116 S1025 RS: Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019
U.S. Senate
2019-04-03
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1.Short titles; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019
or the VERDAD Act of 2019
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents.Sec. 2. Defined term.Title I—Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and Recognition of the Venezuelan National AssemblySec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela.Sec. 102. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly.Sec. 103. Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis.Title II—Humanitarian Relief for VenezuelaSec. 201. Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people.Sec. 202. Humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans in neighboring countries.Sec. 203. Requirement for strategy to coordinate international humanitarian assistance.Sec. 204. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.Sec. 205. Sanctions exceptions for humanitarian assistance.Title III—Addressing Regime CohesionSec. 301. Classified report on declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime.Sec. 302. Additional restrictions on visas.Sec. 303. Waiver for sanctioned officials that recognize the Interim President of Venezuela.Title IV—Restoring Democracy and Addressing the Political Crisis in VenezuelaSec. 401. Special Envoy for Venezuela and Task Force on Venezuela.Sec. 402. Support for the Lima Group.Sec. 403. Accountability for crimes against humanity.Sec. 404. Upholding the Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter.Sec. 405. Support for international election observation and democratic civil society.Title V—Supporting the Reconstruction of VenezuelaSec. 501. Engaging international financial institutions to advance the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy and energy infrastructure.Sec. 502. Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people.Title VI—Restoring the Rule of Law in VenezuelaSec. 601. Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western Hemisphere and the European Union.Sec. 602. Classified briefing on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and illicit narcotics trafficking.Sec. 603. Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance.Sec. 604. Public information about sanctioned officials.Sec. 605. Financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt.Sec. 606. Additional financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt.Sec. 607. Expanding kingpin sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money laundering.Sec. 608. Sanctions on the Maduro regime’s trade in gold.Sec. 609. Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft.Sec. 610. Classified briefing on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Venezuela.Title VII—Cryptocurrency Sanctions and Ensuring the Effectiveness of United States SanctionsSec. 701. Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies.Sec. 702. Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions.Title VIII—Miscellaneous ProvisionsSec. 801. Congressional briefings.Sec. 802. Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela. 2.In this Act, the term Maduro regime means any ministry, agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the Government of Venezuela, including the Central Bank of Venezuela and Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., any branch of the Venezuelan armed forces, and any person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Venezuela that remain under the control of Nicolás Maduro or the subsequent control of a person that comes to power through any means other than—
(1)a free, fair, and transparent democratic election that is monitored by credible international observers; or
(2)the appointment by Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly of an Interim President with a mandate to convene elections described in paragraph (1); and
(3)a negotiation process described in section 103. <enum>I</enum><header>Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and Recognition of the Venezuelan National Assembly</header> <section id="idb76ce07175404fd4a17a69d8a57b01b6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela</header> <subsection id="idcaaef25d66224202bb533439e317fd2d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="id4f736e942d7c4744ba1d37b4dd02b9c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Venezuela’s electoral event on May 20, 2018, was characterized by widespread fraud and did not comply with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida65550fc58a24e20a0fc6fc4478dc8d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela’s May 20, 2018, electoral event, Nicolás Maduro’s tenure as President of Venezuela ended on January 10, 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id60ff0a9411614a8e80113cb9df80b5bf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on January 15, 2019, that terminated Nicolás Maduro’s authority as the President of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idea8ab353e5864168bd9b472ff60e1c9e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On January 23, 2019, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb7ecc52404f497fa3c7203fbaf1ea0b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The United States Government, the Governments of Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and the European Parliament have all recognized National Assembly President Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id11e67fb762f54bdb993951e4ab194aea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress—</text> <paragraph id="id8987d8957e7c4d378ac6811fc7239b64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, and the European Parliament to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8864715970704c5d91c4c95d65b15567"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in the shortest possible period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7679041baa044027a49309aea5cdb9f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that the Organization of American States, with support from the United States Government and partner governments, should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral processes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idAFBDA97DF837404299B162E38D012DE9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly</header>
<subsection id="id184304c11fc4448bbb80f84f4e0c59fb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic elections that were held on December 6, 2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf4f56214b5b944b582d2f4ccfd717064"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id15ae289a17c5456ba7db73a031645194"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly is the only national level democratic institution remaining in the country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf9d710fd544d4061af6697ce0178c179"><enum>(2)</enum><text>actions taken by the Maduro regime that require legislative approval, ratification, or concurrence, including the provision or refinancing of debts, should only be recognized as legitimate by the United States and the international community if such legislative actions are authorized by the democratically elected National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id995e1721201d41498eeb46e6397f5a9b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to recognize the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela as the only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf4a00e536c044160b807ec583b7e07ef"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance to Venezuela’s National Assembly</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall prioritize efforts to provide technical assistance to support the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela in accordance with section 406.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id253fb998f9364d23bf01db877a81c889"><enum>103.</enum><header>Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis</header>
<subsection id="id3c5ae5eae1b3457dbc331790ec398135"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id88110298ccaa402dabce017a14598711"><enum>(1)</enum><text>direct, credible negotiations led by the Interim President of Venezuela and members of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly—</text>
<subparagraph id="id15EBC4C2B4CD43AFB602D44F02846A48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are supported by stakeholders in the international community that have recognized the Interim President of Venezuela;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB73FCFEECDF4C15B44DCA871B2771A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the input and interests of Venezuelan civil society; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2CEAE805AD5483794A55D906A69CC59"><enum>(C)</enum><text>represent the best opportunity to reach a solution to the Venezuelan crisis that includes—</text>
<clause id="id304b2db9962a44fcab508c9f7d53d671"><enum>(i)</enum><text>holding a new presidential election that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process;</text>
</clause><clause id="idd3f6a7290a804ba99849791250303e5d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ending Nicolás Maduro’s usurpation of presidential authorities;</text> </clause><clause id="id739d1de5d6d64be395fcfaf71ad81d57"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>restoring democracy and the rule of law;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5970a782a29a4392b32514ffde23fc60"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>freeing political prisoners; and</text> </clause><clause id="id013fa2e76a8d4ea69157dff0cf53c1a1"><enum>(v)</enum><text>facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id804880a9740c4dec95867fa96d4efd63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>dialogue between the Maduro regime and political opposition that commenced in October 2017, and were supported by the Governments of Mexico, of Chile, of Bolivia, and of Nicaragua, did not result in an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly participate in the process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id025f6ebea6d74a6db3795d6ba6e0c08b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>negotiations between the Maduro regime and political opposition that commenced in October 2016, and were supported by the Vatican, did not result in an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly participate in the process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfeee6ddd7f1b4a2ebfbed240e2ba41a1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to support diplomatic engagement in order to advance a negotiated and peaceful solution to Venezuela’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that is described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Humanitarian Relief for Venezuela</header>
<section id="id67ea7510d48d481294a1f7bad627fe5d"><enum>201.</enum><header>Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people</header>
<subsection id="ide80b508a9a4e4228bf8a25bf8ceed3e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id4f4a8913976b4d429e3ff4a938782899"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States Government should expand efforts to peacefully address Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDB698AF8C6FF4F0D83DC7792377E5E84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>humanitarian assistance—</text> <subparagraph id="id182F042F1D6D4AF0B71B4575FE0E05EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>should be provided directly to the people of Venezuela; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50DE440FF3EE419A910DECACD30B8542"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should not be passed through the control or distribution mechanisms of the Maduro regime.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28A0632E567248C4A3F3A157BA32F6AD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work through international and nongovernmental organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to individuals and communities in Venezuela, including—</text>
<paragraph id="id33665114587241efa597b0fe5d6f9b1c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public health commodities to Venezuelan health facilities and services, including medicines on the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8b59a6f957194546b6d39d3270fe73fe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the basic food commodities and nutritional supplements needed to address growing malnutrition and improve food security for the people of Venezuela, with a specific emphasis on the most vulnerable populations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5e72b18c6f884e34ac1cadca366148f3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technical assistance to ensure that health and food commodities are appropriately selected, procured, and distributed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id607794dcb98c4585867c919545e19151"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header>
<paragraph id="idBD9F6BC1A58C4E5B9E8F74FF8644E731"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall submit a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (b) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida4eae2120d4e4ee58b447db571bb072c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id460206221bd24153b1bd31f977d1c2b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfd770509c6246d0bd9276c7870b7844"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba4bcd160e01449187fa5bdedf040300"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8e8dee4d6744ee3b1269e15236a2be0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall be based on independent assessments of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, including assessments by nongovernmental organizations and the United Nations humanitarian agencies listed in section 204(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4048c37c97cb478084344990c9b41ba3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id95422e2b25e646fd80042dee6bc36925"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (b) in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id016f698bf12d42b28df45362d1a56e7f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="iddcfb3d3b11694dc98a6a975c5085f68f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President provides notice to the committees listed in subsection (c)(1) of the intent to obligate such funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ef0eba39a8044d18944ae1a7bc8862f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="id34ABFE1874E247F18D2050A217A7BAEA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary of State determines that such requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare.</text>
</clause><clause id="id42D281BFB9914BB4A7A27BC538274A44"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text>If a waiver is invoked under clause (i), the President shall notify the committees listed in subsection (c)(1) of the intention to obligate funds under this section as early as practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id23567879bdb343f08ea4632ba2acbed1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans in neighboring countries</header>
<subsection id="id42cfdb96cbea43aaa712a868598022eb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work through international and nongovernmental organizations to provide Venezuelans in neighboring countries with humanitarian aid, such as—</text>
<paragraph id="id79472e72540a4b22b1524c7e43bd053d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>urgently needed health and nutritional assistance, including logistical and technical assistance to hospitals and health centers in affected communities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide869676d0aa141c0a8fb3b8ef07b49d2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>food assistance for vulnerable individuals, including assistance to improve food security for affected communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf346f709d9a843fda1b7223fb7a3d906"><enum>(3)</enum><text>hygiene supplies and sanitation services.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id25b1ebd1179b4c4faabcbe1c1eaafa9d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The assistance described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="ida6b0886a9a9641b4a77f63ff42ff755f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may be provided—</text> <subparagraph id="id9276A032C72849BE874E44659E37C8C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>directly to Venezuelans in neighboring countries; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBE4DFFDE73B64F9C8AA9903E6751EE2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>indirectly through the communities in which the Venezuelans reside; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id002042007c0244bdab983530cfa5b028"><enum>(2)</enum><text>should focus on the most vulnerable Venezuelans in neighboring countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0c78e63d60024de4a0e7c83c9273d35e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>The strategy required under section 201(c) shall include a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id22d0aad4281642e68efdbfb4b53fb716"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id09ec4cb3d5a549f4bf62894490d64eca"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7e81b564261f4bf381d7e77b95a15495"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="id901d967508c84c4e8ad8db954a8963c9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President provides notice to the committees listed in section 201(c)(1) of the intent to obligate such funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1a58510d02764a1c89bd497c8751fbce"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="id1D488FAA4E6C40468E2BB6378B508EC9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that such requirement would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91386A331B594140BE3F96EAEF87FE5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text>If a waiver is invoked under clause (i), the President shall notify the committees listed in section 201(c)(1) of the intention to obligate funds under this section as early as practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id148396d817504190af065a5421e109d6"><enum>203.</enum><header>Requirement for strategy to coordinate international humanitarian assistance</header>
<subsection id="id83b7d4a47c014e21b71e30eadd35afbf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>The strategy required under section 201(c) shall include a multiyear strategy that—</text> <paragraph id="ide65fe66f7423426fbebfd68903c6181f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes United States diplomatic efforts to ensure support from international donors, including regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9f79f12a60d644549302572014eb5ea9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies governments that are willing to provide financial and technical assistance for the provision of such humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela and a description of such assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5c6eae9bec9c4a58b6629f43dfbea4d6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies the financial and technical assistance to be provided by multilateral institutions, including the United Nations humanitarian agencies listed in section 104(a), the Pan American Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank, and a description of such assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9a8055da278d4b1a8466d036ee8018c8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Diplomatic engagement</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work with relevant foreign governments and multilateral organizations to coordinate a donors summit and carry out diplomatic engagement to advance the strategy described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ideac26e7617d6430c927c155074487e77"><enum>204.</enum><header>Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="idc7e7d64405754028a31d8fc28cf48760"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies, including the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, should conduct and publish independent assessments regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="idbbe4d75520c44f8280688ae4be832986"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies in Venezuela;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id31B169F06E384841BEEEEA32FBD86002"><enum>(2)</enum><text>basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment of communicable diseases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03858ba494de441a87907d4830d82561"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified in paragraph (1) and to improve the health indicators referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddd8a12bd8ef74042abb37472074984a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial efforts</header><text>The President shall instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States in the United Nations Security Council to secure the necessary votes—</text>
