Helms–Burton Act

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United States federal law economic sanctions legislation

The Helms–Burton Act is a 1996 U.S. law that tightened and extended the economic embargo against Cuba, including extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies doing business with the island.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Helms–Burton Act canonical 8
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 2
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
economic sanctions legislation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cuban Democracy Act ⓘ
surface form: LIBERTAD Act
appliesTo Cuba ⓘ
containsProvision Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Title I – Strengthening International Sanctions Against the Castro Government

Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Title II – Assistance to a Free and Independent Cuba

Title III – Protection of Property Rights of United States Nationals ⓘ
Title IV – Exclusion of Certain Aliens ⓘ
controversy criticized by Canada and Mexico for its impact on their companies operating in Cuba ⓘ
criticized by the European Union as an extraterritorial application of U.S. law ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnacted 1996-03-12 ⓘ
enforcementAgency United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
feature allows U.S. nationals to file civil suits in U.S. courts against persons trafficking in property confiscated by the Cuban government ⓘ
codifies the United States embargo against Cuba into law ⓘ
denies entry into the United States to certain executives and controlling shareholders of companies that traffic in confiscated property in Cuba ⓘ
imposes extraterritorial sanctions on foreign companies trafficking in confiscated property in Cuba ⓘ
restricts the ability of the U.S. president to unilaterally lift the embargo on Cuba ⓘ
geopoliticalImpact strained relations between the United States and several allies over Cuba policy ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
legalArea foreign policy ⓘ
international economic sanctions ⓘ
trade embargo ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
namedAfter Dan Burton ⓘ
Jesse Helms ⓘ
officialName Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
opposedBy Canada ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment Bill Clinton ⓘ
purpose to promote a transition to democracy in Cuba ⓘ
to protect the claims of United States nationals who had property confiscated by the Cuban government ⓘ
to strengthen and continue the United States embargo against Cuba ⓘ
relatedTo Torricelli Act ⓘ
Trading with the Enemy Act ⓘ
surface form: Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917

United States–Cuba relations ⓘ
surface form: United States embargo against Cuba
shortName Helms–Burton Act self-link ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
subject United States–Cuba relations ⓘ
surface form: United States embargo against Cuba

foreign investment in Cuba ⓘ
human rights in Cuba ⓘ
supportedBy Cuban Americans ⓘ
surface form: Cuban-American exile groups

anti-Castro U.S. legislators ⓘ
targets Cuban government ⓘ
foreign companies investing in Cuba ⓘ
title Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
year 1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States–Cuba relations → embargoCodifiedBy → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Helms–Burton Act → shortName → Helms–Burton Act self-link ⓘ
Helms–Burton Act → officialName → Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
Helms–Burton Act → title → Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
Helms–Burton Act → containsProvision → Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title I – Strengthening International Sanctions Against the Castro Government
Helms–Burton Act → containsProvision → Helms–Burton Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title II – Assistance to a Free and Independent Cuba
Cuban Democracy Act → relatedTo → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act
Cuban Democracy Act → relatedTo → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Jesse Helms → notableWork → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Jesse Helms → coAuthorOfLegislation → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Title III – Protection of Property Rights of United States Nationals → partOf → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996
Title III – Protection of Property Rights of United States Nationals → partOf → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Title III – Protection of Property Rights of United States Nationals → alsoKnownAs → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III of the Helms–Burton Act
Title III – Protection of Property Rights of United States Nationals → alsoKnownAs → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996
Title IV – Exclusion of Certain Aliens → partOf → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Title IV – Exclusion of Certain Aliens → relatedInstrument → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Title III of the Helms–Burton Act
Torricelli Act → relatedTo → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
Torricelli Act → relatedTo → Helms–Burton Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act