§ 6003. International cooperation

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1992

   Cuban Democracy Act of 1992

   Pub. L. 102–484 div. A title XVII § 1704 · 106 Stat. 2315

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 6003

   Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title XVII, § 1704, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2576

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title XVII, § 1704, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2576

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1704. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. (a) Cuban Trading Partners.— The President should encourage the governments of countries that conduct trade with Cuba to restrict their trade and credit relations with Cuba in a manner consistent with the purposes of this title. (b) Sanctions Against Countries Assisting Cuba.— (1) Sanctions.— The President may apply the following sanctions to any country that provides assistance to Cuba: (A) The government of such country shall not be eligible for assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or assistance or sales under the Arms Export Control Act. (B) Such country shall not be eligible, under any program, for forgiveness or reduction of debt owed to the United States Government. (2) Definition of assistance.— For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “assistance to Cuba”— (A) means assistance to or for the benefit of the Government of Cuba that is provided by grant, concessional sale, guaranty, or insurance, or by any other means on terms more favorable than that generally available in the applicable market, whether in the form of a loan, lease, credit, or otherwise, and such term includes subsidies for exports to Cuba and favorable tariff treatment of articles that are the growth, product, or manufacture of Cuba; and (B) does not include— (i) donations of food to nongovernmental organizations or individuals in Cuba, or (ii) exports of medicines or medical supplies, instruments, or equipment that would be permitted under section 1705(c). (3) Applicability of section.— This section, and any sanctions imposed pursuant to this section, shall cease to apply at such time as the President makes and reports to the Congress a determination under section 1708(a).

2. 1996

   Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–114 § 102(f) · 110 Stat. 785

   1. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 6003(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 104–114, § 102(f), added subpar. (B)

   2. Redesignated · 22 U.S.C. § 6003(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 104–114, § 102(f), redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C)

   3. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 6003(b)(2)

      Pub. L. 104–114, § 102(f), inserted concluding provisions “As used in this paragraph, the term ‘agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba’ means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, with each reference in such section to ‘a foreign state’ deemed to be a reference to ‘Cuba’.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–114, § 102(f), added subpar. (B), redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C), and inserted concluding provisions “As used in this paragraph, the term ‘agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba’ means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, with each reference in such section to ‘a foreign state’ deemed to be a reference to ‘Cuba’.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (f) Coverage of Debt-for-Equity Swaps by Economic Embargo of Cuba.— Section 1704(b)(2) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6003(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: “(B) includes an exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of Cuban debt owed to a foreign country in return for a grant of an equity interest in a property, investment, or operation of the Government of Cuba (including the government of any political subdivision of Cuba, and any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba) or of a Cuban national; and”; and (4) by adding at the end the following flush sentence: “As used in this paragraph, the term ‘agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba’ means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each reference in such section to ‘a foreign state’ deemed to be a reference to ‘Cuba’.”.

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