<paragraph id="id4e10d787fc4e406db15012194478e846"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to place the humanitarian and political crisis in Venezuela on the United Nations Security Council’s Programme of Work; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd7257df3192649b680ab20eab42bbe2b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to secure a Presidential Statement from the President of the United Nations Security Council urging the Maduro regime—</text>
<subparagraph id="id607952B7041F4477989658895A7FEB6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to allow the delivery of humanitarian relief; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7B86E52A48E747DC8AF8E48FE5C366EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to lift bureaucratic impediments or any other obstacles preventing independent nongovernmental organizations from providing the proper assistance to the people of Venezuela without any interference by the Maduro regime.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida089e6ae11f245dd89038b924eb21c04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator</header><text>The President shall instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice and influence of the United States to advance the appointment of a United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Venezuela to lead and coordinate the efforts of humanitarian organizations in a manner that contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id81a090fe5c674fa9ae7edcfa02b54085"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional efforts</header>
<paragraph id="id920fa43662d74b31b60eb341bed2f8b7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Maduro regime refuses to allow the delivery of humanitarian relief and to lift bureaucratic impediments and any other obstacles described in subsection (b)(2)(B), the President, beginning not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the efforts of the United Nations described in such subsection, shall instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States to secure the adoption of a resolution described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf6400c2ab8114a69b1b7c45974766dae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resolution described</header><text>The resolution described in this paragraph is a Resolution of the United Nations Security Council that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1adaa3383a9a4ef8a3e53f6cdb14e5d9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requires the Maduro regime to promptly allow safe and unhindered access for humanitarian agencies and their implementing partners, including possible support from neighboring countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9ff9ff0137648769c03c0d8b81f9824"><enum>(B)</enum><text>calls on the Maduro regime—</text> <clause id="id5e42e6ce126e4280b44af49f7f9e87ff"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to allow the delivery of food and medicine to the people of Venezuela;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6a45efd87354486fb37827b52c2ec234"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to end human rights violations against the people of Venezuela;</text> </clause><clause id="ide329999d6ebc43d1939d9d11500dce44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to agree to free, fair, and transparent elections with credible international observers;</text>
</clause><clause id="idbe8010ae0b6243498a642f8a5b342f45"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to cease violence against the people of Venezuela; and</text> </clause><clause id="id4a038b6e262941108f5f92202ac245b6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to release all political prisoners held by the Maduro regime.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8f2b0c9611c640f9bb8f83c62a03f69a"><enum>205.</enum><header>Sanctions exceptions for humanitarian assistance</header>
<subsection id="ide2286fa6c8d340e8adad395566a577aa"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id284843191177400e96439e1c625c0ccd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural commodity</header><text>The term <term>agricultural commodity</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5602">7 U.S.C. 5602</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc800cf81127c4f42bf8595880da43f39"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Medical device</header><text>The term <term>medical device</term> has the meaning given the term <term>device</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idb32e2aa3ef3d4fd69fcf91a508c8dc65"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Medicine</header><text>The term <term>medicine</term> has the meaning given the term <term>drug</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ec91cd306664efa8d699477448a0b1d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any transaction for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Venezuela or for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela, and any transaction that is incidental or necessary to any such transaction, regardless of whether the transactions or provision of humanitarian assistance originate in, or have a connection to, the United States, shall be exempt from United States sanctions, including sanctions described in—</text>
<paragraph id="id8FBF5DB0FBAB455F8AC372A7F2A3D7F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 603, 605, 606, 608, and 701;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id2A9122C90FC343048DC6AAF9C71256AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3511C7B1222E4165BC361BD8D21AC488"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13692, 13808, 13827, 13835, 13850, and 13857.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Addressing Regime Cohesion</header> <section id="idd755005f82d3434a8d42f5956f655742"><enum>301.</enum><header>Classified report on declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime</header> <subsection id="ide8e3e2d322eb4c488b3791b2d47aef74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses the declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and security forces and the Maduro regime.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6a831945bfb7403e8ebc22043fb51e9c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="id035ad76c7d8d4b2d84a40baa3b3b0944"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify senior members of the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime, including generals, admirals, cabinet ministers, deputy cabinet ministers, and the heads of intelligence agencies, whose loyalty to Nicolás Maduro is declining;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0a3ff9c21b874612a377d43595525752"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe the factors that would accelerate the decision making of individuals identified in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id098F6A547D6A473789D323F8F7C00DB4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to break with the Maduro regime; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1963C90CCF9F4D36B7AA4F720EAAC36A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to recognize the Interim President of Venezuela and his government; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id590f7b36d9744f60b1bd00f1c5dd7880"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess and detail the massive number of desertions and defections that have occurred at the officer and enlisted levels inside the Venezuelan military and security forces.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa3235678c5e4c5383c28aa0fe5e1943"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="idFFC5BD846DB045E7BA404275ED4AF596"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0B8B1792374F4878B4BA0A52AA1D9263"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7B2B077816AA414F91CA38C3E874EDC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9B72F3E4F33D432392659496EAF3161B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4db42409afc44d77bd77be5b5b97aacb"><enum>302.</enum><header>Additional restrictions on visas</header> <subsection id="idb10b348994364928903755389d61cd15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall impose the visa restrictions described in subsection (c) on any current or former official of the Maduro regime, or any foreign person acting on behalf of such regime, who the Secretary determines—</text>
<paragraph id="idcd970e9a50f644c9900ffee3a5328701"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is responsible for, is complicit in, is responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or is knowingly participating in (directly or indirectly) any activity in or in relation to Venezuela, on or after January 23, 2019, that undermines or threatens the integrity of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idff0e97ed00d94739af78106531f04c6d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id087da5034e1f4e74bcb74650381a5dd9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President of such National Assembly, while serving as Interim President of Venezuela, or the government officials under the supervision of such President;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idff21b26d4c454978b648037556b3fe1e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is the spouse or child of a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8583c5fce4ba42bd9c9ee8e8be8a9dbe"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is the spouse or child of a foreign person described or identified under—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC3361209D3754E9BB0C1D5ECB3B6E282"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id76303FADFE984D45A159C9C80F5013F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1903">21 U.S.C. 1903(b)</external-xref>); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9FF61A24B08F43EEA5C9D018259F0FBA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) and 13850.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5a0d31c36a124f73a390330efe9f97e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal from visa revocation list</header><text>If a person described in subsection (a)(1) or in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(3) publicly recognizes and pledges supports for the Interim President of Venezuela and the government officials supervised by such Interim President, any family members of such person who were subject to visa restrictions pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3) of such subsection shall no longer be subject to such visa restrictions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7522f15aa17c428f99f86ae5a9e97eb3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Visa restrictions described</header>
<paragraph id="id71315453f0e045599c3b6248416e8bbb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b), an alien described in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="id2ED749F8FE974EE1A3C02C6B16FA077C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is inadmissible to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9621D5DAA77E4B109FCC50C0F67CA177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation authorizing entry into the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA7B46828EA5F4DCBABDE0C97AB131BED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id032F9D3ADA9845E38E875F1E9BD87611"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), have his or her visa or other documentation revoked, regardless of when the visa or other documentation was issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9a220edc7f83434d85a9ba4baf862f19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement</header><text>Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id13ddf3b09c984dac92ae9cc153d3d2cf"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3f1cb93c1822481fb934f0720d3b85cb"><enum>303.</enum><header>Waiver for sanctioned officials that recognize the Interim President of Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id5da68ccad2e74d76816cc4befbb64c25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal from visa revocation list</header><text>If a person sanctioned under any of the provisions of law described in subsection (b) publicly recognizes and pledges supports for the Interim President of Venezuela and the government officials supervised by such Interim President, the person shall no longer be subject to such sanctions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id84596E18C7734083BBF9AD46ED87DC42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are set forth in the following provisions of law:</text> <paragraph id="id09c91a7a16464ff09a606806c3e255b3"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4EE91F55F9444069AF0A393847F249CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFR00" id="id9D0B4B28FE6641E1B236A77FFC2A396F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (5) of section 5(a) of such Act, to the extent such paragraph relates to the sanctions described in paragraph (3) or (4) of such subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id59377db4e3254da88edc405cac10221c"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF432A3B128464D0DA34F949C8C2E2D1A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clauses (1) and (4) of section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFR00" id="idB3A357D883C4420FBE4ABE9CF2A6966E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparagraph (D)(2) of section 1(a)(ii) of such Executive Order, to the extent such subparagraph relates to the provisions of law cited in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1C78528CDC3428FA02C2B17D805A507"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7989372759E94FA0A263AF8727023397"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13850.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFR00" id="id785EA9B9CA444D7D81857CA12F09F3AA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (iii) of section 1(a) of such Executive Order, to the extent such paragraph relates to the provision of law cited in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B9E289F3DB941B6A35E650D1FF314E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Restoring Democracy and Addressing the Political Crisis in Venezuela</header>
<section id="idd2d6e6ae2fbd4f7aa67f5bc5b78281cd"><enum>401.</enum><header>Special Envoy for Venezuela and Task Force on Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id6ce74dedb4a943799860345f0f4c83ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall designate a Special Envoy for Venezuela (referred to in this section as the <quote>Special Envoy</quote>), who shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id6f83a8cb369e42b9a422cbe7e1a28022"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have the rank and status of ambassador; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id211b7d841a3d47a1a2b52c89ea140ba8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>report directly to the Secretary of State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc585566a7fb641ff87574dde518485e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Special Envoy shall—</text> <paragraph id="idd903b8e692924b6b9a0ba5c5cad0cff8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate United States policy towards Venezuela between relevant departments and agencies, including the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the United States Agency for International Development, and the intelligence community;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5767a19b78af4b70b13aee9fbea9d064"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop and conduct oversight of United States programs and operations related to Venezuela, including humanitarian assistance, support for regional migration systems, and assistance to democratic actors and independent civil society in Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5e8fa05efe57442a9d5f5286f89e92e1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advance efforts—</text> <subparagraph id="id806DD24EAEDF49E0A7EBA41713144AB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to recover the assets described in section 502(a)(2) that were stolen from the Venezuelan people; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4F7D3D7DD15474AA5E27510A8E8038D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to coordinate sanctions with the United States partners referred to in section 601;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b751fa756aa4800ab3184a59700bd0f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>engage and coordinate policy matters related to Venezuela with the international community, including the Organization of American States, the United Nations and its agencies, the Lima Group, the European Union, and other governments and organizations with interest in Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id01cb30922aa14cfd8078418d836e6836"><enum>(5)</enum><text>engage and coordinate with actors supporting the restoration of democracy in Venezuela, including the Venezuelan diaspora and the democratic political opposition in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida5b032478e674fbbb9413dbe4cdb4ed1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>communicate and coordinate engagement with the Maduro regime.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3acaa1e8c9f74438a0e8b6fea28b6939"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Special Envoy is authorized to directly engage with the Maduro regime and its officers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id10c160d2a12f44d18d1b5e1ac4cf5023"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Task Force on Venezuela</header>
<paragraph id="id89a9959371254db68679aa5e68119b32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established an interagency task force, to be known as the <quote>Task Force on Venezuela</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Task Force</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id49bbe43f9efd40e398e82afa05eaa3f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mission</header><text>The primary mission of the Task Force is to support the Special Envoy in the exercise of the duties described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5e0eab6f47144c0e861cb2eaedf11b8e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Task Force shall include representatives of, or liaison officers from, the Department of State, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Members of the Task Force shall be selected from among existing employees of their respective departments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f1706d457054eb2b9dac125f63a8fe6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monthly consultation</header><text>Not later than 30 days after being designated under subsection (a), and every 30 days thereafter, the Special Envoy shall brief and consult with—</text>
<paragraph id="idAAE48131FD11433381CCC6B044A177B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id62E066BF31244333BE69463B35BBA0DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id181A9C9DC4E04CA5A4B561105717430D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3445879668DB4193B8D803A74EB231C2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id8636314f770740828dece7268472ee03"><enum>402.</enum><header>Support for the Lima Group</header>
