[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2005 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2005

To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
   1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically 
  elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the 
United States convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals 
 who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 
         for criminal offenses committed in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2009

Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Mario 
   Diaz-Balart of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
   1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically 
  elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the 
United States convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals 
 who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 
         for criminal offenses committed in the United States.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO LIBERTAD ACT.

    Section 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6066) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) has proven its respect for the democratic rule of law 
        by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to individuals who have 
        been legally indicted or convicted of serious criminal 
        offenses, including convicted felon William Morales, and all 
        other individuals who have fled from the United States to Cuba 
        for the sole purpose of avoiding prosecution or confinement for 
        serious criminal offenses committed in the United States.''.
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