[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2289 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2289

To provide for the withholding of United States assistance to countries 
that aid or are engaged in nonmarket based trade with the Government of 
                                 Cuba.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 1997

    Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Smith of 
 New Jersey, and Mr. Rothman) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the withholding of United States assistance to countries 
that aid or are engaged in nonmarket based trade with the Government of 
                                 Cuba.

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

SECTION 1. WITHHOLDING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT AID 
              THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall withhold assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 to any foreign government providing economic, development, or 
security assistance for, or engaging in nonmarket based trade with the 
Government of Cuba.
    (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the provisions of subsection 
(a) if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the provision of United States assistance is vital to 
the national security of the United States.
    (c) Nonmarket Based Trade Defined.--For the purpose of this 
section, the term ``nonmarket based trade'' means exports, imports, 
exchanges, or other arrangements that are provided for goods and 
services on terms more favorable than those generally available in 
applicable markets or for comparable commodities, including--
            (1) exports to the Cuban Government on terms that involve a 
        grant, concessional price, guaranty, insurance, or subsidy;
            (2) imports from the Cuban Government at preferential 
        tariff rates;
            (3) exchange arrangements that include advance delivery of 
        commodities, arrangements in which the Cuban Government is not 
        held accountable for unfulfilled exchange contracts, and 
        arrangements under which Cuba does not pay appropriate 
        transportation, insurance, or finance costs; and
            (4) the exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of debt of the 
        Cuban Government in exchange 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.
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