| 585 | 585 | | priation of state assets, the expropriation 4 |
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| 586 | 586 | | of private assets for personal gain, corrup-5 |
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| 587 | 587 | | tion related to government contracts or the 6 |
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| 588 | 588 | | extraction of natural resources, or bribery; 7 |
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| 589 | 589 | | or 8 |
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| 590 | 590 | | (ii) the transfer or the facilitation of 9 |
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| 591 | 591 | | the transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 10 |
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| 592 | 592 | | (C) to be or have been a leader or official 11 |
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| 593 | 593 | | of— 12 |
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| 594 | 594 | | (i) an entity, including a government 13 |
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| 595 | 595 | | entity, that has engaged in, or whose mem-14 |
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| 596 | 596 | | bers have engaged in, any of the activities 15 |
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| 597 | 597 | | described in subparagraph (A) or (B) re-16 |
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| 598 | 598 | | lating to the tenure of the leader or offi-17 |
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| 599 | 599 | | cial; or 18 |
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| 600 | 600 | | (ii) an entity whose property and in-19 |
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| 601 | 601 | | terests in property are blocked under sub-20 |
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| 602 | 602 | | section (b)(1) as a result of activities re-21 |
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| 603 | 603 | | lated to the tenure of the leader or official; 22 |
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| 604 | 604 | | (D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, 23 |
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| 605 | 605 | | or provided financial, material, or technological 24 |
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| 610 | 610 | | port of— 2 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (i) any activity described in subpara-3 |
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| 612 | 612 | | graph (A) or (B) that is conducted by a 4 |
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| 613 | 613 | | foreign person; 5 |
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| 614 | 614 | | (ii) any person whose property and in-6 |
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| 615 | 615 | | terests in property are blocked under sub-7 |
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| 616 | 616 | | section (b)(1); or 8 |
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| 617 | 617 | | (iii) any entity, including a govern-9 |
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| 618 | 618 | | ment entity, that has engaged in, or whose 10 |
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| 619 | 619 | | members have engaged in, any of the ac-11 |
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| 620 | 620 | | tivities described in subparagraph (A) or 12 |
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| 621 | 621 | | (B) of paragraph (1), if the activity is con-13 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ducted by a foreign person; 14 |
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| 623 | 623 | | (E) to have received any contribution or 15 |
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| 624 | 624 | | provision of funds, goods, or services from any 16 |
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| 625 | 625 | | person whose property and interests in property 17 |
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| 626 | 626 | | are blocked under subsection (b)(1); 18 |
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| 627 | 627 | | (F) to be owned or controlled by, or to 19 |
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| 628 | 628 | | have acted or purported to act for or on behalf 20 |
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| 629 | 629 | | of, directly or indirectly, any person whose 21 |
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| 630 | 630 | | property and interests in property are blocked 22 |
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| 631 | 631 | | under subsection (b)(1); 23 |
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| 635 | 635 | | (G) to be under the control of, or to act for 1 |
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| 636 | 636 | | or on behalf of, the military, intelligence, or se-2 |
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| 637 | 637 | | curity services or personnel of Cuba; 3 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (H) to be an official of the Government of 4 |
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| 639 | 639 | | Cuba who works with the Ministry of Justice or 5 |
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| 640 | 640 | | the Office of the Attorney General and who vio-6 |
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| 641 | 641 | | lates due process rights of an individual in 7 |
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| 642 | 642 | | Cuba; or 8 |
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| 643 | 643 | | (I) to have attempted to engage in any of 9 |
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| 644 | 644 | | the activities described in subparagraph (A) or 10 |
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| 645 | 645 | | (B). 11 |
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| 646 | 646 | | (2) Members of the Communist Party of Cuba, 12 |
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| 647 | 647 | | including— 13 |
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| 648 | 648 | | (A) members of the Politburo; 14 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (B) members, department heads, and em-15 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ployees of the Central Committee; 16 |
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| 651 | 651 | | (C) secretaries and first secretaries of the 17 |
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| 652 | 652 | | provincial party central committees; and 18 |
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| 653 | 653 | | (D) members of the Office of Religious Af-19 |
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| 654 | 654 | | fairs. 20 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (3) Members of the Council of State. 21 |
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| 656 | 656 | | (4) Members of the Council of Ministers. 22 |
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| 657 | 657 | | (5) Members of the Committees for the Defense 23 |
