119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 6, 2025
DEMOCRACIA Act
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Latest action (Feb 6, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 6, 2025)
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 in the interest of U.S. national security. The President may not license sanctionable conduct. U.S. persons seeking to engage in a sanctionable financial transaction must submit a written request to the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control.
The authority to impose sanctions under this bill ends when the President certifies that the Cuban government has taken specified steps to promote political rights and freedoms and Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the certification.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$70,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 16, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 15, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act issues related to DoD Procurement
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act issues related to DoD Procurement
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 21, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act Issues related to DoD procurement
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PERNOD RICARD USA · lobbying firm or registrant: BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
S. 952 To clarify the treatment of drawback in distilled spirits, and for other purposes S. 488 DEMOCRACIA Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing