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The bill preserves sanctions and export controls to sustain pressure on Cuba, but does so at the cost of continued economic restrictions for families and businesses and reduced executive flexibility in adjusting U.S. policy.
Taxpayers and the U.S. government: the bill keeps existing sanctions and export controls on Cuba in place until Congressally required findings are made, maintaining U.S. economic and diplomatic pressure on the Cuban government.
Families with ties to Cuba and U.S. businesses: continue to face trade and remittance restrictions that can increase costs and limit economic exchanges with Cuba.
Federal decisionmakers and diplomats: the bill limits the President and Secretary of State's flexibility to change Cuba policy absent completion of a statutory finding, reducing executive agility in conducting diplomacy.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prevents the President and Secretary of State from removing Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list until the LIBERTAD Act determination is completed.
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 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996. The bill also defines “state sponsor of terrorism” by reference to several existing statutory authorities that impose countermeasures for countries supporting international terrorism. The measure does not authorize spending, create new programs, or set deadlines; it simply bars delisting of Cuba from that terrorism list until the statutory determination under the LIBERTAD Act is made.
Introduced January 15, 2025 by Maria Elvira Salazar · Last progress January 15, 2025