Reply #24: That NGO restriction and some similar constraints are what was eliminated in 2000 under Clinton.

[eomer]

Here are the relevant sections of the October 2000 legislation:

SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:

-snip-

(7) UNILATERAL MEDICAL SANCTION- The term `unilateral medical sanction' means any prohibition, restriction, or condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign policy or national security, except in a case in which the United States imposes the measure pursuant to--

(A) a multilateral regime and the other member countries of that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures; or

(B) a mandatory decision of the United Nations Security Council.

-snip-

SEC. 903. RESTRICTION.

(a) NEW SANCTIONS- Except as provided in sections 904 and 905 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may not impose a unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity, unless--

(1) not later than 60 days before the sanction is proposed to be imposed, the President submits a report to Congress that--

(A) describes the activity proposed to be prohibited, restricted, or conditioned; and

(B) describes the actions by the foreign country or foreign entity that justify the sanction; and

(2) there is enacted into law a joint resolution stating the approval of Congress for the report submitted under paragraph (1).

(b) EXISTING SANCTIONS- The President shall terminate any unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act.

http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/cuba/title_ix.html

US law no longer allows any requirement for NGOs to distribute medical supplies, any requirement for verification that the supplies go to Cuban citizens rather than foreign customers, or any of the other restrictions that were in place before 2000. Now all that is required is application for a license by some entity not engaged in terrorism (and I don't believe there are any cases of this terrorist entity restriction being invoked since 2000).