Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§6063 Coordination of Assistance Program; Implementation and Reports to Congress; Reprogramming

Title 22 › Chapter 69A— CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD) › Subchapter II— ASSISTANCE TO FREE AND INDEPENDENT CUBA › § 6063

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President must pick one official to run the plan for sending aid to Cuba. That official must carry out the distribution plan, make sure the aid gets to people quickly and efficiently, coordinate the work of U.S. agencies that give the aid, and settle any disputes between those agencies. If the President finds that a democratically elected government is in power, the President may, after consulting that official, create a U.S.–Cuba council to coordinate government and private-sector responses, promote market-style economic development, and set up regular meetings between U.S. and Cuban businesses to help trade. If the President finds a transition government is in power, the President must tell the relevant congressional committees and, if Congress authorizes and money is available, begin delivering aid under the plan. The President must send a preliminary report within 15 days and a full report within 90 days about the aid strategy, types of aid, and how much has been given. The President must also notify Congress and start aid if a democratically elected government is in power. Within 60 days after each fiscal year ends, the President must report what aid was provided, amounts spent, and planned aid for the current year. Any changes to the aid plan require at least 15 days’ advance notice to those congressional committees using the reprogramming notification rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6063

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(a)The President shall designate a coordinating official who shall be responsible for—

(1)implementing the strategy for distributing assistance described in section 6062(b) of this title;

(2)ensuring the speedy and efficient distribution of such assistance; and

(3)ensuring coordination among, and appropriate oversight by, the agencies of the United States that provide assistance described in section 6062(b) of this title, including resolving any disputes among such agencies.

(b)Upon making a determination under subsection (c)(3) that a democratically elected government in Cuba is in power, the President, after consultation with the coordinating official, is authorized to designate a United States-Cuba council—

(1)to ensure coordination between the United States Government and the private sector in responding to change in Cuba, and in promoting market-based development in Cuba; and

(2)to establish periodic meetings between representatives of the United States and Cuban private sectors for the purpose of facilitating bilateral trade.

(c)(1)Upon making a determination that a transition government in Cuba is in power, the President shall transmit that determination to the appropriate congressional committees and shall, subject to an authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of appropriations, commence the delivery and distribution of assistance to such transition government under the plan developed under section 6062(b) of this title.

(2)(A)The President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth the strategy for providing assistance described in section 6062(b)(2)(A) and (C) of this title to the transition government in Cuba under the plan of assistance developed under section 6062(b) of this title, the types of such assistance, and the extent to which such assistance has been distributed in accordance with the plan.

(B)The President shall transmit the report not later than 90 days after making the determination referred to in paragraph (1), except that the President shall transmit the report in preliminary form not later than 15 days after making that determination.

(3)The President shall, upon determining that a democratically elected government in Cuba is in power, submit that determination to the appropriate congressional committees and shall, subject to an authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of appropriations, commence the delivery and distribution of assistance to such democratically elected government under the plan developed under section 6062(b) of this title.

(4)Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the assistance provided under the plan developed under section 6062(b) of this title, including a description of each type of assistance, the amounts expended for such assistance, and a description of the assistance to be provided under the plan in the current fiscal year.

(d)Any changes in the assistance to be provided under the plan developed under section 6062(b) of this title may not be made unless the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days in advance in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 2394–1 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 6063

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60