§ 6085. — Effective date.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6085]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 69A--CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD)
SUBCHAPTER III--PROTECTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS
Sec. 6085. Effective date
(a) In general
Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this subchapter
and the amendments made by this subchapter shall take effect on August
1, 1996.
(b) Suspension authority
(1) Suspension authority
The President may suspend the effective date under subsection
(a) of this section for a period of not more than 6 months if the
President determines and reports in writing to the appropriate
congressional committees at least 15 days before such effective date
that the suspension is necessary to the national interests of the
United States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
(2) Additional suspensions
The President may suspend the effective date under subsection
(a) of this section for additional periods of not more than 6 months
each, each of which shall begin on the day after the last day of the
period during which a suspension is in effect under this subsection,
if the President determines and reports in writing to the
appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days before the
date on which the additional suspension is to begin that the
suspension is necessary to the national interests of the United
States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
(c) Other authorities
(1) Suspension
After this subchapter and the amendments of this subchapter have
taken effect--
(A) no person shall acquire a property interest in any
potential or pending action under this subchapter; and
(B) the President may suspend the right to bring an action
under this subchapter with respect to confiscated property for a
period of not more than 6 months if the President determines and
reports in writing to the appropriate congressional committees
at least 15 days before the suspension takes effect that such
suspension is necessary to the national interests of the United
States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
(2) Additional suspensions
The President may suspend the right to bring an action under
this subchapter for additional periods of not more than 6 months
each, each of which shall begin on the day after the last day of the
period during which a suspension is in effect under this subsection,
if the President determines and reports in writing to the
appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days before the
date on which the additional suspension is to begin that the
suspension is necessary to the national interests of the United
States and will expedite a transition to democracy in Cuba.
(3) Pending suits
The suspensions of actions under paragraph (1) shall not affect
suits commenced before the date of such suspension, and in all such
suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments
rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if the
suspension had not occurred.
(d) Rescission of suspension
The President may rescind any suspension made under subsection (b)
or (c) of this section upon reporting to the appropriate congressional
committees that doing so will expedite a transition to democracy in
Cuba.
(Pub. L. 104-114, title III, Sec. 306, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 821.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c)(1), was in the
original ``this title'', meaning title III of Pub. L. 104-114, Mar. 12,
1996, 110 Stat. 814, which enacted this subchapter and sections 1643l
and 1643m of this title and amended section 1611 of Title 28, Judiciary
and Judicial Procedure. For complete classification of title III to the
Code, see Tables.