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| 658 | 658 | | of the Revolution. 24 |
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| 659 | 659 | | (6) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba. 25 |
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| 664 | 664 | | cluding the National Revolutionary Police Force. 2 |
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| 665 | 665 | | (8) The Office of the President of Cuba. 3 |
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| 666 | 666 | | (9) The spouse and children of any individual 4 |
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| 667 | 667 | | subject to sanctions under this section. 5 |
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| 668 | 668 | | (b) S |
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| 669 | 669 | | ANCTIONSDESCRIBED.— 6 |
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| 670 | 670 | | (1) I |
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| 671 | 671 | | N GENERAL.—The sanctions to be imposed 7 |
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| 672 | 672 | | with respect to a foreign person subject to sub-8 |
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| 673 | 673 | | section (a) are the following: 9 |
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| 674 | 674 | | (A) B |
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| 675 | 675 | | LOCKING OF PROPERTY .—The Presi-10 |
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| 676 | 676 | | dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to 11 |
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| 677 | 677 | | the President under the International Emer-12 |
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| 678 | 678 | | gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 13 |
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| 679 | 679 | | seq.) to the extent necessary to block and pro-14 |
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| 680 | 680 | | hibit all transactions in property and interests 15 |
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| 681 | 681 | | in property of the foreign person if such prop-16 |
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| 682 | 682 | | erty and interests in property are in the United 17 |
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| 683 | 683 | | States, come within the United States, or are or 18 |
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| 684 | 684 | | come within the possession or control of a 19 |
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| 685 | 685 | | United States person. 20 |
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| 686 | 686 | | (B) A |
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| 687 | 687 | | LIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS , AD-21 |
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| 688 | 688 | | MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 22 |
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| 689 | 689 | | (i) V |
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| 690 | 690 | | ISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 23 |
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| 691 | 691 | | An alien who the Secretary of State or the 24 |
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| 692 | 692 | | Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-25 |
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| 696 | 696 | | ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 1 |
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| 697 | 697 | | has reason to believe, is a foreign person 2 |
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| 698 | 698 | | subject to subsection (a) is— 3 |
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| 699 | 699 | | (I) inadmissible to the United 4 |
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| 700 | 700 | | States; 5 |
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| 701 | 701 | | (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 6 |
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| 702 | 702 | | other documentation to enter the 7 |
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| 703 | 703 | | United States; and 8 |
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| 704 | 704 | | (III) otherwise ineligible to be 9 |
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| 705 | 705 | | admitted or paroled into the United 10 |
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| 706 | 706 | | States or to receive any other benefit 11 |
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| 707 | 707 | | under the Immigration and Nation-12 |
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| 708 | 708 | | ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 13 |
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| 709 | 709 | | (ii) C |
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| 710 | 710 | | URRENT VISAS REVOKED .— 14 |
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| 711 | 711 | | (I) I |
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| 712 | 712 | | N GENERAL.—The issuing 15 |
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| 713 | 713 | | consular officer, the Secretary of 16 |
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| 714 | 714 | | State, or the Secretary of Homeland 17 |
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| 715 | 715 | | Security (or a designee of one of such 18 |
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| 716 | 716 | | Secretaries) shall, in accordance with 19 |
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| 717 | 717 | | section 221(i) of the Immigration and 20 |
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| 718 | 718 | | Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), 21 |
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| 719 | 719 | | revoke any visa or other entry docu-22 |
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| 720 | 720 | | mentation issued to an alien described 23 |
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| 721 | 721 | | in clause (i) regardless of when the 24 |
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| 725 | 725 | | visa or other entry documentation is 1 |
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| 726 | 726 | | issued. 2 |
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| 727 | 727 | | (II) E |
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| 728 | 728 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .— 3 |
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| 729 | 729 | | A revocation under subclause (I)— 4 |
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| 730 | 730 | | (aa) shall take effect imme-5 |
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| 731 | 731 | | diately; and 6 |
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| 732 | 732 | | (bb) shall automatically can-7 |
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| 733 | 733 | | cel any other valid visa or entry 8 |
