; Whereas the 2023 reports entitled Freedom on the Net and Freedom in the World published by Freedom House summarized that— (1) Cuba’s one-party communist state outlaws political pluralism, bans independent media, suppresses dissent, and severely restricts basic civil liberties ; (2) the government continues to dominate the economy despite recent reforms that permit some private-sector activity ; and (3) the regime’s undemocratic character has not changed despite a generational transition in political leadership between 2018 and 2021 that included the introduction of a new constitution ; Whereas the United States has long supported the Cuban people through policies that limit hard currency to the oppressive Cuban regime while— (1) providing democracy-building support to civil society activists; (2) broadcasting outside information to pierce the propaganda of the Cuban regime; and (3) permitting virtually unlimited donations of food, medicines, and other necessities through— (A) Acts of Congress such as— (i) the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1465 et seq. ); (ii) the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1465aa et seq. ); (iii) the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 6001 et seq. ); (iv) the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 ( 22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq. ); and (v) the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq. ); and (B) Executive orders and regulations; Whereas numerous activists in Cuba such as members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, the San Isidro Movement, the Christian Liberation Movement, ASIC, the Ladies in White, the Orlando Zapata Tamayo National Resistance Front, religious organizations, exile groups, and others are demanding freedom for the Cuban people