§6063 Coordination of assistance program; implementation and reports to Congress; reprogramming

Summary

The President must pick one official to run the U.S. effort to send aid to Cuba. That official must carry out the distribution plan, make sure aid is sent quickly and efficiently, and coordinate and oversee the U.S. agencies involved, including resolving any disputes. If the President finds that a transition government or a democratically elected government is in power in Cuba, the President must tell the relevant congressional committees and, if Congress has approved the funding and money is available, begin sending aid under the plan. After finding a democratically elected government is in place and after talking with the coordinating official, the President may also create a U.S.-Cuba council to coordinate government and private-sector efforts, promote market-based development, and organize meetings between U.S. and Cuban businesses to help trade. The President must send Congress a report on the aid strategy for a transition government within 90 days, with a preliminary report within 15 days. The President must also send the determination about a democratically elected government to Congress and, within 60 days after each fiscal year ends, send an annual report showing each type of aid, the amounts spent, and planned aid for the current fiscal year. Any changes to the aid plan cannot be made unless the President gives the congressional committees at least 15 days’ advance notice, following the reprogramming notice rules in section 2394–1.