Ed. Note: if you’re new to TURBOFAC, please take note that the text string filtration function generally shouldn’t be used for terms such as “ordinarily resident,” “causing” or “new debt”. For research on the meaning of words and phrases such as those, i.e. terms central to the key legal issues in sanctions law that appear on a cross-programmatic basis, you’re typically better off locating and checking the appropriate box in the “Key Legal Issues” search category, which will limit the results to those that have been manually assessed as being relevant for the interpretation of the terms at issue.
Try typing your search term (“ordinarily resident,” “new debt,” or something else) in the “Find a Search Filter” box at the top of the page, and the corresponding “Key Legal Issues” check box will pop up instantly, if one exists. Once you check the box (e.g. “new debt,” with ~55 results), you can always use the text string filtration function to further refine your search (e.g. by typing “invoice” and narrowing the ~55 results to ~10).
Note in addition that the same applies to text string searches such as “14071” (if you’re looking for items related to EO 14071). By typing “14071” in the “Find a Search Filter” field up top, you will be able to instantly narrow the results down to items manually assessed as relating to EO 14071. Ditto terms such as “515.204” or “Iran General License G” (try the “Discrete Legal Provision” search category).
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1) BACKGROUND
Titles III and IV of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996, also the "Helms-Burton Act," contain provisions that have been characterized as "secondary sanctions" pertaining to Cuba, insofar as they attach consequences to transactions over which the U.S. does not have jurisdiction. Title III allows for lawsuits in the U.S. against foreign persons for "trafficking" in certain property confiscated by the Cuban Government at the time of the Cuban revolution, while Title IV allows for the suspension of visas for officers of companies that "traffic" in such property.
In 1997, as a result of a WTO case brought by the EU challenging legality of the extraterritorial provisions of the Libertad Act, the U.S. announced that it would formally...