[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 181 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 181

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

                            January 6, 1999

   Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. 
 Blunt, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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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repealed.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, that is 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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