DEMOCRACIA Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Denying Earnings to the Military Oligarchy in Cuba and Restricting Activities of the Cuban Intelligence Apparatus Act or the DEMOCRACIA Act This bill provides for asset- and visa-blocking sanctions for conduct relating to Cuba. It also establishes an interagency task force to facilitate access to uncensored internet in Cuba. The President must sanction foreign persons that engage in a transaction with or provide financial, material, or technological support to certain entities or individuals, including specified Cuban government sectors (e.g., the defense sector); any other government sector that the President certifies is involved in human rights abuses or terrorism; foreign persons that are military contractors or mercenaries operating on behalf of the Cuban government; or foreign persons that violate laws restricting trade with Cuba. Other individuals or entities the President must sanction include foreign persons responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses in Cuba; Cuban officials responsible for or complicit in corruption; and members of Cuba's Communist Party. The bill provides certain exceptions to these sanctions and the President may waive the sanctions i…