PUBLIC LAW 104-114—MAR. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 793 (1) CIVIL PENALTIES.— Subsection (b) of section 16 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 16(b)), as added by Public Law 102-484, is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) A civil penalty of not to exceed $50,000 may be imposed by the Secretary of the Treasury on any person who violates any license, order, rule, or regulation issued in compliance with the provisions of this Act. "(2) Any property, funds, securities, papers, or other articles or documents, or any vessel, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment, that is the subject of a violation under paragraph (1) shall, at the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be forfeited to the United States Government. "(3) The penalties provided under this subsection may be imposed only on the record after opportunity for an agency hearing in accordance with sections 554 through 557 of title 5, United States Code, with the right to prehearing discovery. "(4) Judicial review of any penalty imposed under this subsection may be had to the extent provided in section 702 of title 5, United States Code.". (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT; CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section 16 of the Trading with the Enemy Act is further amended by striking subsection (b), as added by Public Law 102-393. (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— Section 16 of the Trading with the Enemy Act is further amended— (A) by inserting "SEC. 16." before "(a)"; and (B) in subsection (a) by striking "participants" and inserting "participates". (e) DENIAL OF VISAS TO CERTAIN CUBAN NATIONALS. — It is the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to enforce fully existing regulations to deny visas to Cuban nationals considered by the Secretary of State to be officers or employees of the Cuban Government or of the Communist Party of Cuba. if) COVERAGE OF DEBT-FOR-EQUITY SWAPS BY ECONOMIC EMBAR- GO OF CUBA.— Section 1704(b)(2) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6003(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph: "(B) includes an exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of Cuban debt owed to a foreign country in return for a grant of an equity interest in a property, investment, or operation of the Government of Cuba (including the government of any political subdivision of Cuba, and any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba) or of a Cuban national; and"; and (4) by adding at the end the following flush sentence: "As used in this paragraph, the term 'agency or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba' means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each reference in such section to 'a foreign state' deemed to be a reference to 'Cuba'.". (g) TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.—Section 1705(e) of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6004(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
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