<subsection id="idB42F8FC4BAD44BBD87A995CA458453BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="id7829281b6d2243e0858681745da34ba5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Lima Group is a diplomatic bloc whose members include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf28d359dd0a74fd596879d421fb088a7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Lima Group—</text> <subparagraph id="idaedbc7c1ad9c432c8d68be3b80c0b8d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has recognized National Assembly President Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0711E4971FF4C589DBA43C637FE0E6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has reaffirmed the authority of the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b801d0353b049709fca775f8b792c40"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has stated that it does not recognize the legitimacy of Nicolás Maduro’s tenure in office beyond January 10, 2019;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0dd26928005749899cf05d51080489ba"><enum>(D)</enum><text>has stated that it does not recognize the legitimacy of Venezuela’s May 20, 2018, presidential election as it did not comply with international standards for a democratic, free, fair, and transparent process;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa6189f3487c495faf89580b27fcb524"><enum>(E)</enum><text>has called on Nicolás Maduro to provisionally transfer executive powers to the National Assembly of Venezuela until new democratic elections are held;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b15e67794564a97b2a5838a790efce1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>has condemned the rupture of the democratic order in Venezuela;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide07a8d60b3c74656b00df84cd363d7a7"><enum>(G)</enum><text>has called on the Maduro regime to accept humanitarian assistance in order to address the country’s growing economic crisis; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7f1d6b4a827f473d9744bc199a5484dc"><enum>(H)</enum><text>reiterated its <quote>conviction that the transition to democracy must be conducted by Venezuelans themselves, peacefully and within the framework of the Constitution and international law, supported by political and diplomatic means, without the use of force.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaf25d38034c14b198fa01be00a808d06"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should conduct diplomatic engagement in support of efforts by the Lima Group to restore democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan people.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idce738afae1654bb0ade174829e561bc7"><enum>403.</enum><header>Accountability for crimes against humanity</header>
<subsection id="ide6d2a1a5d151489ab72c50272044ec27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="idbf74c80874c34dfb88be2436a893ffaf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On July 25, 2017, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States stated <quote>the systematic attack against the civilian population [of Venezuela] includes murders, imprisonment and torture, and it is evident in the eyes of the international community that we are in the presence of crimes against humanity.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide3f68a9f798442b0b5c792ecc870be37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On September 11, 2017, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that Venezuelan security forces may have committed crimes against humanity against protesters and called for a credible international investigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7cb8628ba506479a80eb3aa13d588e67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A November 29, 2017, report by Human Rights Watch documented that Venezuelan security forces had used extreme and, at times, lethal forces against protesters and, once detained, subjected them to abuses ranging from severe beatings to torture involving electric shocks, asphyxiation, and other techniques.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idabea0bfd7aac40c7bc988db3e7a3c45a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On February 8, 2018, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court opened a preliminary examination of the situation in Venezuela as it relates to Venezuelan security forces using excessive force against civilians and the political opposition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id14a2e01921064637956e2d1eb2b4a9ea"><enum>(5)</enum><text>On May 29, 2018, a panel of independent international experts convened by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States found that <quote>there are reasonable grounds that satisfy the standard of proof required by Article 53 of the Rome Statute for considering that acts to which the civilian population of Venezuela was subjected … constitute crimes against humanity</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide79e1cffd12e4281838308369a81f2e0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should conduct robust diplomatic engagement in support of efforts in Venezuela, and on the part of the international community, to ensure accountability for possible crimes against humanity and other violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id895b93ef58a74f5293dd9c173f715360"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="id057850442FEF4FF59B94539830125407"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluates the degree to which the Maduro regime and its officials, including members of the Venezuelan security force, have engaged in actions that constitute crimes against humanity and violations of internationally recognized humanitarian rights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE9F96779904E4297B37FCB187752F717"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides options for holding accountable the perpetrators identified under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5280d66f81154cd285ae6a07790ad2f1"><enum>404.</enum><header>Upholding the Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter</header> <subsection id="id4f7dd0fb9b5d468fa1eb6d13bf043701"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="idb249d044cd8c401cbc03f173fb5fe859"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Article 1 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which was adopted by the Organization of American States in Lima on September 11, 2001, states: <quote>The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf4f254fd883b4e7c893e0397905abf8f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Article 19 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states <quote>an unconstitutional interruption of the democratic order or an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in a member state, constitutes, while it persists, an insurmountable obstacle to its government’s participation in sessions of the General Assembly … and other bodies of the Organization.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idda1b987ddf0649929f9111ae1c5025dc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Article 20 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states the following:</text> <subparagraph id="idbbc3561515a842cdac4db7f7d87be964"><enum>(A)</enum><text><quote>In the event of an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in a member state, any member state or the Secretary General may request the immediate convocation of the Permanent Council to undertake a collective assessment of the situation and to take such decisions as it deems appropriate.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb6cab6ab6a1e467ebd33db117ea14d77"><enum>(B)</enum><text><quote>The Permanent Council, depending on the situation, may undertake the necessary diplomatic initiatives, including good offices, to foster the restoration of democracy.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5492a8856794c8dbcc9ec47997bbe77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Article 21 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter states <quote>When the special session of the General Assembly determines that there has been an unconstitutional interruption of the democratic order of a member state, and that diplomatic initiatives have failed, the special session shall take the decision to suspend said member state.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf834b382439e473fb332cbc27091fdbd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id5457c8eb96f14eb6a605f68bada81bc8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Nicolás Maduro and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela have carried out systematic efforts to undermine, block, and circumvent the authorities and responsibilities of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as mandated in the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb1f5110b48094fb5ad4ab8ee4860d76d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the electoral process convened by the National Electoral Council of Venezuela on May 20, 2018 was not democratic, free, fair, or transparent;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf955356d4d94ed68d21e9f6f4fbf3c9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Nicolás Maduro’s attempt to inaugurate himself for a second term in office on January 10, 2019, was not legitimate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0f1e704b0f0a447db2807d089ffb0766"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such events constitute an unconstitutional alteration of the constitutional regime that seriously impairs the democratic order in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf6a65c338cfa4266a810a0eb69bd07af"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Secretary of State, working through the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, should take additional steps to support ongoing efforts by the Secretary General—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf010be0b7c654b2f852d7923211d5d41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to invoke the Inter-American Democratic Charter; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idadc79dcb290d4962bdbad306a9957191"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to promote diplomatic initiatives to foster the restoration of Venezuelan democracy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf2f845d85d7b497b92c498ad3cb9251d"><enum>405.</enum><header>Support for international election observation and democratic civil society</header>
<subsection id="id79acdc6882be4baa85ea089912749551"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development—</text>
<paragraph id="idce4632209671404d8493eab70b05fa55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall work with the Organization of American States to ensure credible international observation of future elections in Venezuela that contributes to free, fair, and transparent democratic electoral processes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfd5e4197d8594bd187d2988fddc3258e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall work through nongovernmental organizations—</text> <subparagraph id="id0d2bed69964e4d5b9b6b6b667d13f845"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to strengthen democratic governance and institutions, including the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40047B3F092E456AB913DFACE4F22E3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to defend internationally recognized human rights for the people of Venezuela, including support for efforts to document crimes against humanity and violations of human rights;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90c0094cc0e849d58b0b795da8bcb9df"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support the efforts of independent media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and share information beyond the limited channels made available by the Maduro regime; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1aad005768554707ba7bfb9f4b3e4511"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to combat corruption and improve the transparency and accountability of institutions that are part of the Maduro regime.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb800a7d9f83548fabd4e647b6ea8ddac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Voice and vote at the Organization of American States</header><text>The Secretary of State, acting through the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, should advocate and build diplomatic support for sending an election observation mission to Venezuela to ensure that democratic electoral processes are organized and carried out in a free, fair, and transparent manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idbc36be6545074e1290699a87c74a93e4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a strategy to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) to—</text>
<paragraph id="id36CCAB0FAEA1470A80C99DBC2463BBC8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idD758B549A96F4C02AE4C181525184247"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9006CF66C4AE4DE8AE4F8BAB73E44B70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE04BFAE506E4F97B16547CEC3D1AFA4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6013c743211e4d4893612a0543efc5e0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id19cf1fbbff79429b9e37466d4ffca1b7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2019—</text> <subparagraph id="id80a14b0babb34dcfbec05e100d64900f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$500,000 to carry out the activities described in subsection (a)(1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id924bda1e160f4a3899639c37b1211533"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$14,500,000 to carry out the activities described in subsection (a)(2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a0509d337234392a6445051142f1fce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header> <subparagraph id="id9bd08220d66e4e77b537ec058c479135"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President provides notice to the committees listed in subsection (c) of intent to obligate such funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3df6c07d6d441aba3ee02269cb9138f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="id3fd58541e4574dde89b503df9ed6f3c6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the notification requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines that such waiver is in the national security interest of the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="id4c9ec715061046c1b97eaab07931d953"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text>If a waiver is invoked under clause (i), the Secretary of State shall notify the committees listed in subsection (c) of the intention to obligate funds under this section as early as practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Supporting the Reconstruction of Venezuela</header>
<section id="idf60c4bc6ec2642e387050503d0e930b4"><enum>501.</enum><header>Engaging international financial institutions to advance the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy
and energy infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="id4459c2d5dde348039dd9272613df46d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall engage the International Monetary Fund and the Multilateral Development Banks to create a framework for the economic reconstruction of Venezuela, contingent upon the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in the country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd60b02fcc0ea4f0492dd7044a37e5364"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The framework created under subsection (a) should include policy proposals—</text> <paragraph id="id454fc92bd10048cdb7826d9b1bce31e0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide Venezuelans with humanitarian assistance, poverty alleviation, and a social safety net;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide5e032943fc545beb8031680b49de18e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to advance debt restructuring and debt sustainability measures;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idDBAE5D98322D41878AC4F91FDB090F0D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to restore the production and efficient management of Venezuela’s oil industry, including rebuilding energy infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9c123542a6d948069641bd21239aaaaf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to eliminate price controls and market distorting subsidies in the Venezuelan economy; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id5CFA2DA67CE54D11BD86BA70E5DF62BB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to address hyperinflation in Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbd09013d6263495aa938a549fe126a33"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In creating the framework under subsection (a), the President shall consult with relevant stakeholders in the humanitarian (including international and nongovernmental organizations), financial, and energy sectors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id18FCB4CCA2564B4A99F7FB697A8DE43C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that any effort to conduct debt restructuring should—</text> <paragraph id="id20153318AFB744BEBA7C6A00E66A8CD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include discussions with China, which is Venezuela’s biggest creditor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idE1D5109296BC4AF3904AA03D18DB2DF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriately account for China’s and Russia’s high-risk lending to Venezuela.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0c49fa9c29d94121870fdcb44ac34025"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The President may not support lending or financing for Venezuela from the International Monetary Fund and the Multilateral Development Banks until the Secretary of State submits a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> certifying that any such lending or financing—</text>
<paragraph id="id1D46A6AA4B5C4AF99CE624A09F71015B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>would be managed by the Interim President of Venezuela or a new, democratically elected President;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idB6AFC7FB3A694E829477382317DA26C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>would not be used to repay external creditors who are not members of the Group of Seven unless such payments are essential to the restoration of economic stability and democracy in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6077553B32304FEE959C7BFF1D1A527E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>would not benefit the Maduro regime.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id571dcd62bb7b4f069d6605e55f214529"><enum>502.</enum><header>Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people</header> <subsection id="id24dfcf81775442e3a6747e77a408b605"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="ided78cddc756344769bc8add1e0042fd3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Venezuela ranked 169th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2017.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6885acd0429747f5b6eea78f4e0aad9d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In March 2015, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network determined that approximately $2,000,000,000 had been siphoned from Venezuela’s public oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., in conjunction with its designation of the Banca Privada d’Andorra as a Foreign Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idde5705f01c284711b557c787d082853b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, shall advance a coordinated international effort—</text>
<paragraph id="ide097b516ce9e4bf3823cd642644bfd01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out special financial investigations to identify and track assets taken from the people and institutions of Venezuela through theft, corruption, money laundering, or other illicit means; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id488c669c5fe84bb68084692a396a9d94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work with foreign governments—</text> <subparagraph id="idEA1D35A2491F4DF6A6CEB1B986CE743A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to share financial investigations intelligence, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74CC1A7F6A874AC08A7F12A0845F3428"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to block the assets identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D50F5F69AFB462EA906539E7EBBCFC8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to advance necessary civil forfeiture litigation, including providing technical assistance to help governments establish the necessary legal framework to carry out asset forfeitures.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idca5edb32229f4d74bfea5f21f8ce57fb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The coordinated international effort described in subsection (b) shall—</text> <paragraph id="id7c15a2c7754d4c8d9cc0005caad48033"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include input from—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7D78EAE821044BCFB759FD32AFBB03C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB05E6257F3A74298A3F448018739B486"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA73383C29FB45819797B89B575BC896"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Department of Justice;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3194c2525e2d4bfd8abf6e0dc6137816"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify appropriate steps to advance necessary civil forfeiture litigation in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id766d67a5c8664030b7dad035dd32374e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include an assessment of whether the United States or another member of the international community should establish a managed fund to hold the assets identified pursuant to subsection (b)(1) that could be returned to a future democratic government in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4b22b54cf7894d2d93cbcf7db9be1513"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include recommendations for new legislative and regulatory measures in the United States that would be needed to establish and manage the fund described in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf8bf485b31bd429392579bb731ba7da7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (b) to—</text>