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| 734 | 734 | | documentation that is in the 9 |
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| 735 | 735 | | alien’s possession. 10 |
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| 736 | 736 | | (2) P |
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| 737 | 737 | | ENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 11 |
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| 738 | 738 | | subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-12 |
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| 739 | 739 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 13 |
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| 740 | 740 | | U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 14 |
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| 741 | 741 | | attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 15 |
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| 742 | 742 | | violation of any regulation, license, or order issued 16 |
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| 743 | 743 | | to carry out paragraph (1)(A) to the same extent 17 |
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| 744 | 744 | | that such penalties apply to a person that commits 18 |
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| 745 | 745 | | an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that 19 |
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| 746 | 746 | | section. 20 |
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| 747 | 747 | | (3) E |
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| 748 | 748 | | XCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER -21 |
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| 749 | 749 | | NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Sanctions under para-22 |
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| 750 | 750 | | graph (1)(B) shall not apply with respect to an alien 23 |
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| 751 | 751 | | if admitting or paroling the alien into the United 24 |
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| 752 | 752 | | States is necessary to permit the United States to 25 |
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| 755 | 755 | | •S 488 IS |
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| 756 | 756 | | comply with the Agreement regarding the Head-1 |
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| 757 | 757 | | quarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Suc-2 |
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| 758 | 758 | | cess June 26, 1947, and entered into force Novem-3 |
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| 759 | 759 | | ber 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the 4 |
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| 760 | 760 | | United States, or other applicable international obli-5 |
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| 761 | 761 | | gations. 6 |
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| 762 | 762 | | (c) I |
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| 763 | 763 | | MPLEMENTATION.—The President shall exercise 7 |
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| 764 | 764 | | all authorities under sections 203 and 205 of the Inter-8 |
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| 765 | 765 | | national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 9 |
|---|
| 766 | 766 | | 1702 and 1704) to carry out this section, except that the 10 |
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| 767 | 767 | | President— 11 |
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| 768 | 768 | | (1) shall not issue any general license author-12 |
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| 769 | 769 | | izing, or otherwise authorize, any activity subject to 13 |
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| 770 | 770 | | sanctions under subsection (a); and 14 |
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| 771 | 771 | | (2) shall require any United States person seek-15 |
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| 772 | 772 | | ing to engage in a financial transaction or transfer 16 |
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| 773 | 773 | | of funds subject to sanctions under subsection (a) to 17 |
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| 774 | 774 | | submit a written request to the Office of Foreign 18 |
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| 775 | 775 | | Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. 19 |
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| 776 | 776 | | (d) H |
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| 777 | 777 | | UMANITARIAN EXCEPTION.—The President 20 |
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| 778 | 778 | | may not impose sanctions under this section with respect 21 |
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| 779 | 779 | | to any person for— 22 |
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| 780 | 780 | | (1) donating food or agricultural commodities 23 |
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| 781 | 781 | | to— 24 |
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| 784 | 784 | | •S 488 IS |
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| 785 | 785 | | (A) an independent, nongovernmental or-1 |
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| 786 | 786 | | ganization not controlled by the Government of 2 |
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| 787 | 787 | | Cuba; or 3 |
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| 788 | 788 | | (B) individuals in Cuba who are not high- 4 |
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| 789 | 789 | | level members of the Communist Party of Cuba 5 |
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| 790 | 790 | | or the immediate family member of any such 6 |
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| 791 | 791 | | individual; or 7 |
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| 792 | 792 | | (2) exporting medicines or medical supplies, in-8 |
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| 793 | 793 | | struments, or equipment that would be permitted 9 |
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| 794 | 794 | | under section 1705(c) of the Cuban Democracy Act 10 |
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| 795 | 795 | | of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6004(c)). 11 |
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| 796 | 796 | | (e) W |
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| 797 | 797 | | AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-12 |
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| 798 | 798 | | tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a per-13 |
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| 799 | 799 | | son if the President determines that such a waiver is in 14 |
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| 800 | 800 | | the national security interests of the United States. 15 |
