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Introduced February 6, 2025 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress February 6, 2025
The bill strengthens U.S. tools to pressure Cuba's security apparatus and protect human-rights supporters while preserving some humanitarian channels, but it risks economic harm to ordinary Cubans, raises compliance and diplomatic costs, and may politicize the path to normalizing relations.
Cuban dissidents, protesters, and human-rights advocates will face increased international pressure on Cuba's security and intelligence sectors through targeted sanctions and financial restrictions, reducing the regime's resources to repress dissent.
Cuban families and humanitarian suppliers retain lifelines because remittances to immediate family (with narrow exceptions) and sales of agricultural commodities, medicines, and medical devices are permitted, and donors of permitted humanitarian goods are protected from sanctions.
U.S. authorities gain stronger enforcement tools—IEEPA/TWEA blocking, OFAC asset freezes, and designation authorities—to identify and disrupt networks that fund corruption and repression in Cuba.
Low-income Cubans and families in Cuba could suffer economically because sanctions and tighter financial restrictions risk raising costs or limiting remittances, agricultural goods, and medicine availability.
Heightened U.S. pressure and condemnations risk escalating diplomatic tensions and reducing cooperation on migration, regional security, and other shared issues with Cuba and third countries.
U.S. businesses, financial institutions, and remitters face increased compliance burdens, licensing delays, and the risk of substantial penalties under IEEPA/TWEA and OFAC if regulations are violated, raising costs and legal exposure.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Requires sanctions on foreign persons who support Cuba’s military, security, or intelligence sectors, defines mandatory designations and exceptions, and orders uncensored internet access for the Cuban people.
Requires the President to impose targeted sanctions on foreign persons who provide financial, material, or technological support to Cuba’s military, security, and intelligence sectors or who facilitate corruption or human‑rights abuses tied to those sectors. It defines covered persons and entities, lists mandatory categories of Cuban officials and organizations subject to sanctions, creates specific exceptions (including limited remittances and certain embassy or humanitarian activities), and conditions removal of the authorities on a detailed set of democratic, human‑rights, and legal reforms in Cuba. The bill also orders the President to provide the Cuban people with uncensored, reliable internet service immediately and to create an interagency task force that must report long‑term internet solutions within 180 days.