,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dggb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ag1 #bjaf    
,mr4 ,pearce introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 for a  
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the use of ,federal funds to   
accept commercial flight plans for      
travel between the ,united ,states and  
,cuba until certain known fugitives are 
returned to the ,united ,states1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,justice      
,before ,commerce ,act of #bjaf4  #b4   
,prohibition on use of ,federal funds   
for commercial flight plans for travel  
between the ,united ,states and ,cuba   
7a7 ,findings ,the ,congress finds the  

following3  7#a7 ,in #aiga1 ,charles    
,hill1 along with ,ralph ,lawrence and  
,albert ,finney1 hijacked an airplane   
leaving ,albuquerque1 ,new ,mexico1 and 
carrying #aej passengers1 in order to   
flee from prosecution after allegedly   
murdering ,new ,mexico ,state ,police   
officer ,robert ,rosenbloom4  7#b7      
,although both ,lawrence and ,finney    
have since died1 ,hill is known to be   
alive and residing in ,cuba1 after being
 granted asylum protections by ,cuba4   
7#c7 ,cuba harbors more than #gj known  
fugitives from justice from the ,united 
,states1 preventing their prosecution in
 ,united ,states courts4  7#d7 ,the     
,president of the ,united ,states has   
recently expanded diplomatic relations  
with ,cuba without regard to the        
fugitives from justice from the ,united 
,states who reside safely within that   
communist country's borders4  7#e7 ,the 
,united ,states and ,cuba have bilateral
 extradition treaties1 established in   
#aije and #aibf 7#cc ,stat4 #bbfe1 #cc  

,stat4 #bbgc1 and #dd ,stat4 #bcib1     
respectively74  7b7 ,statement of policy
 ,it is the policy of the ,united       
,states to expect the ,cuban government 
to extradite to the ,united ,states all 
known fugitives from justice from the   
,united ,states4  7c7 ,prohibition ,no  
,federal funds may be used to accept    
commercial flight plans for travel      
between the ,united ,states and ,cuba   
before the date on which ,cuba          
extradites to the ,united ,states the   
last known fugitive from justice from   
the ,united ,states who is located in   
,cuba4