Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/826

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110 STAT. 802 PUBLIC LAW 104-114 —MAR. 12, 1996 that he would unleash another perilous mass migration from Cuba upon the enactment of this Act. (11) Despite the various concerns about the plant's safety and operational problems, a feasibility study is being conducted that would establish a support group to include Russia, Cuba, and third countries with the objective of completing and operating the plant, (b) WITHHOLDING OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall withhold from assistance allocated, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, for any country an amount equal to the sum of assistance and credits, if any, provided on or after such date of enactment by that country or any entity in that country in support of the completion of the Cuban nuclear facility at Juragua, near Cienfuegos, Cuba. (2) EXCEPTIONS.— The requirement of paragraph (1) to withhold assistance shall not apply with respect to— (A) assistance to meet urgent humanitarian needs, including disaster and refugee relief; (B) democratic political reform or rule of law activities; (C) the creation of private sector or nongovernmental organizations that are independent of government control; (D) the development of a free market economic system; (E) assistance for the purposes described in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of Public Law 103-160); or (F) assistance under the secondary school exchange program administered by the United States Information Agency. (3) DEFINITION.— As used in paragraph (1), the term "assistance" means assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, credits, sales, guarantees of extensions of credit, and other assistance under the Arms Export Control Act, assistance under titles I and III of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, assistance under the FREEDOM Support Act, and any other program of assistance or credits provided by the United States to other countries under other provisions of law. 22 USC 6042. SEC. 112. REINSTITUTION OF FAMILY REMITTANCES AND TRAVEL TO CUBA. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should— (1)(A) before considering the reinstitution of general licenses for family remittances to Cuba, insist that, prior to such reinstitution, the Cuban Government permit the unfettered operation of small businesses fully empowered with the right to hire others to whom they may pay wages and to buy materials necessary in the operation of the businesses, and with such other authority and freedom as are required to foster the operation of small businesses throughout Cuba; and (B) if licenses described in subparagraph (A) are reinstituted, require a specific license for remittances described in subparagraph (A) in amounts of more than $500; and (2) before considering the reinstitution of general licenses for travel to Cuba by individuals resident in the United States