§ 6063. — Coordination of assistance program; implementation and reports to Congress; reprogramming.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6063]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 69A--CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD)
SUBCHAPTER II--ASSISTANCE TO FREE AND INDEPENDENT CUBA
Sec. 6063. Coordination of assistance program; implementation
and reports to Congress; reprogramming
(a) Coordinating official
The President shall designate a coordinating official who shall be
responsible for--
(1) implementing the strategy for distributing assistance
described in section 6062(b) of this title;
(2) ensuring the speedy and efficient distribution of such
assistance; and
(3) ensuring coordination among, and appropriate oversight by,
the agencies of the United States that provide assistance described
in section 6062(b) of this title, including resolving any disputes
among such agencies.
(b) United States-Cuba council
Upon making a determination under subsection (c)(3) of this section
that a democratically elected government in Cuba is in power, the
President, after consultation with the coordinating official, is
authorized to designate a United States-Cuba council--
(1) to ensure coordination between the United States Government
and the private sector in responding to change in Cuba, and in
promoting market-based development in Cuba; and
(2) to establish periodic meetings between representatives of
the United States and Cuban private sectors for the purpose of
facilitating bilateral trade.
(c) Implementation of plan; reports to Congress
(1) Implementation with respect to transition government
Upon making a determination that a transition government in Cuba
is in power, the President shall transmit that determination to the
appropriate congressional committees and shall, subject to an
authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of
appropriations, commence the delivery and distribution of assistance
to such transition government under the plan developed under section
6062(b) of this title.
(2) Reports to Congress
(A) The President shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report setting forth the strategy for
providing assistance described in section 6062(b)(2)(A) and (C) of
this title to the transition government in Cuba under the plan of
assistance developed under section 6062(b) of this title, the types
of such assistance, and the extent to which such assistance has been
distributed in accordance with the plan.
(B) The President shall transmit the report not later than 90
days after making the determination referred to in paragraph (1),
except that the President shall transmit the report in preliminary
form not later than 15 days after making that determination.
(3) Implementation with respect to democratically elected
government
The President shall, upon determining that a democratically
elected government in Cuba is in power, submit that determination to
the appropriate congressional committees and shall, subject to an
authorization of appropriations and subject to the availability of
appropriations, commence the delivery and distribution of assistance
to such democratically elected government under the plan developed
under section 6062(b) of this title.
(4) Annual reports to Congress
Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report on the assistance provided under the plan developed under
section 6062(b) of this title, including a description of each type
of assistance, the amounts expended for such assistance, and a
description of the assistance to be provided under the plan in the
current fiscal year.
(d) Reprogramming
Any changes in the assistance to be provided under the plan
developed under section 6062(b) of this title may not be made unless the
President notifies the appropriate congressional committees at least 15
days in advance in accordance with the procedures applicable to
reprogramming notifications under section 2394-1 of this title.
(Pub. L. 104-114, title II, Sec. 203, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 809.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 6033, 6034, 6035, 6037,
6038, 6062, 6064, 6082 of this title.
