§ 6022. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6022]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 69A--CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD)
Sec. 6022. Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are--
(1) to assist the Cuban people in regaining their freedom and
prosperity, as well as in joining the community of democratic
countries that are flourishing in the Western Hemisphere;
(2) to strengthen international sanctions against the Castro
government;
(3) to provide for the continued national security of the United
States in the face of continuing threats from the Castro government
of terrorism, theft of property from United States nationals by the
Castro government, and the political manipulation by the Castro
government of the desire of Cubans to escape that results in mass
migration to the United States;
(4) to encourage the holding of free and fair democratic
elections in Cuba, conducted under the supervision of
internationally recognized observers;
(5) to provide a policy framework for United States support to
the Cuban people in response to the formation of a transition
government or a democratically elected government in Cuba; and
(6) to protect United States nationals against confiscatory
takings and the wrongful trafficking in property confiscated by the
Castro regime.
(Pub. L. 104-114, Sec. 3, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 788.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 104-114, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 785, which is
classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6021 of
this title and Tables.
