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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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foreign companies doing business in Cuba
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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property confiscated after January 1, 1959
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gptkbp:chapter
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gptkb:Public_Law_104-114
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gptkbp:codifiedIn
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gptkb:U.S._embargo_against_Cuba
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gptkbp:controversy
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yes
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gptkbp:criticizedFor
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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March 12, 1996
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Helms–Burton Act
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gptkbp:locationSigned
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gptkb:White_House
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:Dan_Burton
gptkb:Jesse_Helms
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Cuban_Liberty_and_Democratic_Solidarity_(Libertad)_Act_of_1996
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:United_Kingdom
human rights organizations
business groups
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gptkbp:purpose
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strengthen and continue the United States embargo against Cuba
discourage foreign investment in Cuba
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
gptkb:Cuban_Revolution
confiscation of U.S. property in Cuba
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gptkbp:requires
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Congressional approval to lift embargo
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gptkbp:retaliatoryMeasuresBy
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:Mexico
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gptkbp:sectionIII
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allows U.S. nationals to sue foreign companies trafficking in confiscated property
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gptkbp:sectionIV
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denies entry to the U.S. to executives of companies trafficking in confiscated property
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Helms–Burton_Act
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Bill_Clinton
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gptkbp:sponsor
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gptkb:Dan_Burton
gptkb:Jesse_Helms
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gptkbp:status
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in force
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gptkbp:titleI
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Strengthening International Sanctions Against the Castro Government
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gptkbp:titleII
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gptkb:Assistance_to_a_Free_and_Independent_Cuba
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gptkbp:titleIII
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gptkb:Protection_of_Property_Rights_of_United_States_Nationals
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gptkbp:titleIV
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gptkb:Exclusion_of_Certain_Aliens
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:U.S.–Cuba_relations
gptkb:Cuba–United_States_relations
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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