[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3974 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3974

 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the provision 
 of assistance to foreign governments that provide assistance to Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

  Mr. Zimmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the provision 
 of assistance to foreign governments that provide assistance to Cuba.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS PROVIDING 
              ASSISTANCE TO CUBA.

    (a) In General.--Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2370) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(y)(1) No assistance may be provided under this Act (other than 
humanitarian assistance and assistance for refugees), and no assistance 
or sales may be provided under the Arms Export Control Act, for a 
fiscal year to any foreign government that the President determines has 
provided economic assistance to or engaged in nonmarket-based trade 
with the Government of Cuba, or any entity controlled by such 
Governments in the preceding fiscal year.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) the term `humanitarian assistance' means food 
        (including the monetization of food), clothing, medicine, and 
        medical supplies; and
            ``(B) the term `nonmarket-based trade' includes exports, 
        imports, exchanges, or other trade arrangements under which 
        goods or services are provided on terms more favorable than 
        those generally available in applicable markets or for 
        comparable commodities, including--
                    ``(i) exports to the Government of Cuba on terms 
                that involve a grant, concessional price, guaranty, 
                insurance, or subsidy;
                    ``(ii) imports from the Government of Cuba at 
                preferential tariff rates;
                    ``(iii) exchange arrangements that include advance 
                delivery of commodities, arrangements in which the 
                Government of Cuba is not held accountable for 
                unfulfilled exchange contracts, and arrangements under 
                which such Government does not pay appropriate 
                transportation, insurance, or finance costs; and
                    ``(iv) the exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of 
                debt of the Cuban Government in return for a grant by 
                the Cuban Government of an equity interest in a 
                property, investment, or operation of the Cuban 
                Government or of a Cuban national.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        prohibition on assistance to a foreign government contained in 
        section 620(y) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
        by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to assistance 
        provided in fiscal years beginning on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Exception.--In the case of the fiscal year in which 
        this Act is enacted, such prohibition shall apply with respect 
        to the obligation or expenditure of assistance on or after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
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