[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2179 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2179

To repeal the authority of the President to suspend the effective date 
of title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 
                              Act of 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 1997

Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Diaz-
Balart, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Goss, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. 
    Foley, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
 Ballenger, Mr. Blunt, and Mrs. Fowler) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in 
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the authority of the President to suspend the effective date 
of title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 
                              Act of 1996.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``LIBERTAD Enforcement Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SUSPENSION AUTHORITY.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 306 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6085) and the item 
relating to that section in the table of contents of that Act, are 
repealed.
    (b) Effect on Previous Suspensions.--The repeal made by subsection 
(a) shall not affect any suspension by the President, under subsection 
(b) of section 306 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, before the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE OF TITLE III.

    Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) 
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6081 and following) and the amendments made by 
that title shall take effect upon the expiration of any suspension by 
the President, under subsection (b) of section 306 of the Cuban Liberty 
and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, in effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 302(a) of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6082(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``after the end of the 
        3-month period beginning on the effective date of this title'' 
        and inserting ``on or after the effective date of this title''; 
        and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``, after the end of 
        the 3-month period described in paragraph (1)''.
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