[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2422 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2422

  To provide for the determination that Cuba is a major drug-transit 
country for purposes of section 490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                                 1961.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 1999

   Mr. Burton of Indiana (for himself and Mr. Gilman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the determination that Cuba is a major drug-transit 
country for purposes of section 490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                                 1961.

    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 ``Cuban Drug-Trafficking Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION THAT CUBA IS A MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRY UNDER 
              THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    (a) Determination.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of section 490(h) of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(h)), Cuba shall 
        be deemed to be a major drug-transit country, notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law.
            (2) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
        to determinations of major drug-transit countries that are 
        required to be included in the notification to the appropriate 
        committees of the Congress and submitted to such committees not 
        later than November 1, 1999, and November 1 of each of the 12 
        subsequent years, under section 490(h) of such Act.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not be effective if the 
President--
            (1) determines, based upon conclusive evidence, that no 
        substantial portion of the approximately 7.2 metric tons of 
        cocaine seized in December 3, 1998, in Cartegena, Colombia, was 
        destined for transit to the United States either directly or 
        indirectly through Cuba; and
            (2) transmits to the appropriate committees of the Congress 
        a report containing the determination under paragraph (1), 
        including a description of the conclusive evidence described in 
        such paragraph.
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