<paragraph id="id8500f21cba3d4e7c807f87a632ca8e19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3572BDFED3DD4AD588A48A87943D99A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52C2EC81D0E441EFB05D29792F7027A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8BE0135A1A5B46868B52F6F786BF0697"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6636AA37995849F582843A5EF7CAECE8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9BA8B8F21DF44B36952A2E3E0F003421"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Restoring the Rule of Law in Venezuela</header>
<section id="idbdf9b1240d164f7a96fd208f8b0af9d5"><enum>601.</enum><header>Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western
Hemisphere and the European Union</header>
<subsection id="id12b3d35632204d5291b2d191268d7dee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strengthening sanctions capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean</header><text>The Secretary of State, working through the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, and in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide technical assistance to partner governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to assist such governments in establishing the legislative and regulatory frameworks needed to impose targeted sanctions on officials of the Maduro regime who—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA4A8E4864374C6C8A272BE298D32663"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are responsible for human rights abuses;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id36D7A780820A4D5AA0B91189BF105027"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have engaged in public corruption; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9EA0A6974204410895B8A8F1A74D38A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are undermining democratic institutions and processes in Venezuela.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id759db8502f9c4ac08324be63bb361118"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinating international sanctions</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall engage in diplomatic efforts with partner governments, including the Government of Canada, governments in the European Union, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean, to impose targeted sanctions on the officials described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9f5882a50afc4cc78e03ef73d4af5dbc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) to—</text>
<paragraph id="id4C1189A965A74CB3BF040E1A602E4E7A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id234177354F394629BB0A93A55C7D2601"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB81440A1E21D472AA99E0201EC3638F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52A812D992B24F8CA25F758B153F9555"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28200aca7235454f83b79740881facd4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id2780794682b541ec9ee54884f335f182"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated, to the Department of State, $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfc5dcd5265164a87a4a27a2da9b3f49c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="id3f7d8a560ce2490d9a53fffd05389b09"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which the President provides notice to the committees listed in subsection (c) of the intent to obligate such funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf822e402eb2a4e358c246a2d9176e4db"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<clause id="id6216D2743F1B4E4BA33C0C55B6489B12"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State may waive the requirement under subparagraph (A) if the Secretary of State determines that such waiver is in the national security interest of the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="idF9E1988FE7AD4DDFB8021736DC883D69"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><text>If a waiver is invoked under clause (i), the President shall notify the committees listed in subsection (c) of the intention to obligate funds under this section as early as practicable, but not later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idFA1740BBFB0E4D22ADC2E280EABA88DF"><enum>602.</enum><header>Classified briefing on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and
illicit narcotics trafficking</header>
<subsection id="id538d44a0f78e489c8dde5a58612e0c70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Briefing requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the involvement of senior officials of the Maduro regime, including members of the National Electoral Council, the judicial system, and the Venezuelan security forces, in illicit narcotics trafficking and acts of corruption in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7e2b935322074b5f8628689de450b1a5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The briefing provided under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="idbab2b1ea62c3412f94939dc70e7c8e18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe how the acts of corruption described in the report pose challenges for United States national security and impact the rule of law and democratic governance in countries of the Western Hemisphere;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6819c65a3f8546e0b7962ade99d7b422"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify individuals that frustrate the ability of the United States to combat illicit narcotics trafficking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC828228FAED0427FB4ED0D92DBF4AFD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include an assessment of the relationship between individuals identified under subsection (a) and Nicolás Maduro or members of his cabinet; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idecd5c2b39c194c068f3c3701cff2e00e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include input from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16F834CE20824575AEC2D7F78BD72E3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id3179F0D227994ADF8A1A5CC401A2F6E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9CFAFAF3DAAE492C8ACEB2FCF69EF570"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4C430F92FD3E4127AF6F1D06A5CFB0B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE586556983DE4FA4AFA8C6ABFDA22B8B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbcddac1b7ec145cab4ee985fd62262ba"><enum>603.</enum><header>Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance</header> <subsection id="id119a1b31a7d449baa2e9a074d7ab679d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note), which was signed on March 8, 2015, established sanctions against individuals responsible for undermining democratic processes and institutions and involved in acts of public corruption that were not included in the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4417e0af2ade46beb6a4212d3eb95d36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text>Section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id72828da4fc484007bdb8ecf95b5b5e95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="id3B0CE52F68D4453C824379AE84818CE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Government of Venezuela</quote> and inserting <quote>Maduro regime (as defined in section 4 of the <short-title>Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019</short-title>)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBBCEE18E67DA4D179B358DF0B75E9B54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that Government</quote> and inserting <quote>that regime</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id18DB1416B1E347A4978B681BCAD597D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5edf81374c2245a687e6b25514dccc48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id245f81113404447a820d484394e505d3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFR00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5de831b8636409faf2827d33e2b7854" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id554e15db46a5462f9fb6a06e8a7dce01"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, significant actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9b399833dfff402aadffce6c9b5a5a25"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a government official, or a senior associate of such an official, that is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption, including the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions; or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id23f2c7087a33482d85b98cdb8deddcee"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraph (1) or (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd83297eb02754927b9a00cb9cc59fe61"><enum>604.</enum><header>Public information about sanctioned officials</header> <subsection id="id940ba90e41744eda99749a72c2513eda"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to Congress that describes the total assessed value of blocked assets of Venezuelans designated under sanctions authorized under—</text>
<paragraph id="idFDB8FFB5971F4EB3B6A90DBF037B8296"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (title VIII of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/120">Public Law 106–120</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1901">21 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA6767046B6F8499B9BE97D8421E4E8E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE34519D98D243D6BA6D6AA489090A28"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) and 13850.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4c469dbe142a42488dac9ae361c59688"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>Reports submitted under subsection (a) should provide descriptions of specific cases that are most representative of the endemic corruption and illicit financial activities occurring in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3b407667cabe4b83889ee1d546ea0a64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Subsequent reports</header><text>The Secretary of Treasury is not required to submit an updated report to Congress under subsection (a) unless, since the submission of the preceding report—</text>
<paragraph id="id7762ACE2742645909246DA4171C69E64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there has been meaningful change in the value of blocked assets; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idAD90C22D3ED44C4F86A890E44664148A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>additional individuals have been targeted for sanctions under the authorities listed in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6ce95a5b77cf4256844d8507b61ab7c8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Briefings</header><text>If the Secretary of Treasury exercises the exception described in subsection (c), the Secretary of the Treasury, or designee, shall immediately brief Congress regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="id9E1986FC03B449C6B32661196F0BFB2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the decision to exercise the exception; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id5357E7E99FA045CCB7BEBD2EE4C575F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>information related to the value of blocked assets described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idACEDD869DD634CFC8CDA9173E858EF7A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Form</header><text>Reports required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idb549515c7a114c32a670c363c0a30a7d"><enum>605.</enum><header>Financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt</header>
<subsection id="id367bb24159da4e19a4e56fe42272b4b4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13808 (82 Fed. Reg. 41155), which was signed on August 24, 2017, established sanctions against the Maduro regime’s ability to issue public debt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idBE54837EF0B94406882CD5B4822206F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section and in sections 606 and 608:</text> <paragraph id="id85aa627b4067421d84cc32d55a971e63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0298a5f231c9415db7a28b6fa00f9ff3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3367d1273bda45e4b7a79c5b9168ca9d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0485F078E2F460685AB133EC6BD6AED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States citizen;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75378E9E13A14078AF6745717CE07FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03E9BD9E10634B8995CAF741296D7EB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of any such entity); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0F4170AE5F6D4DA9AACFEE9669E0BFD9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any person physically located in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idea09baa561ce4d118c98101db7f0f662"><enum>(c)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may prohibit, in the United States or by a United States person—</text>
<paragraph id="id1549f29d421046a2a4bdfe8b8556cd89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any transaction related to, provision of financing for, or other dealing in—</text> <subparagraph id="idcbbc76c9bae94af4b584d40bd5164f67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>debt instruments with a maturity of greater than 90 days issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idff58d1e34b854ba0a6047ab4969055bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>debt instruments with a maturity of greater than 30 days or equity issued by the Maduro regime on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, excluding debt instruments issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., that are not covered under subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ec18abbf1da4794998d0f44d71b95e5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>bonds issued by the Maduro regime before the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7008089bd56a4ace93ad6919df48df90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>dividend payments or other distributions of profits to the Maduro regime from any entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Maduro regime;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01d8dfe362c744ad9022861d589c8abd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the direct or indirect purchase of securities from the Maduro regime, except for—</text> <subparagraph id="id1f1494a5a02149ddbb40c48cdba790c9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>securities qualifying as debt instruments issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that are not described in paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd50c853ab16f4343a02e6ae70c6630fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>securities qualifying as debt instruments issued by the Maduro regime on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that are not described in paragraph (1)(B);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd17cbaa843e2424c9e048ad2c4e3aff6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate a prohibition under paragraph (1) or (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idebb5e9039d4a407c86cc56b3972525f7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any conspiracy to violate a prohibition under paragraph (1), (2), or (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id023c9cea436f41b4a588df7546544529"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should waive the prohibitions described in subsection (c) and in Executive Order 13808 if the related debt instruments, bonds, or securities have been approved or ratified by the democratically elected National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9c12181b1554488a88b5c5b2b82edcfd"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation; penalties</header>
<paragraph id="idfd912840ce66459aad0f7384955fd744"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The President may exercise all authorities described in sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3dd9533ea632424bbdadb4aa090768f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id79a82228483041608beb5b8c5582bfa4"><enum>606.</enum><header>Additional financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt</header>
<subsection id="id73b34f8a6b334937896f97b2fb65dadb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13835 (83 Fed. Reg. 24001), which was signed on May 21, 2018, established additional sanctions against transactions involving the Maduro regime’s existing public debt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8FA7495333C2473C8CF4D10EE80513C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The President may prohibit a United States person or any person within the United States from—</text> <paragraph id="id1C64DF93DD5145F6AF6110D7A8516352"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchasing any debt owed to the Maduro regime, including accounts receivable;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id466C844154D24F9A8C7909B6CA3E5E77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entering into any transaction related to any debt owed to the Maduro regime that is pledged as collateral after May 21, 2018, including accounts receivable; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDD08B1F2E6EB4DDC9D3E370D0F508E53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>entering into any transaction involving the selling, transferring, assigning, or pledging as collateral by the Maduro regime of any equity interest in any entity in which the Maduro regime has a 50 percent or greater ownership interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84605df56bf34f3ba392e25b3ef234d5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should waive the prohibitions described in subsection (a) and in Executive Order 13835 if transactions involving related debt instruments, bonds, or securities have been approved or ratified by the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id65C58DBBE88E4BD3882702EA57C56B29"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to enforce the prohibition set forth in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1e86280ed1e9490fa62ac7926982ae5c"><enum>607.</enum><header>Expanding kingpin sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money laundering</header>
<subsection id="id7214ee2490544e29a09e2e294920fe08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="id7f6656704882453ca43803b4864f4faf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>On February 13, 2017, the Department of the Treasury designated Venezuelan nationals Tareck El Aissami (the current Vice President of Venezuela) and Samark López Bello pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1901">21 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6f16cad0a7aa4af4bc8510d4825eaa8b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On May 7, 2018, the Department of the Treasury designated Venezuelan nationals Pedro Luis Martin, Walter Alexander del Nogal, and Mario Antonio Rodríguez pursuant to such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id221ebcca52d54f5f8e91eaf93641012d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Financial sanctions expansion</header>
<paragraph id="id844909e087454548aef7012376e90e08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall expand investigations, intelligence collection, and analysis pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1901">21 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.) to facilitate the identification and support the application of sanctions against—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02f3005646294a9882f2b7aa6250df45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>significant foreign narcotics traffickers, their organizations and networks; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe41a86ee3bf4d1fade035e4aef24dd0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the foreign persons who provide material, financial, or technological support to such traffickers, organizations, and networks.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id752a2ffe73ef47ff8d0a5ef75fad7d63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Targets</header><text>The efforts described in paragraph (1) shall specifically target—</text> <subparagraph id="id3894440F804E4A0A9DE71C43AE62D119"><enum>(A)</enum><text>senior members of the Maduro regime, including military officers, involved in narcotics trafficking and money laundering;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id128BC20B50984D539E8F0F246D9CD8B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations and networks that are operating in Venezuela; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05DF8195623645B4828F7235D893AD56"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the foreign persons who provide material, financial, or technological support to such traffickers, organizations, and networks that are operating in Venezuela.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5540ac7f380a4e5dba8ea5ab537a3779"><enum>608.</enum><header>Sanctions on the Maduro regime’s trade in gold</header>
