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The bill keeps Cuba on the terrorism-designated list to preserve U.S. leverage and legal clarity for policymakers, at the cost of sustaining sanctions that constrain economic engagement, humanitarian flows, and executive flexibility.
State and federal policymakers retain diplomatic leverage by keeping Cuba on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list until the LIBERTAD Act determination is made, preserving sanctions tools for pressure and negotiation.
The bill preserves statutory clarity by defining which legal authorities constitute a 'state sponsor of terrorism' for decisions about Cuba, reducing legal ambiguity for governments making designation determinations.
Travelers, U.S. businesses, and taxpayers face continued economic limits because maintained sanctions can slow U.S.–Cuba normalization and restrict trade, travel, and commercial opportunities.
Cuban-American families and immigrants may see remittances and humanitarian assistance impeded by the continued designation, reducing support to relatives in Cuba and complicating aid delivery.
The measure may reduce flexibility for the President and the State Department to respond to changed behavior by Cuba, constraining executive foreign‑policy discretion and slowing diplomatic adaptation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars the President and Secretary of State from removing Cuba from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list until the President makes the LIBERTAD Act determination.
Introduced January 15, 2025 by Maria Elvira Salazar · Last progress January 15, 2025
Prohibits the President and the Secretary of State from removing Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the specific determination required by section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. It also clarifies that “state sponsor of terrorism” means a country the Secretary of State has determined repeatedly provided support for international terrorism under existing statutory authorities. The measure does not create new programs or funding; it restricts executive-branch authority on a single foreign-policy designation and thereby preserves the legal consequences that flow from being listed as a state sponsor of terrorism until the statutory condition is satisfied.