FORCE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 450 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 450

  To prohibit the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of 
   terrorism until Cuba satisfies certain conditions, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    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

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                                 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.
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