<subsection id="idfeeb5b17ddee468285722ee73bce2a86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13850, which was signed on November 1, 2018, established sanctions against the gold sector of the Venezuelan economy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6032520B84F94BF59BEDDDC012058636"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions authorized</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, may block and prohibit the transfer, payment, exportation, withdrawal, or other disposition of all property and interests in property of any person that operates in the gold sector of the Venezuelan economy if such property is in the United States, comes into the United States, or is or comes within the possession or control of any United States person.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idDF799D177B0F4522A81DB252C23E5943"><enum>609.</enum><header>Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft</header>
<subsection id="idf3087dba7c8047798268a1f9f1c75ba3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="ida5d6c9321e3d4702a2ad7c98564da1da"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In late 2016, Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (referred to in this section as <quote>PDVSA</quote>), through a no compete transaction, secured a loan from Russian government-controlled oil company Rosneft, using 49.9 percent of PDVSA’s American subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, including its assets in the United States, as collateral. As a result of this transaction, 100 percent of CITGO is held as collateral by PDVSA’s creditors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida8cff926225a4820b1fd51cc645a2081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>CITGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of PDVSA, is engaged in interstate commerce and owns and controls critical energy infrastructure in 19 States of the United States, including an extensive network of pipelines, 48 terminals, and 3 refineries, with a combined oil refining capacity of 749,000 barrels per day. CITGO’s refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is the sixth largest refinery in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf44304e92e62445583092c85a22cea3d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Rosneft, which is controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation, and its Executive Chairman, Igor Sechin, following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7f3328b6e45e4f18a919d4f35daba60a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security has designated the energy sector as critical to United States infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idadf7af463b594b4dbf1fcc82ecc53467"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The growing economic crisis in Venezuela raises the probability that the Maduro regime and PDVSA will default on their international debt obligations, resulting in a scenario in which Rosneft could come into control of CITGO’s United States energy infrastructure holdings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa5c193f2f6743bc955f95884fa3e572"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id6589788b47da41dfab2207c557f25ee6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>control of critical United States energy infrastructure by Rosneft, a Russian government-controlled entity currently under United States sanctions that is led by Igor Sechin, who is also under United States sanctions and is a close associate of Vladimir Putin, would pose a significant risk to United States national security and energy security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcd6aa7f328154868a8dc83b4ea36282d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a default by PDVSA on its loan from Rosneft, resulting in Rosneft coming into possession of PDVSA’s United States CITGO assets, would warrant careful consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id131717b094044dc3aaa2e99271d508e1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preventing Rosneft from controlling United States energy infrastructure</header><text>The President shall take all necessary steps to prevent Rosneft from gaining control of critical United States energy infrastructure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id136ccfa5fdb24e2f8bae47d91fcacbc6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security risk assessment</header>
<paragraph id="id12BCED56F23B492199AB47A28D190AF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall conduct an assessment of the security risks posed by Russian control of CITGO’s United States energy infrastructure holdings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcd8b435cd2944c88860a0a5f0d5ba5ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that contains the results of the assessment conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id23685a79fb464d50be085a3f051b2d22"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Review of CITGO transactions</header><text>If PDVSA defaults on its debt obligations, the Secretary of the Treasury should review CITGO’s transactions with United States persons to assess and ensure compliance with United States sanctions policies and regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id4d2627f176b3467399f824f4f3190586"><enum>610.</enum><header>Classified briefing on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id64d83b2f6eb1422982e9a716d002f417"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on—</text>
<paragraph id="id7CE6EE3BE75D475BB2CEAF5B05390760"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the full extent of cooperation by the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of Cuba, and the Government of Iran with the Maduro regime; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddf134eba99624314bb650bd0c87f6c87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the activities inside Venezuelan territory of foreign armed groups, including Colombian criminal organizations and defectors from the Colombian guerilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and foreign terrorist organizations, including the Colombian guerilla group known as the National Liberation Army (ELN).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE1AC36D3A3764DBD82E24C7AAD8754D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="idC646739EBC354AA8A1022DCD6432845D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idABE6EBCE65A04E1DB417381DDCB86E87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE19BC6D7A8F7441EBF67D24DCBE799E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2154E7964DB44C482250EB3944B65A0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Cryptocurrency Sanctions and Ensuring the Effectiveness of United States Sanctions</header> <section id="id9617b6c5054f4d2c9bd601f07c51ad76"><enum>701.</enum><header>Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies</header> <subsection id="id3327bc70566f451d86aa41ce6ffbc655"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13827 (83 Fed. Reg. 12469), which was signed on March 19, 2018, established sanctions against the Maduro regime’s ability to issue a digital currency in an effort to circumvent United States sanctions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8CD4D792D6E94246827C574BF0AF1535"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="idE623EF905F2A4696B05ED065611583E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5DB1BA15B3324FFEB960FC5D39B052F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58DA68032D2245958CD637337986EE0C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCB11D26DE404571905DC411D37FB3F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States citizen;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id345DC5826D7345389783B4DFCEE5D599"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03BF2D8495CD4C2B83E4B7E0290E4A63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of any such entity); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CF95175B6444E2AB602B91F64277BE7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any person physically located in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id77d12357abf14989ba5f41527ce33080"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition of certain transactions</header> <paragraph id="id9E2474CEA72A4350984E2D1FFD5EEECF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All transactions by a United States person or within the United States that relate to, provide financing for, provide software for, or otherwise deal in any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Maduro regime are prohibited beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id039bb061829e4bb089fa417d352f53f9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The prohibitions under paragraph (1) shall apply to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this Act, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id752F43553CCF4A1296C12286BB26DBDD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this subsection is prohibited. Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this subsection is prohibited.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida0561e0048694cc69d54349a3698e4b7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="id2B91BB1BA1344426891C2C5EDA29CA72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEE7E307F109C4F00954FE659DC58B58F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of the functions described in paragraph (1) to other officers and executive departments and agencies of the United States Government. All agencies of the United States Government shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7366ba5d95a34667902137d61429da70"><enum>702.</enum><header>Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions</header>
<subsection id="id48689402a0a744858e00add2f02ea387"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="idb154dfd64ccf4035b861fcba7b2c1d5d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4f2aef2eb0df4d6f9d2f34556391138c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id605ea095027c4dab9cb50acf9e62739e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27555d8b9486405eb08da418ca7bb24f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide94771be680a4acfbcf2b7a2dcb8e91f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that provides an assessment on how digital currencies affect the effectiveness of United States sanctions around the world.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idec6e3a032f3f46e2b64ac819f6fc4c2c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (b) shall—</text> <paragraph id="id3eb88da5b9a9436788bc99b0cdcf5841"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe any global efforts, including efforts by states, state-sponsored actors, and non-state-sponsored actors, to utilize digital currencies to evade or circumvent United States sanctions, including through the direct or indirect use of products or services of United States based technology, software, or financial services firms; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide46ed682a2d4404d9c5eb7526ab74463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include recommendations for new legislative and regulatory measures needed to strengthen the United States Government’s ability to prevent states, state-sponsored actors, and non-state-sponsored actors from using digital currencies to evade or circumvent United States sanctions, including through the direct or indirect use of products or services of United States based technology, software, or financial services firms.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf9fdefb466dc44859fe83c46a9990753"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<section id="id6DC19122E1C44186BF726B7361F37839"><enum>801.</enum><header>Congressional briefings</header>
<subsection id="id52908819013841E092E98067FEDA6C3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Humanitarian assistance; sanctioned coordination</header>
<paragraph id="idA6F32BD13DBE40E5A3A47AD71AF6AC43"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after any congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 201, 202, 203, or 601, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF002E0255BEB4DE4A1D0C8955FD15492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id4CBD07A9BE8E4EF8B53514CD01E2D579"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6BC28606CAE0415590858C4D9930B5BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB53E3E767C534322A8485F1D1749DA36"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA609D80E94F14A4CB3435BFB90417E50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF52E986A2D78494EBC2B7F770CC6C10B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United Nations; negotiated solution; crimes against humanity</header> <paragraph id="id2605B22D3F5E44DE8CC89552475203B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after any congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 103, 204, or 403, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFE0D750877E648ACA1AB9847C5EAF1B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id2B6664C9E2AB47DBAD08F11A5ECD7BB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB542BA5A478C4364BFC62A2B2B93B63A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id869026CDEEC94FF8B4BB365ACD4C6F66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regime cohesion; corruption and narcotics trafficking; foreign government activities</header> <paragraph id="id69CBB63DD62A43C2ADF8B4DCF999A014"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 301, 602, or 610, the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id99FF9EDF35224160BF2515DC4C7E37D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="idAFE468198EBC4CDAA899BD745924D687"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3D3E6148514423783C98A3F58C75D47"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3208849F959B49E6A0C79BD1A3CA9CD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECF5740151E4416C9D0ED138FE0D7377"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67520CDEB0B648EB924E80B536337C69"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International election observation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under subsection (a)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 405, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idDF399D7D3E944DA38DA9A02971885916"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Visa restrictions; sanctions waiver</header><text>Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under subsection (b)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 302 or 303, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id646B1010C6CA468FBAAACBD906A96D5A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reconstruction of Venezuela's energy infrastructure</header>
<paragraph id="idFDE97B6895E84F23948FD184263A8B0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 501, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC0DDF035533341F3AF8D2E5F5EDB7B1E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id71BCC90C49B24D8DA4384D129BE3D7A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA1AA0CFD01AD4C31A7A1B83579138E2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0AEB330E5F1B43F493FDD31D38BAF1B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE4FCF30F2FE4539B20B96526BF229B4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA1B81EC911714DFC82E3C007D8BC228B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Recovery of stolen assets</header> <paragraph id="idE38508EDBEA24726ACFA1C2A2284BBA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 502, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id577D483737C145DC889081D6E6EE2B7E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id523C3FF5A2424AE3B7D22160E3E3B394"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id950A346AE6714F63BA6616BCE3DFD321"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66CDFCD67E3848058564509E6260847E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0A0986BFCC74DE6AA53C105C502F347"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E79D1B03D334B2495EE812BC162522E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B49233922ED4CA2ACCDCD2CB668E5E7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id93F814D6AAFC4C95BEA36C5598F66364"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Financial sanctions</header> <paragraph id="id8310C2C77C8042BE989414BFD89B4C6A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 605, 606, or 608, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAD97C123ED7D44318A1DDF7BB7344148"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id64AFD4B6B01246D586E44872CD768E1C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4C61801691EF42EBA4BAB3C21D60B197"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D1E1FF26BF64B95894116CC6A502242"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE2CB64DE9244C4A9586E954215DAA8C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63F45CE2F8314D308D1469B59EE6A35B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Kingpin sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under subsection (h)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 607, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7C247AACCBAD426DBD4AFB56E82F516A"><enum>(j)</enum><header>PDVSA transactions with Rosneft</header>
<paragraph id="id7E031563C2BF49C393932C3E07887750"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 609, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE7E58308DF44A018D5C5BB61BB47C65"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed under this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id724DE602197F4B48AF48D5A9DF82EBAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11C986113DAC4447A39B47FD253060F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D86E4DBBD8F4D188F75F668F1148E4A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7C58839005E4C82A94AE03987742AA9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4DB7A2EF95A2436283EABCEA01270DAC"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Cryptocurrency sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed under subsection (h)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 701 or 702, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idFCD5E23905C2468EB8324E5AB524946F"><enum>802.</enum><header>Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id0AE9B7B20DA8434BA0E272FAE6B82B4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 5(e) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2025</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idD5836FC5BF1D4891BF2FD79DA9A5C306"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The requirement to impose sanctions under this Act shall terminate on December 31, 2025.</text></subsection></section> 1.Short titles; table of contents (a)This Act may be cited as the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019
or the VERDAD Act of 2019
