3.0.0 3769 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z Senate S S 2006-08-01 109 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-01T22:06:05Z 2006-08-01 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2006-08-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8541) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2006-08-01 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2006-08-01 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2006-08-01 True S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-08-01 True F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2006-08-01 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2006-08-02 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2006-08-02 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2006-08-02 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2006-08-03 False International Affairs Agricultural cooperatives Agriculture and Food Arts, Culture, Religion Caribbean area Charities Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Cuba Cubans Democracy Diplomacy Dissenters Employee rights Environmental Protection Environmental protection groups Families Foreign leaders Freedom of speech Freedom of the press Government Operations and Politics Human rights International cooperation Internet Labor and Employment Latin America Libraries Nongovernmental organizations Political persecution Political prisoners Regionalism (International organization) Reporters and reporting Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Western Hemisphere Youth International Affairs 00 2006-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-14T21:50:53Z Cuba Transition Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to designate specified funds to be provided to the Organization of American States (OAS) for: (1) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights activities relating to the situation of human rights in Cuba; and (2) the funding of an OAS emergency fund for the deployment of human rights observers, election support, and election observation in Cuba.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should begin consultation with: (1) governments of other Western Hemisphere countries regarding a transition in Cuba; and (2) international partners and governments regarding a multilateral diplomatic and financial support program for response to a transition in Cuba.

Authorizes the President to furnish assistance and provide other support for individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to support specified democracy-building efforts for Cuba.

Authorizes appropriations to the President to establish a fund to provide assistance to a transition government in Cuba.

]]> Cuba Transition Act of 2006 Display Title Cuba Transition Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage multilateral cooperation and authorize a program of assistance to facilitate a peaceful transition in Cuba, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cuba Transition Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3769is/xml/BILLS-109s3769is.xml 2006-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.