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[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.