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents.TITLE I—Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and recognition of the Venezuelan National AssemblySec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela.Sec. 102. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly.Sec. 103. Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis.TITLE II—Humanitarian relief for VenezuelaSec. 201. Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people.Sec. 202. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.Sec. 203. Sanctions exceptions for humanitarian assistance.Sec. 204. Coordination and distribution of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela.TITLE III—Addressing regime cohesionSec. 301. Classified report on declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime.Sec. 302. Additional restrictions on visas.Sec. 303. Waiver for sanctioned officials that recognize the Interim President of Venezuela.TITLE IV—Restoring democracy and addressing the political crisis in VenezuelaSec. 401. Support for the Organization of American States and the Lima Group.Sec. 402. Accountability for crimes against humanity.Sec. 403. Support for international election observation and democratic civil society.TITLE V—Supporting the reconstruction of VenezuelaSec. 501. Engaging international financial institutions to advance the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy and energy infrastructure.Sec. 502. Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people.TITLE VI—Restoring the rule of law in VenezuelaSec. 601. Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western Hemisphere and the European Union.Sec. 602. Classified briefing on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and illicit narcotics trafficking.Sec. 603. Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance.Sec. 604. Public information about sanctioned officials.Sec. 605. Financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt.Sec. 606. Additional financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt.Sec. 607. Expanding kingpin sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money laundering.Sec. 608. Sanctions on the Maduro regime’s trade in gold.Sec. 609. Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft.Sec. 610. Classified briefing on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Venezuela.Sec. 611. Countering Russian influence in Venezuela.Sec. 612. Restriction on export of covered articles and services to certain security forces of Venezuela.TITLE VII—Cryptocurrency sanctions and ensuring the effectiveness of United States sanctionsSec. 701. Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies.Sec. 702. Briefing on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions.TITLE VIII—Miscellaneous provisionsSec. 801. Congressional briefings.Sec. 802. Sanctions implementation and penalties.Sec. 803. Prohibition on construction of provisions of this Act as an authorization for the use of military force.Sec. 804. Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela. <enum>I<?LEXA-Enum I?></enum><header>Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and recognition of the Venezuelan National Assembly</header> <section id="idc9bf004f-e218-47b5-a9fc-4eb3c5ad9162"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela</header> <subsection id="id852ce314-3016-4e60-95b9-722751efca2c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="idb148bae3-b56b-4b12-a215-3f6ab226c631"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Venezuela’s electoral event on May 20, 2018 was characterized by widespread fraud and did not comply with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8acb1e55-52d8-437a-99c2-95ae70d5bf03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela’s May 20, 2018 electoral event, Nicolás Maduro’s tenure as President of Venezuela ended on January 10, 2019.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id322be4ce-4677-40c0-a029-6c61ddad9cde"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on January 15, 2019 that terminated Nicolás Maduro’s authority as the President of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7c946267-4694-4a41-a4c4-0dc0a128aaf1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On January 23, 2019, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc313b923-12bd-4463-9e26-22368ee2080b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress—</text> <paragraph id="id39b0d5f8-1713-4173-9174-e7c56c9d4c10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Parliament to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6e954631-52dc-4061-bcc6-fbc8ccbf37da"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in the shortest possible period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id461e623d-3459-43ed-9ef9-6b767f5f4315"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that the Organization of American States, with support from the United States Government and partner governments, should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc1daf40c-d818-4ae5-966c-71f18c5cd05d"><enum>102.</enum><header>Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly</header>
<subsection id="idd92df7d1-0397-492b-bfad-e6ce5b6b8324"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic elections that were held on December 6, 2015.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1005c481-bbd4-4ef8-ad95-37a17183e437"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly is the only national level democratic institution remaining in the country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id02f16f5d-d3e5-44f0-aec4-1e6c023c8936"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to recognize the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela as the only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idca23595d-4100-44dc-8a2e-a6c9e87f2fa4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance to Venezuela’s National Assembly</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall prioritize efforts to provide technical assistance to support the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela in accordance with section 404.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idbd348888-2482-4df6-a032-4c66dfb71f33"><enum>103.</enum><header>Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis</header>
<subsection id="id8d1c6dcd-a0b5-480f-a399-db4c29dc6850"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id8a9fb879-55fc-43f9-8faf-bbdc78e2b4d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>direct, credible negotiations led by the Interim President of Venezuela and members of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8eb58c9e-27f0-4df4-9e1f-d42a5d1272cf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are supported by stakeholders in the international community that have recognized the Interim President of Venezuela;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1cdf464a-03d4-42fd-b95c-89b30102682a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the input and interests of Venezuelan civil society; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0ea67f79-911f-496d-a8eb-564944668aeb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>represent the best opportunity to reach a solution to the Venezuelan crisis that includes—</text>
<clause id="id2825252c-c636-4076-ab58-ae2c020f39e5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>holding a new presidential election that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process;</text>
</clause><clause id="idaa2589c6-a331-429e-9a88-2b45a8b65474"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ending Nicolás Maduro’s usurpation of presidential authorities;</text> </clause><clause id="id21e1d316-ab02-42a9-8264-9c7e468beba0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>restoring democracy and the rule of law;</text>
</clause><clause id="id29a373eb-13d4-4c62-8d90-b89ccaa2756d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>freeing political prisoners; and</text> </clause><clause id="id157e3f12-6290-4e35-a33f-118f923b3e2a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9247676-db70-43a2-85c6-820f543df9db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>dialogue between the Maduro regime and representatives of the political opposition that commenced in October 2017, and were supported by the Governments of Mexico, of Chile, of Bolivia, and of Nicaragua, did not result in an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly participate in the process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b00f9c6-8ab3-4ead-bcf7-f339d3c9fa8e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>negotiations between the Maduro regime and representatives of the political opposition that commenced in October 2016, and were supported by the Vatican, did not result in an agreement because the Maduro regime failed to credibly participate in the process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb71c1885-771a-4010-8610-444a3668c7db"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to support diplomatic engagement in order to advance a negotiated and peaceful solution to Venezuela’s political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that is described in subsection (a)(1).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Humanitarian relief for Venezuela</header>
<section id="ida518b293-4b67-48c4-ad62-38bd23c83f18"><enum>201.</enum><header>Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people</header>
<subsection id="idb602214a-7852-4a11-9228-718049de3f9e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="id0407dff4-cf07-432a-834c-0086fae7f3a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States Government should expand efforts to peacefully address Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id844785e4-8d1b-49ad-a083-a0861d819938"><enum>(2)</enum><text>humanitarian assistance—</text> <subparagraph id="id52409d0a-6d90-4e6b-9654-b0a40b11455c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>should be targeted toward those most in need and delivered through partners that uphold internationally recognized humanitarian principles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8cd28410-14ca-4cd8-a9d9-c23be392ae70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should not be passed through the control or distribution mechanisms of the Maduro regime.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id70720fa1-1de2-4430-835e-c4f8c2cbffd6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Humanitarian relief</header>
<paragraph id="id2E4CEB1D9F2E43CE96CC1CDF1B63E5BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="id86BE60DE5F14444EB4A6CB643379CB28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>humanitarian assistance to individuals and communities in Venezuela, including—</text>
<clause id="id4a22adc4-04eb-41fd-8bd7-9bd17cb3a935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public health commodities and services, including medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9cbbdf5d-0f15-4115-ac07-3be31b73a75b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>basic food commodities and nutritional supplements needed to address growing malnutrition and improve food security for the people of Venezuela, with a specific emphasis on the most vulnerable populations; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id84f87b6c-3e39-408e-b505-67ea0a584b45"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>technical assistance to ensure that health and food commodities are appropriately selected, procured, targeted, and distributed; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idda35f077d7444698b610997fd01ace41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Venezuelans and hosting communities, as appropriate, in neighboring countries with humanitarian aid, such as—</text>
<clause id="id8f72c0cccb044a0fb00e55602a2657fc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>urgently needed health and nutritional assistance, including logistical and technical assistance to hospitals and health centers in affected communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="ida5aa9f92ed3a4c0caefe9f84a0cbb7b0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>food assistance for vulnerable individuals, including assistance to improve food security for affected communities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4c63274e52244cc082223486be0f4d4b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>hygiene supplies and sanitation services.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7eb54c6b25114bdd85048c62a2d22ca2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aid to Venezuelans in neighboring countries</header><text>The aid described in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id74f7e1658f4a48508f4e4c50d2e3aa2b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be provided—</text> <clause id="id402a6ddb1f5d45f7aca80f8627423aa5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>directly to Venezuelans in neighboring countries, including countries of the Caribbean; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id786d0207af774259a6a173d2c8b76605"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>indirectly through the communities in which the Venezuelans reside; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24bf56b11c574a188ecd9758d118528f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should focus on the most vulnerable Venezuelans in neighboring countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id444253b2-6561-4d3a-8c0e-9bdde426fe36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Humanitarian assistance strategy update</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit, to the appropriate congressional committees, an update to the Venezuela humanitarian assistance strategy described in the conference report accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/6">Public Law 116–6</external-xref>), to cover a 2-year period and include—</text>
<paragraph id="idaadfdbb8d0b143d3bd1dec4258044587"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the United States humanitarian assistance provided under this section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idA725B13FB6EF4130AA0B802A3DE45521"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of United States diplomatic efforts to ensure support from international donors, including regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean, for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b3bddb4c83843949c6c2ab0353529a2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the identification of governments that are willing to provide financial and technical assistance for the provision of such humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela and a description of such assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3d0128c5a86d411a8f26db8ab7b308ba"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the identification of the financial and technical assistance to be provided by multilateral institutions, including the United Nations humanitarian agencies, the Pan American Health Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank, and a description of such assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f19f6648e4a49d3b8cfd050f3c26761"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Diplomatic engagement</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work with relevant foreign governments and multilateral organizations to coordinate a donors summit and carry out diplomatic engagement to advance the strategy required under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf44425ec-dcb5-450f-ac16-a8eb7a57eff2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCF608F333554467784314F1F59237DBE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id9A0FFF86A1094052AF1E2CC399EDBA7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id56793E6D0B954CC19ED8CEC66CADBC53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idBEB3A33C47DD4BD1A381E1FAA99DC927"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D4218C9E7B34BF2B3BE0FDCCC68F808"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id02e08e62-4af9-4814-a307-065d874603bf"><enum>202.</enum><header>Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela</header> <subsection id="ide9624b20-33aa-4b03-bead-407e71d18862"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies should conduct and publish independent assessments of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ida31b4a5c-0cd9-4c7c-992f-eac98a0e4a7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies in Venezuela;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id114b8719-9507-43ca-832d-6538f6fd958a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment of communicable diseases; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f600379-6157-4a4f-a230-0ba9300f4b96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified in paragraph (1) and to improve the health indicators referred to in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddfd0ef85-5296-4f21-83d5-59cd0f863ebe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United Nations Resident Coordinator</header><text>The President should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to support the efforts of the Resident Coordinator for Venezuela in a manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="id2BB7BB5FF1DE4A9B918A42EA84B8E1D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3F1C6634A65A4390941E8B491FF1AECC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advances humanitarian efforts in Venezuela and for Venezuelans residing in neighboring countries.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb11e82fe-a47f-4cf6-b443-4a0011989023"><enum>203.</enum><header>Sanctions exceptions for humanitarian assistance</header> <subsection id="id8b11ad0e-2506-4deb-9871-998f1edb0787"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idd8c6d8b2-7c9e-4be2-8efb-4a0b05f7fe14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural commodity</header><text>The term <term>agricultural commodity</term> has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5602">7 U.S.C. 5602</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1157754b-5660-4af0-af09-f974014776b3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Medical device</header><text>The term <term>medical device</term> has the meaning given the term <term>device</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id38414fb4-6cc9-4ebe-a611-0692d6f41510"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Medicine</header><text>The term <term>medicine</term> has the meaning given the term <term>drug</term> in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9241df1b-4755-4215-9927-a7063d22cc64"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any transaction, not otherwise prohibited by under part V of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or any Executive order relating to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note), for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Venezuela, or for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela, and any transaction that is ordinarily incidental or necessary to any such transaction, regardless of whether the transaction or provision of humanitarian assistance originate in, or have a connection to, the United States, shall be exempt from United States sanctions, including sanctions described in—</text>
<paragraph id="id026c7985-89dd-4939-bfe6-19fab5bac691"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 603, 605, 606, 608, and 701;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id33368bc2-e321-40b8-a691-7d68b18fe3ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc3bac97b-6540-406d-82ed-70ef7cb0640b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13808 and 13850.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb6b87e4c6a8a4955abc7abbaf518ff09"><enum>204.</enum><header>Coordination and distribution of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela</header> <subsection id="idce879d4b92f848cd84572409c7a2c17c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Humanitarian Assistance to the Venezuelan People Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id46d43bf5a6ae4f4e92027cf12c5e084a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id730708c1b28c4e408ce76965bae089cb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id94e4c994a77c40faaa102ff9fbb481d7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id05d619b097ec4e78910ad54da529cbc8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0a557714ddb84d90a7c8fb60dd9b8d13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4e3207026ec44b47b9af55719a10f56b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on the coordination and distribution of humanitarian assistance to the people of venezuela including strategy on future efforts</header> <paragraph id="id089c7f72e6a3486bbed99974e61fe5f4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that evaluates the delivery and coordination of humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela, whether residing in Venezuela or elsewhere in the Western Hemisphere.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idad4f2fdcfb574ceb855dd0f5ebc313ca"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id581241b76dcc4cf39bf1005cddd1308c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify how United States Agency for International Development and Department of State best practices are being utilized in providing humanitarian assistance to Venezuela and countries in the region;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac850a35332c4c4dbc4f8cb4fba9cfa8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the current and anticipated challenges to distributing humanitarian assistance in Venezuela and countries hosting Venezuelan migrants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idce922c57fb7d40ac855294411f44afa8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe how the distribution of humanitarian assistance is being monitored and evaluated, including—</text>