|---|
| 801 | 801 | | (f) N |
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| 802 | 802 | | OPRIORNOTICE.—The President, the Sec-16 |
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| 803 | 803 | | retary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the 17 |
|---|
| 804 | 804 | | Attorney General, and any other official of the United 18 |
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| 805 | 805 | | States Government are not required to provide any prior 19 |
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| 806 | 806 | | notice of a determination made under subsection (a) or 20 |
|---|
| 807 | 807 | | of any other determination to impose sanctions under this 21 |
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| 808 | 808 | | section. 22 |
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| 809 | 809 | | (g) D |
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| 810 | 810 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 |
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| 811 | 811 | | (1) A |
|---|
| 812 | 812 | | DMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 24 |
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| 813 | 813 | | and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given those terms in 25 |
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| 817 | 817 | | section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 1 |
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| 818 | 818 | | (8 U.S.C. 1101). 2 |
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| 819 | 819 | | (2) E |
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| 820 | 820 | | NTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means a part-3 |
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| 821 | 821 | | nership, association, trust, joint venture, corpora-4 |
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| 822 | 822 | | tion, group, subgroup, or other organization. 5 |
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| 823 | 823 | | (3) F |
|---|
| 824 | 824 | | OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-6 |
|---|
| 825 | 825 | | son’’ means a person that is not a United States 7 |
|---|
| 826 | 826 | | person. 8 |
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| 827 | 827 | | (4) P |
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| 828 | 828 | | ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-9 |
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| 829 | 829 | | dividual or entity. 10 |
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| 830 | 830 | | (5) U |
|---|
| 831 | 831 | | NITED STATES PERSON .—The term 11 |
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| 832 | 832 | | ‘‘United States person’’ means— 12 |
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| 833 | 833 | | (A) a United States citizen or an alien law-13 |
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| 834 | 834 | | fully admitted to the United States for perma-14 |
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| 835 | 835 | | nent residence; 15 |
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| 836 | 836 | | (B) an entity organized under the laws of 16 |
|---|
| 837 | 837 | | the United States or any jurisdiction within the 17 |
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| 838 | 838 | | United States (including any foreign branch of 18 |
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| 839 | 839 | | such an entity); and 19 |
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| 840 | 840 | | (C) any person in the United States. 20 |
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| 841 | 841 | | SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS. 21 |
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| 842 | 842 | | (a) I |
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| 843 | 843 | | NGENERAL.—The authority to impose sanctions 22 |
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| 844 | 844 | | under sections 4 and 5 shall terminate if— 23 |
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| 848 | 848 | | (1) the President submits to Congress a deter-1 |
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| 849 | 849 | | mination and certification that the Government of 2 |
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| 850 | 850 | | Cuba— 3 |
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| 851 | 851 | | (A) has legalized all political activity; 4 |
|---|
| 852 | 852 | | (B) has released all political prisoners and 5 |
|---|
| 853 | 853 | | allowed for investigations of Cuban prisons by 6 |
|---|
| 854 | 854 | | appropriate international human rights organi-7 |
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| 855 | 855 | | zations; 8 |
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| 856 | 856 | | (C) has dissolved the Department of State 9 |
|---|
| 857 | 857 | | Security in the Cuban Ministry of the Interior 10 |
|---|
| 858 | 858 | | in place as of the date of the enactment of this 11 |
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| 859 | 859 | | Act, including the Committees for the Defense 12 |
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| 860 | 860 | | of the Revolution and the Rapid Response Bri-13 |
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| 861 | 861 | | gades; 14 |
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| 862 | 862 | | (D) has made public commitments to orga-15 |
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| 863 | 863 | | nizing free and fair elections for a new govern-16 |
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| 864 | 864 | | ment— 17 |
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| 865 | 865 | | (i) to be held in a timely manner with-18 |
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| 866 | 866 | | in a period not to exceed 18 months after 19 |
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| 867 | 867 | | such certification; 20 |
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| 868 | 868 | | (ii) with the participation of multiple 21 |
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| 869 | 869 | | independent political parties that have full 22 |
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| 870 | 870 | | access to the media on an equal basis, in-23 |
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| 871 | 871 | | cluding (in the case of radio, television, or 24 |
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| 872 | 872 | | other telecommunications media) in terms 25 |
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| 876 | 876 | | of allotments of time for such access and 1 |
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| 877 | 877 | | the times of day such allotments are given; 2 |
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| 878 | 878 | | and 3 |
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| 879 | 879 | | (iii) to be conducted under the super-4 |
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| 880 | 880 | | vision of internationally recognized observ-5 |
