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[CITE: 22USC6040]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
     CHAPTER 69A--CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY (LIBERTAD)
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE CASTRO 
                               GOVERNMENT
 
Sec. 6040. Importation safeguard against certain Cuban products


(a) Prohibition on import of and dealings in Cuban products

    The Congress notes that section 515.204 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prohibits the entry of, and dealings outside the United 
States in, merchandise that--
        (1) is of Cuban origin;
        (2) is or has been located in or transported from or through 
    Cuba; or
        (3) is made or derived in whole or in part of any article which 
    is the growth, produce, or manufacture of Cuba.

(b) Effect of NAFTA

    The Congress notes that United States accession to the North 
American Free Trade Agreement does not modify or alter the United States 
sanctions against Cuba. The statement of administrative action 
accompanying that trade agreement specifically states the following:
        (1) ``The NAFTA rules of origin will not in any way diminish the 
    Cuban sanctions program. . . . Nothing in the NAFTA would operate to 
    override this prohibition.''.
        (2) ``Article 309(3) [of the NAFTA] permits the United States to 
    ensure that Cuban products or goods made from Cuban materials are 
    not imported into the United States from Mexico or Canada and that 
    United States products are not exported to Cuba through those 
    countries.''.

(c) Restriction of sugar imports

    The Congress notes that section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99-198) requires the President not to allocate any of 
the sugar import quota to a country that is a net importer of sugar 
unless appropriate officials of that country verify to the President 
that the country does not import for reexport to the United States any 
sugar produced in Cuba.

(d) Assurances regarding sugar products

    Protection of essential security interests of the United States 
requires assurances that sugar products that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, into the customs territory of the United 
States are not products of Cuba.

(Pub. L. 104-114, title I, Sec. 110, Mar. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 800.)

                       References in Text

    Section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in 
subsec. (c), is section 902(c) of Pub. L. 99-198, which is set out as a 
note under section 1446g of Title 7, Agriculture.
