3.0.0 35 2023-01-11T13:35:50Z 2023-01-11T13:35:50Z Senate SRES 2017-02-01 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2017-02-28T22:30:37Z Referred to 2017-02-01T21:16:32Z 2017-02-28 Senate Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2017-02-28 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-28 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1506) Discharge 2017-02-28 Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1506) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2017-02-01 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S600-601) IntroReferral 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-02-01 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2017-02-01 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-02-01 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-02-01 True B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2017-02-01 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2017-02-01 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-02-01 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-02-01 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-02-01 True International Affairs Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Food assistance and relief Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Latin America Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Venezuela World health International Affairs 00 2017-02-01 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-11T14:38:10Z Expresses concern about widespread shortages of essential medicines and basic food products faced by the people of Venezuela. Urges President Maduro to permit the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Calls on the government of Venezuela to:

  • release all political prisoners and to respect internationally recognized human rights;
  • ensure the neutrality and professionalism of all security forces and to respect the Venezuelan people's rights to freedom of expression and assembly; and
  • halt its efforts to undermine the principle of separation of powers, its circumvention of the democratically elected legislature, and its subjugation of judicial independence.

Expresses support for: (1) meaningful efforts toward a dialogue that leads to respect for Venezuela's constitutional mechanisms and resolves the country's political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis; and (2) Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Almagro's invocation of Article 20 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Urges the OAS Permanent Council to undertake a collective assessment of the constitutional and democratic order in Venezuela.

Stresses the urgency of strengthening the rule of law and increasing efforts to combat impunity and public corruption in Venezuela.

Urges the President of the United States to provide full support for OAS efforts in favor of constitutional and democratic solutions to the political impasse and to instruct federal agencies to hold officials of the Venezuelan government accountable for violations of U.S. law and abuses of internationally recognized human rights.

]]> 82 2017-02-28 Passed Senate without amendment 2017-03-04T17:03:03Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Calls on the government of Venezuela to:

  • release all political prisoners and to respect internationally recognized human rights;
  • ensure the neutrality and professionalism of all security forces and to respect the Venezuelan people's rights to freedom of expression and assembly; and
  • halt its efforts to undermine the principle of separation of powers, its circumvention of the democratically elected legislature, and its subjugation of judicial independence.

Expresses support for: (1) meaningful efforts toward a dialogue that leads to respect for Venezuela's constitutional mechanisms and resolves the country's political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis; and (2) Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Almagro's invocation of Article 20 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter. Urges the OAS Permanent Council to undertake a collective assessment of the constitutional and democratic order in Venezuela.

Stresses the urgency of strengthening the rule of law and increasing efforts to combat impunity and public corruption in Venezuela.

Urges the President of the United States to provide full support for OAS efforts in favor of constitutional and democratic solutions to the political impasse and to instruct federal agencies to hold officials of the Venezuelan government accountable for violations of U.S. law and abuses of internationally recognized human rights.

]]> A resolution expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free and fair elections. Display Title A resolution expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free and fair elections. Official Title as Introduced A resolution expressing profound concern about the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, urging the release of political prisoners, and calling for respect of constitutional and democratic processes, including free and fair elections. Introduced in Senate IS Agreed to Senate 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sres35ats/xml/BILLS-115sres35ats.xml Introduced in Senate 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115sres35is/xml/BILLS-115sres35is.xml 2017-02-28 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.