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| 881 | 881 | | ers, such as the Organization of American 6 |
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| 882 | 882 | | States, the United Nations, and other elec-7 |
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| 883 | 883 | | tion monitors; 8 |
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| 884 | 884 | | (E) has ceased any interference with Radio 9 |
|---|
| 885 | 885 | | Marti or Television Marti broadcasts; 10 |
|---|
| 886 | 886 | | (F) has made public commitments to and 11 |
|---|
| 887 | 887 | | is making demonstrable progress in— 12 |
|---|
| 888 | 888 | | (i) establishing an independent judici-13 |
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| 889 | 889 | | ary; 14 |
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| 890 | 890 | | (ii) respecting internationally recog-15 |
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| 891 | 891 | | nized human rights and basic freedoms as 16 |
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| 892 | 892 | | set forth in the Universal Declaration of 17 |
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| 893 | 893 | | Human Rights, to which Cuba is a signa-18 |
|---|
| 894 | 894 | | tory nation; and 19 |
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| 895 | 895 | | (iii) allowing the establishment of 20 |
|---|
| 896 | 896 | | independent trade unions as set forth in 21 |
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| 897 | 897 | | conventions 87 and 98 of the International 22 |
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| 898 | 898 | | Labor Organization, and allowing the es-23 |
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| 899 | 899 | | tablishment of independent social, eco-24 |
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| 900 | 900 | | nomic, and political associations; 25 |
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| 904 | 904 | | (G) does not include Raul Castro or his 1 |
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| 905 | 905 | | immediate family; 2 |
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| 906 | 906 | | (H) has given adequate assurances that it 3 |
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| 907 | 907 | | will allow the speedy and efficient distribution 4 |
|---|
| 908 | 908 | | of assistance to the people of Cuba; 5 |
|---|
| 909 | 909 | | (I) is demonstrably in transition from a 6 |
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| 910 | 910 | | communist totalitarian dictatorship to a rep-7 |
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| 911 | 911 | | resentative democracy; 8 |
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| 912 | 912 | | (J) has made public commitments to and 9 |
|---|
| 913 | 913 | | is making demonstrable progress in— 10 |
|---|
| 914 | 914 | | (i) effectively guaranteeing the rights 11 |
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| 915 | 915 | | of free speech and freedom of the press, in-12 |
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| 916 | 916 | | cluding granting permits to privately 13 |
|---|
| 917 | 917 | | owned media and telecommunications com-14 |
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| 918 | 918 | | panies to operate in Cuba; 15 |
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| 919 | 919 | | (ii) permitting the reinstatement of 16 |
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| 920 | 920 | | citizenship to Cuban-born persons return-17 |
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| 921 | 921 | | ing to Cuba; 18 |
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| 922 | 922 | | (iii) assuring the right to private 19 |
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| 923 | 923 | | property; and 20 |
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| 924 | 924 | | (iv) taking appropriate steps to return 21 |
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| 925 | 925 | | to United States citizens, and entities that 22 |
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| 926 | 926 | | are 50 percent or more beneficially owned 23 |
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| 927 | 927 | | by United States citizens, property taken 24 |
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| 928 | 928 | | by the Government of Cuba from such citi-25 |
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| 932 | 932 | | zens and entities on or after January 1, 1 |
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| 933 | 933 | | 1959, or to provide equitable compensation 2 |
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| 934 | 934 | | to such citizens and entities for such prop-3 |
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| 935 | 935 | | erty; 4 |
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| 936 | 936 | | (K) has extradited or otherwise rendered 5 |
|---|
| 937 | 937 | | to the United States all persons sought by the 6 |
|---|
| 938 | 938 | | Department of Justice of the United States for 7 |
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| 939 | 939 | | crimes committed in the United States; and 8 |
|---|
| 940 | 940 | | (L) has permitted the deployment through-9 |
|---|
| 941 | 941 | | out Cuba of independent and unfettered inter-10 |
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| 942 | 942 | | national human rights monitors; and 11 |
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| 943 | 943 | | (2) a joint resolution approving the determina-12 |
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| 944 | 944 | | tion and certification of the President submitted 13 |
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| 945 | 945 | | under paragraph (1) is enacted into law in accord-14 |
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| 946 | 946 | | ance with the procedures described in subsection (b). 15 |
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| 947 | 947 | | (b) C |
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| 948 | 948 | | ONGRESSIONALPROCEDURES.— 16 |
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| 949 | 949 | | (1) R |
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| 950 | 950 | | EFERRAL TO COMMITTEES .—Joint resolu-17 |
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| 951 | 951 | | tions described in subsection (a)(2) that are intro-18 |
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| 952 | 952 | | duced in the House of Representatives shall be re-19 |
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| 953 | 953 | | ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 20 |
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| 954 | 954 | | joint resolutions described in subsection (a)(2) that 21 |
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| 955 | 955 | | are introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the 22 |
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| 956 | 956 | | Committee on Foreign Relations. 23 |