<clause id="id9F639924966D40EFB9A308CADA4C2EEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of beneficiaries receiving such assistance;</text> </clause><clause id="id937BABDE713947E2999C513118D7BA8E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an assessment of how humanitarian and development assistance is benefitting Venezuelan migrants inside and outside of the country; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idA22919F7F7C947E1BB2A092405F953D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>what additional staff may be necessary to manage such assistance.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Addressing regime cohesion</header> <section id="idad36e838-319b-4416-8720-63ccbff81966"><enum>301.</enum><header>Classified report on declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime</header> <subsection id="id57dd06c0-14ff-46b3-8b19-16154b3c818d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit a classified report to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses the declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and security forces and the Maduro regime.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf271a2fb-ad7b-4272-9be8-41250c2235bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The report submitted under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="id09137941-2755-4808-bb19-d3b23f5dc89e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify senior members of the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime, including generals, admirals, cabinet ministers, deputy cabinet ministers, and the heads of intelligence agencies, whose loyalty to Nicolás Maduro is declining;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2f2b2e2c-9bf4-4501-bc7f-959cce76d83c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe the factors that would accelerate the decision making of individuals identified in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1b6bf343-869d-4c73-9783-e32ab7dd87e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to break with the Maduro regime; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf2987a2-7632-4d82-ba81-9157eec9f32a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to recognize the Interim President of Venezuela and his government; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id888ab71a-9dac-40dc-bd6b-e60a72c51ff6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess and detail the massive number of desertions and defections that have occurred at the officer and enlisted levels inside the Venezuelan military and security forces.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8d75764095f245a6a9e8a67133ad80ed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing requirement</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide a classified briefing to appropriate congressional committees on the subject matter described in subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idcbf47138-b460-4b63-a624-d450e2009d90"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id84849445-02bb-48b7-9066-31c44a925050"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4bef1504-51f0-426a-b9d7-760a43de269c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6b8ee375-3fbc-4d77-a23c-40e32e204ef5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id81bd2edd-c64f-4916-beda-cdc838102a79"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6dc47f10-c7c3-48c4-95c6-db2a90826ef9"><enum>302.</enum><header>Additional restrictions on visas</header> <subsection id="id3558e38a-4d22-4927-9d45-21fc0c04d526"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall impose the visa restrictions described in subsection (c) on any foreign person who the Secretary determines—</text>
<paragraph id="id43cb6c25-ba20-4d6c-ba32-04a77260c4f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a current or former senior official of the Maduro regime, or any foreign person acting on behalf of such regime, who is knowingly responsible for, complicit in, responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or participating in (directly or indirectly) any activity in or in relation to Venezuela, on or after January 23, 2019, that significantly undermines or threatens the integrity of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id785aef46-859e-497c-b34e-c12a95418d5f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the democratically-elected National Assembly of Venezuela; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida21af7b2-3fb4-4c3d-8c6d-9f8c9bc6be30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President of such National Assembly, while serving as Interim President of Venezuela, or the senior government officials under the supervision of such President;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf92bcdff-dcbc-4c1a-81cd-219eec49f5bd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is the spouse or child of a foreign person described in paragraph (1); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id16d4553d-0881-41ad-8fc2-2077fb0b7da6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is the spouse or child of Venezuelan person sanctioned under—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb7918f08-f3e8-4b7c-9fab-3ef8685f073c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ada0e3d-d07f-48a9-b8a7-4679949c2316"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1903">21 U.S.C. 1903(b)</external-xref>); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d61f2f9-685a-46b2-98a2-c56eee7a2e2a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) and 13850.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ideb24fd11-7847-402e-8183-70fd631c74a5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal from visa revocation list</header><text>Pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State may establish to implement this section—</text> <paragraph id="idf9d167f0e65043099292333967984bf5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if any person described in subsection (a)(1) recognizes and pledges support for the Interim President of Venezuela or a subsequent democratically elected government of Venezuela, that person and any family members of that person who were subject to visa restrictions pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall no longer be subject to such visa restrictions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7d0ad845b17c4d97908ec9d80bf59b19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if any person described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(3) recognizes and pledges support for the Interim President of Venezuela or a subsequent democratically elected government of Venezuela, any family members of that person who were subject to visa restrictions pursuant to subsection (a)(3) shall no longer be subject to such visa restrictions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide142a680-8541-41e3-829e-b643ae01a06e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Visa restrictions described</header>
<paragraph id="idf4282f4c-2d9e-47a6-b2c0-b153856c096c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (b), an alien described in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="id34a804ff-6441-4081-afb0-be5179ede049"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is inadmissible to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde3d79a4-406f-4521-8ac4-18a5989cbd3c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation authorizing entry into the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b79ac6b-ea3b-4b9e-88f0-a3267bf035e8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is otherwise ineligible to be admitted into the United States or to receive any benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42020d31-3acf-4f6f-a9fa-ba623ac6172f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>, have his or her visa or other documentation revoked, regardless of when the visa or other documentation was issued.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id343a9874-1471-4874-8f62-323ff18daf20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement</header><text>Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6ee5d36e-79dd-46af-bc64-6f7ca6b239ec"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id478c07b8-e719-4065-a897-eda34c22707b"><enum>303.</enum><header>Waiver for sanctioned officials that recognize the Interim President of Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id8a726560-7535-4c0c-81c0-e18932f335b0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal of sanctions</header><text>If a person sanctioned under any of the provisions of law described in subsection (b) recognizes and pledges supports for the Interim President of Venezuela or a subsequent democratically elected government, the person shall no longer be subject to such sanctions, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury may establish to implement this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb7fe0fdb-c87b-4d90-a90a-f0b5aea3d685"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are set forth in the following provisions of law:</text> <paragraph id="id628dfa05-8857-434f-bd22-5efa73986f59"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4e73c5ee-15ae-41eb-b644-b7f974d9bcf7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" id="id5232efc1-5f3a-4c2e-bceb-1f82709cce06" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (5) of section 5(a) of such Act, to the extent such paragraph relates to the sanctions described in paragraph (3) or (4) of such subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id012326fc-d81f-43f2-8251-42985061fbb4"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idcc84f4a2-5360-4c49-9a67-39196e142698"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clauses (1) and (4) of section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" id="id2e93c44a-bc1e-4307-9cd1-8b338bcec6a3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Subparagraph (D)(2) of section 1(a)(ii) of such Executive Order, to the extent such subparagraph relates to the provisions of law cited in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id92835038-bdba-428f-8d2c-b1877bea711b"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idbe7af4ee-098e-4c19-bd43-66d57c012c4d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13850.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" id="id355cafb1-52ef-4d6c-bcf8-4b05324c0054" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraph (iii) of section 1(a) of such Executive Order, to the extent such paragraph relates to the provision of law cited in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide12a7a98-b1e7-4182-80b8-9d87d90c35dd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Restoring democracy and addressing the political crisis in Venezuela</header>
<section id="id784e995d-074e-4ffd-abf4-0701b6a13cc5"><enum>401.</enum><header>Support for the Organization of American States and the Lima Group</header>
<subsection id="id406192ff-030e-4197-b371-64993af5967c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should—</text> <paragraph id="idB28EA40FCC064BE38D256919171D4778"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take additional steps to support ongoing efforts by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States to promote diplomatic initiatives to foster the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id134F5DD875E447F59DD36C991F83F43C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct diplomatic engagement in support of efforts by the Lima Group to restore democracy and the rule of law in Venezuela and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance for the Venezuelan people; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3b9dcff3836042c4addd84e169df1023"><enum>(3)</enum><text>engage with the International Contact Group on Venezuela to advance a peaceful and democratic solution to the current crisis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB52318A9882C4F3E92B9F9A2085BE698"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defined terms</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC667BE54A3CA4FDCBA1D33A9752C0C87"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International contact group on venezuela</header><text>The <term>International Contact Group on Venezuela</term> refers to a diplomatic bloc—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF7060D3EBCE4A56A5C9C9A76148DDC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose members include the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Uruguay; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF1CCCDED84349FD83D71F093AE9A88F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>which was established to advance a peaceful and democratic solution to the current crisis in Venezuela.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1761A4B3F1A74793BADC55DDF541598D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lima group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The <term>Lima Group</term> refers to a diplomatic bloc—</text> <subparagraph id="id5C272FB155DC42C983C959CBDAA585CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose members include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31604CC286CA426EBA11FC1253E7CD41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which was established to address the political, economic, and humanitarian crises in Venezuela.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd1b96f4c-9e79-4766-8e14-bd008e398507"><enum>402.</enum><header>Accountability for crimes against humanity</header>
<subsection id="ide454c2fc-7827-4c25-87a5-dd64420e7ebb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should conduct robust diplomatic engagement in support of efforts in Venezuela, and on the part of the international community, to ensure accountability for possible crimes against humanity and serious violations of human rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idc1b04f8b-655c-44b9-a05e-f2b270458a37"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="id97600ced-8642-484b-a67d-c30abdb9fd71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>evaluates the degree to which the Maduro regime and its officials, including members of the Venezuelan security forces, have engaged in actions that constitute possible crimes against humanity and serious violations of human rights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04f18fcf-22f8-4ed7-a1fa-e76b698f3a4f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides options for holding accountable the perpetrators identified under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idaa4acc06-d457-414a-aa8c-774a51582a9b"><enum>403.</enum><header>Support for international election observation and democratic civil society</header> <subsection id="id97112532-b5b7-407f-a77a-9ffaea4fc769"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development—</text>
<paragraph id="ide3a0d737-e4e1-4eac-888d-51680df7ee61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall work with the Organization of American States to ensure credible international observation of future elections in Venezuela that contributes to free, fair, and transparent democratic electoral processes; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6d886fef-b707-4214-a5ce-c25a3960b7ef"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall work with nongovernmental organizations—</text> <subparagraph id="id6a8be1fd-47f2-43bb-8db6-1c212de6378a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to strengthen democratic governance and institutions, including the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa330019-75d9-4ce8-8a54-d5abf2efc47a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to defend internationally recognized human rights for the people of Venezuela, including support for efforts to document crimes against humanity and violations of human rights;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41e9fc37-8d63-486d-97f0-e852b4820b7d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to support the efforts of independent media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and share information beyond the limited channels made available by the Maduro regime; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida18b9584-4e79-44e5-96ee-5f849e5677a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to combat corruption and improve the transparency and accountability of institutions that are part of the Maduro regime.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id52eec8d2-b270-45a0-95af-88684ede29be"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Engagement at the Organization of American States</header><text>The Secretary of State, acting through the United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, should advocate and build diplomatic support for sending an election observation mission to Venezuela to ensure that democratic electoral processes are organized and carried out in a free, fair, and transparent manner.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8398fa80-0ad3-4b66-abca-c79c787b56b1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall provide a briefing on the strategy to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) to—</text>
<paragraph id="id9e81e3f8-a8ac-47a6-b822-99ca97a6864a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idb2d745e6-9251-488b-b099-a2372f004fcb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide9e2e3fc-d7da-47db-86a9-ed82181d2509"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0acdd300-f54e-43bc-a5dc-ac5e66405039"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7d9b01dc-a34a-495c-acf1-52f144ebc68e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="id5977DAB32B45426AB111EE53FA36AD3F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2020, $17,500,000 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5BCAD0CCB01445DDA12F4BE310D1B9B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirements</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) are subject to the notification requirements applicable to expenditures from the Economic Support Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346(c)</external-xref>) and from the Development Assistance Fund under section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2413">22 U.S.C. 2413(a)</external-xref>), to the extent that such funds are expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Supporting the reconstruction of Venezuela</header>
<section id="id21010101-d93f-4ee3-a237-24ee480f57ca"><enum>501.</enum><header>Engaging international financial institutions to advance the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy
and energy infrastructure</header>
<subsection id="id5e468b60-4c76-4ed8-a85d-c689d0bea8ee"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall engage the International Monetary Fund and the Multilateral Development Banks to support a framework for the economic reconstruction of Venezuela, contingent upon the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in the country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id109393e7-ec9b-4f34-9e48-13e9c0e49abe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The framework created under subsection (a) should include policy proposals—</text> <paragraph id="id137f8a01-53e5-4758-a0cb-4494f71028c1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide Venezuelans with humanitarian assistance, poverty alleviation, and a social safety net;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id12279971-983d-4c67-9e82-0a8f650f733d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to advance debt restructuring and debt sustainability measures;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1f051f8a-3b76-423b-98df-4b0c2f4b6a60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to restore the production and efficient management of Venezuela’s oil industry, including rebuilding energy infrastructure;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idde87fa72-a465-4b16-8b43-af4e4c3335f8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to eliminate price controls and market distorting subsidies in the Venezuelan economy; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0cd59f3e-9440-4c6d-a7d3-9b09461fe3b8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to address hyperinflation in Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id577ac7cc-f392-402c-9866-59ffb0fd9e78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In supporting the framework under subsection (a), the President shall consult with relevant stakeholders in the humanitarian (including international and nongovernmental organizations), financial, and energy sectors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1f6763d3-817f-47c8-ad2d-c11c4640519b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that any effort to conduct debt restructuring should—</text> <paragraph id="idc119264f-d57a-4d7d-917a-4de306fbd7cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include discussions with China, which is Venezuela’s biggest creditor; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id82a18d9c-f3be-41d2-95ea-ab03aedbc700"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriately account for China’s and Russia’s high-risk lending to Venezuela.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5d2e02b1-68ff-4f5d-8b1c-884cb45e4c4e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The President may not support lending or financing for Venezuela from the International Monetary Fund and the Multilateral Development Banks until the Secretary of State submits a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> certifying that any such lending or financing—</text>
