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To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the President and Secretary of State from removing Cuba from the U.S. list of designated state sponsors of terrorism. Cuba can only be removed from that list if the President makes a determination specified in the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996. The bill prevents unilateral action to change Cuba's designation without meeting conditions established by law.
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Sponsor (1)
30 cosponsors
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX)
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN)
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK)
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC)
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2] (R-TN)
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX)
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL)
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL)
- Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3] (R-MS)
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX)
- Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7] (R-FL)
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL)
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX)
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ)
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC)
- Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] (R-AR)
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Maria Elvira Salazar’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- LEON MEDICAL CENTERS $31,700
- TECNOGLAS $19,800
- KASEYA $15,950
- NULL $15,227
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Maria Elvira Salazar → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Jan 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2025
Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Self, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Mills, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs. Wagner, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Issa, Mr. Crenshaw, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Womack, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Fighting Oppression until the Reign of Castro Ends” or the “FORCE Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REMOVAL.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the President nor the Secretary of State may remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism until the President makes the determination described in section 205 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6065).
(b) Definition.—In this section, the term “state sponsor of terrorism” means a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to—
(1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A));
(2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
(3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or
(4) any other provision of law. <all>
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