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| 957 | 957 | | (2) P |
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| 958 | 958 | | ROCEDURES.— 24 |
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| 962 | 962 | | (A) SENATE.—Any joint resolution de-1 |
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| 963 | 963 | | scribed in subsection (a)(2) shall be considered 2 |
|---|
| 964 | 964 | | in the Senate in accordance with the provisions 3 |
|---|
| 965 | 965 | | of section 601(b) of the International Security 4 |
|---|
| 966 | 966 | | Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 5 |
|---|
| 967 | 967 | | 1976 (Public Law 94–329; 90 Stat. 765). 6 |
|---|
| 968 | 968 | | (B) H |
|---|
| 969 | 969 | | OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .—For 7 |
|---|
| 970 | 970 | | the purpose of expediting the consideration and 8 |
|---|
| 971 | 971 | | enactment of a joint resolution described in 9 |
|---|
| 972 | 972 | | subsection (a)(2), a motion to proceed to the 10 |
|---|
| 973 | 973 | | consideration of any such joint resolution after 11 |
|---|
| 974 | 974 | | it has been reported by the appropriate com-12 |
|---|
| 975 | 975 | | mittee shall be treated as highly privileged in 13 |
|---|
| 976 | 976 | | the House of Representatives. 14 |
|---|
| 977 | 977 | | (C) L |
|---|
| 978 | 978 | | IMITATION.—Not more than one joint 15 |
|---|
| 979 | 979 | | resolution described in subsection (a)(2) may be 16 |
|---|
| 980 | 980 | | considered in the House of Representatives and 17 |
|---|
| 981 | 981 | | the Senate during the 6-month period beginning 18 |
|---|
| 982 | 982 | | on the date on which the President submits to 19 |
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| 983 | 983 | | Congress a determination and certification 20 |
|---|
| 984 | 984 | | under subsection (a)(1). 21 |
|---|
| 985 | 985 | | SEC. 7. PROVISION OF UNRESTRICTED INTERNET SERVICE 22 |
|---|
| 986 | 986 | | FOR THE PEOPLE OF CUBA. 23 |
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| 987 | 987 | | (a) I |
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| 988 | 988 | | NGENERAL.—Effective immediately upon the 24 |
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| 989 | 989 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall use 25 |
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| 993 | 993 | | all means possible to provide unrestricted, reliable internet 1 |
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| 994 | 994 | | service to the people of Cuba that is not censored, blocked, 2 |
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| 995 | 995 | | or otherwise restricted by the Government of Cuba and 3 |
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| 996 | 996 | | does not include any technology, services, or communica-4 |
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| 997 | 997 | | tions backed by the Communist Party of the People’s Re-5 |
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| 998 | 998 | | public of China. 6 |
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| 999 | 999 | | (b) N |
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| 1000 | 1000 | | OTIFICATION.—The President shall notify the 7 |
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| 1001 | 1001 | | appropriate committees of Congress once an internet con-8 |
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| 1002 | 1002 | | nection has been established to provide unrestricted, reli-9 |
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| 1003 | 1003 | | able internet service under subsection (a). 10 |
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| 1004 | 1004 | | (c) I |
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| 1005 | 1005 | | NTERAGENCYTASKFORCE.— 11 |
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| 1006 | 1006 | | (1) E |
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| 1007 | 1007 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 12 |
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| 1008 | 1008 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 13 |
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| 1009 | 1009 | | President shall establish an interagency task force to 14 |
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| 1010 | 1010 | | develop a long-term solution for providing reliable 15 |
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| 1011 | 1011 | | internet service to the people of Cuba that is not 16 |
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| 1012 | 1012 | | censored or blocked by the Government of Cuba. 17 |
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| 1013 | 1013 | | (2) R |
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| 1014 | 1014 | | EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 18 |
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| 1015 | 1015 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, the inter-19 |
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| 1016 | 1016 | | agency task force established under paragraph (1) 20 |
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| 1017 | 1017 | | shall submit to the President and the appropriate 21 |
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| 1018 | 1018 | | committees of Congress a report that outlines the 22 |
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| 1019 | 1019 | | best long-term solutions of the interagency task 23 |
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| 1020 | 1020 | | force for providing reliable internet service to the 24 |
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| 1025 | 1025 | | erwise restricted by the Government of Cuba. 2 |
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| 1026 | 1026 | | (d) A |
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| 1027 | 1027 | | PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—In 3 |
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| 1028 | 1028 | | this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-4 |
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| 1029 | 1029 | | gress’’ means— 5 |
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| 1030 | 1030 | | (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 6 |
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| 1031 | 1031 | | Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Foreign 7 |
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| 1032 | 1032 | | Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 8 |
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| 1033 | 1033 | | of the Senate; and 9 |
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| 1034 | 1034 | | (2) the Committee on Homeland Security, the 10 |
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| 1035 | 1035 | | Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 11 |
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| 1036 | 1036 | | Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 12 |
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| 1037 | 1037 | | Representatives. 13 |
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