§6022 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

It aims to help Cubans win back basic freedoms and better economic lives, and to rejoin other democratic countries in the Americas. It also backs stronger sanctions on the Castro government; protects U.S. security from Castro-linked threats like terrorism, theft of U.S. property, and pressures that cause mass migration; supports free, internationally observed elections; sets how the U.S. would help a transition or elected Cuban government; and shields U.S. citizens from property seizures and the illegal trade in property taken by the Castro regime.

Title 22, §6022

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The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)to assist the Cuban people in regaining their freedom and prosperity, as well as in joining the community of democratic countries that are flourishing in the Western Hemisphere;

(2)to strengthen international sanctions against the Castro government;

(3)to provide for the continued national security of the United States in the face of continuing threats from the Castro government of terrorism, theft of property from United States nationals by the Castro government, and the political manipulation by the Castro government of the desire of Cubans to escape that results in mass migration to the United States;

(4)to encourage the holding of free and fair democratic elections in Cuba, conducted under the supervision of internationally recognized observers;

(5)to provide a policy framework for United States support to the Cuban people in response to the formation of a transition government or a democratically elected government in Cuba; and

(6)to protect United States nationals against confiscatory takings and the wrongful trafficking in property confiscated by the Castro regime.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–114, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 785, known as the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6021 of this title and Tables.

§6022 Purposes