<paragraph id="idae0a7686-f102-4f11-a40d-7109541ba985"><enum>(1)</enum><text>would be managed by the Interim President of Venezuela or a new, democratically-elected President;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida2f5a0fd-b5f3-4add-9095-d615f0d6b3fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>would not be used to repay external creditors who are not members of the Group of Seven unless such payments are essential to the restoration of economic stability and democracy in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf5b8de00-4e7c-43b6-a242-37cda3d84f8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>would not benefit the Maduro regime.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id68579c3cf2b3469b9536d70f73eac41b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the certification requirement under subsection (e) if the President—</text>
<paragraph id="idCC713E6A8E604D4C9DD3307A66CC7143"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idB6914E3BD98847FCA69A0223239466AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after making a determination under paragraph (1), submits to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf8beb143f4f44d868380d2d9c448aca6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an explanation for why such a waiver is in the United States national interest; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05f3a83b77d94d5bb1f84bed10eac040"><enum>(B)</enum><text>why the Secretary of State is unable to submit the certification described in subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide916e1b0-1a7e-4f77-9674-1294038cabdb"><enum>502.</enum><header>Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people</header>
<subsection id="idd504e186-b99c-4f9b-b25e-8f157ab741f1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recovering assets</header><text>The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General shall advance a coordinated international effort—</text>
<paragraph id="id54dfaf41-35a0-4024-9e89-36bb1f60b32e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out special financial investigations to identify and track assets taken from the people and institutions of Venezuela through theft, corruption, money laundering, or other illicit means; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida5485f3a-d17a-4323-805d-fc028e7fc3b1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to work with foreign governments—</text> <subparagraph id="id110f9267-a825-49e4-997b-67e744c245b5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to share financial investigations intelligence, as appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb7bca408-8dae-48a1-8c39-1824d2902765"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to block the assets identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7439af93-045c-4222-ad5f-9ef6a3f14be7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide technical assistance to help governments establish the necessary legal framework to carry out asset forfeitures.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id223d165f-cdbf-4b7f-acd6-8c010f77a2df"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The coordinated international effort described in subsection (a) should include input from—</text> <paragraph id="id5ef9247a-a787-46db-8bb1-e2260d7511ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide8202e68-d177-46b5-8f22-0610aa2c0846"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id0bff1621-f1bb-4830-b06e-366cdc78f9e8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Department of Justice.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6db77951-024d-454f-a846-72294f46b7ae"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header>
<paragraph id="id4F045B9B899F4915BACF849DE790EC7C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General shall submit a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="idabdd1c86-2391-4209-a5d2-f9c9c03c9264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5b3b517-d15b-49fc-8f5c-5e3594c3cd7c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbd871e3c-3077-4b2e-a5a8-1260e8b00bb0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bd93903-8025-413f-acca-866cdb2b12f8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2cc4f097-5eab-4dd7-98e0-451db896a314"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4b3eeae7-4571-4a3b-9414-f221b4e9d225"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0870388463B54B59AAC41DF8161487EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="idF90BB99B453548E08A57C7F4B4EB6A65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment whether the United States or another member of the international community should establish a managed fund to hold the assets identified pursuant to subsection (a)(1) that could be returned to a future democratic government in Venezuela.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB0956EC40A34E898797CD30F0B42436"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Such recommendations as the Secretaries and the Attorney General consider appropriate for legislative or administrative action in the United States that would be needed to establish and manage the fund described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Restoring the rule of law in Venezuela</header>
<section id="id936798b8-68ce-43e7-bcbf-e6da3fc5a18c"><enum>601.</enum><header>Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western
Hemisphere and the European Union</header>
<subsection id="idd520683b-8f82-4bd3-87ab-145170386195"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strengthening sanctions capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall offer to provide technical assistance to partner governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to assist such governments in establishing the legislative and regulatory frameworks needed to impose targeted sanctions on officials of the Maduro regime who—</text>
<paragraph id="idd721ff6b-7b35-4bcc-a88c-ad840b8abdbe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are responsible for human rights abuses;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idba58b142-bfc4-49a9-becd-ccd29497e133"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have engaged in public corruption; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id892e8eaa-c9d8-4e03-a1f4-f0e6f25e04bf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>are undermining democratic institutions and processes in Venezuela.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id915ebcb7-c30c-4dd4-a0b5-d9b80d4a3703"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinating international sanctions</header><text>The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall engage in diplomatic efforts with partner governments, including the Government of Canada, governments in the European Union, and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean, to impose targeted sanctions on the Maduro regime officials described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ide08966f1-2b38-4104-90b0-b2b9e6ebe82e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a strategy for carrying out the activities described in subsection (a) to—</text>
<paragraph id="ide9e6508e-1df7-43de-ada6-8fa0cbad04dc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idd6b8b552-7217-422c-bb7d-c905aaca03d9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb5c1a2bd-ebdc-4480-b5d8-91778c033a6a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8a09c40-97bc-4379-9782-751f65ea8e3c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcebad6c8-d570-424e-9f16-e2abe410d850"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="idDDCAF84FE7A2462E8EE1587909AEF13A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for fiscal year 2020, $3,000,000 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD643995FCA114C17944073FE65C8A514"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification requirements</header><text>Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) are subject to the notification requirements applicable to expenditures from the Economic Support Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2346">22 U.S.C. 2346(c)</external-xref>) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Fund under section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291h">22 U.S.C. 2291h</external-xref>) to the extent that such funds are expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id47de36b2-44a5-4456-9b88-a21e18ab9747"><enum>602.</enum><header>Classified briefing on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and
illicit narcotics trafficking</header>
<subsection id="ide236f962-e8b5-4ceb-b245-34a298b85b13"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Briefing requirement</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the involvement of senior officials of the Maduro regime, including members of the National Electoral Council, the judicial system, and the Venezuelan security forces, in illicit narcotics trafficking and significant acts of public corruption in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7c8f3e61-1e4e-441f-9195-e0a10ae1ab46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The briefing provided under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="id112efabe-87f0-40f4-a5ca-06c37b95f4d1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe how the significant acts of public corruption pose challenges for United States national security and impact the rule of law and democratic governance in countries of the Western Hemisphere;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide1baff6d-f7af-4b78-9256-e5315c64425f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify individuals for whom there is credible information that they frustrated the ability of the United States to combat illicit narcotics trafficking;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70d54907-2201-42b0-b95e-918c59e6656b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include an assessment of the relationship between individuals identified under subsection (a) and Nicolás Maduro or members of his cabinet; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id42767875-40b5-46c0-840b-6effe690bf1b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>include input from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id536744cd-d945-4b61-8eaf-37c3936356b7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id8619d4b6-50b9-442f-8bc2-906a15d6878d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id19118d08-2e30-46a9-9864-1ec6433b9dfe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id080fb490-e791-49ec-8d0d-bf87c5780f7e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6f6c6d8-069d-4a06-af8e-fb4686105433"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5c25e296-ad14-4b8a-8d2c-b42fc8337818"><enum>603.</enum><header>Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance</header> <subsection id="id395ad9fb-80bc-4d53-a236-79ff5ba7e214"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note), which was signed on March 8, 2015, provided for sanctions against any person determined to be responsible for actions that undermine democratic processes and institutions or responsible for acts of public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Venezuela that were not included in the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4adceb6d-5f84-45b2-956a-1c46a7159453"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text>Section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6542756b-3503-4561-a291-5bc6001966b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id93f2a552-dcf5-47c3-960a-b56e11d03325"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7c242874-c96d-43a1-af1f-109efb4d797b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a9fe6f6-26e9-4834-8e87-6066cd57f7cf" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id471ce2bb-4241-4f53-8973-90258782abb9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is responsible for, or complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, significant actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1874fa2c-bfa9-44a6-8916-5e0ceab909d3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is responsible for, complicit in, ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, directly or indirectly, public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Venezuela; or</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida27301d5-d0c6-43ee-9254-f5dc6cb9f9bc"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as redesignated, by striking <quote>paragraph (1) or (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd09580a9-2834-4045-8ee2-40d07f9f940a"><enum>604.</enum><header>Public information about sanctioned officials</header> <subsection id="id7fa55176-5997-4437-ba85-ce913a3c0294"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the total assessed value of blocked assets of Venezuelans designated under sanctions authorized under—</text>
<paragraph id="id21a46cb3-c984-4811-bd15-d61330eb7a6a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (title VIII of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/120">Public Law 106–120</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1901">21 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf5346a1c-8c9e-42e8-bdf9-899b72d66427"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>), as amended by section 603 of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcbd8bf0f-c911-4f72-9f58-88d1909bfc74"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Executive Orders 13692 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) and 13850.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide589ef0f-ee4f-4051-ac97-af3932d54293"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional elements</header><text>The briefing provided under subsection (a) should provide descriptions of specific cases that are most representative of the endemic corruption and illicit financial activities occurring in Venezuela.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3BD5FFB778B54226819668C023D21BEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id86CCA1B0831C4F51B2F73A36BE54256B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;</committee-name></text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8DF86290AED5463D9586EC94C8C9DFAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idE7C4BBDEA81C4990B7756EAC4DE413D8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;</committee-name> and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86A4ED6BE5594F2EA11E94BC2B73FFCB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id65a33670-c21e-498c-b3d8-e6c249c54f3a"><enum>605.</enum><header>Financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt</header> <subsection id="idc91dd879-223b-4c1e-9dbb-76b1282a5006"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13808 (82 Fed. Reg. 41155), which was signed on August 24, 2017, provided for sanctions intended to limit the ability of the Maduro regime to issue public debt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id83cab983-6d08-4ff1-a2ad-c0eaf3872755"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section and in sections 606 and 608:</text> <paragraph id="id73fa10d0-60f3-47b4-bb7d-bc7f8fddb33c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73a81a70-9f32-475f-b8b4-5c4299207114"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3600dc21-7618-4786-a577-9b366fbb52d4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56453d79-9c7f-44ba-8a47-d152b77d85e1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States citizen;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef430513-a931-4126-b3d4-721fcbbbbf46"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43244e8b-bd1b-4af7-ba24-97741a26eb34"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of any such entity); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf1418c8-1f11-43ae-af93-e7f67dc485a7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any person physically located in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id76afb16a-6810-4557-bcc9-fe27644f9817"><enum>(c)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may prohibit, in the United States or by a United States person—</text>
<paragraph id="idba350781-f1fd-4fbb-931e-95d05ea1a37a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any transaction related to, provision of financing for, or other dealing in—</text> <subparagraph id="idb981fc9d-fa9a-430b-a19e-debc4358ea3f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>debt instruments with a maturity of greater than 90 days issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., on or after the date of the enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e5fea8d-f425-40a3-abb0-7a33dea35709"><enum>(B)</enum><text>debt instruments with a maturity of greater than 30 days or equity issued by the Maduro regime on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, excluding debt instruments issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., that are not covered under subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida630f762-bea0-4316-aeab-c32974077257"><enum>(C)</enum><text>bonds issued by the Maduro regime before the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ea807b1-a114-4d8b-a686-4e615728c80e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>dividend payments or other distributions of profits to the Maduro regime from any entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Maduro regime;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc9c0d24-bdb6-428e-aec2-c51b08ba1f32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the direct or indirect purchase of securities from the Maduro regime, except for—</text> <subparagraph id="id0530f833-5963-4edf-82d9-8d1c83bd058d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>securities qualifying as debt instruments issued by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that are not described in paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34e316aa-05d5-400e-bdee-2f89ea364719"><enum>(B)</enum><text>securities qualifying as debt instruments issued by the Maduro regime on or after the date of the enactment of this Act that are not described in paragraph (1)(B);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2d00ec9-44c6-4175-b8e9-764f8a4cc109"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate a prohibition under paragraph (1) or (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3db2cc0f-4a9b-47b1-a7bc-b7e45b0a5401"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any conspiracy to violate a prohibition under paragraph (1), (2), or (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc8a0d05d-7cc7-4b4f-8dac-31054d976d4b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should waive the prohibitions described in subsection (c) and in Executive Order 13808 if the related debt instruments, bonds, or securities have been approved or ratified by the democratically elected National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id2b3a65a1-d461-49a2-b546-32b03b1efbe5"><enum>606.</enum><header>Additional financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt</header>
<subsection id="id6b01cea6-7ac8-49ab-98f4-52a89ab747db"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13835 (83 Fed. Reg. 24001), which was signed on May 21, 2018, provided for additional sanctions against transactions involving the existing public debt of the Maduro regime.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idc4af2250-0059-4861-a150-a83c0dcc6bac"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The President may prohibit a United States person or any person within the United States from—</text> <paragraph id="id2fa90f84-c8d0-4b1e-bfc2-1874361795ad"><enum>(1)</enum><text>purchasing any debt owed to the Maduro regime, including accounts receivable;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id94c24d15-04e8-451f-ae50-a92a464cb215"><enum>(2)</enum><text>entering into any transaction related to any debt owed to the Maduro regime that is pledged as collateral after May 21, 2018, including accounts receivable; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id439030d8-b41b-459d-a8e2-8cefe752920e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>entering into any transaction involving the selling, transferring, assigning, or pledging as collateral by the Maduro regime of any equity interest in any entity in which the Maduro regime has a 50 percent or greater ownership interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc05aa705-cc0b-4ed6-ac38-44b0e7297a34"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should waive the prohibitions described in subsection (a) and in Executive Order 13835 if transactions involving related debt instruments, bonds, or securities have been approved or ratified by the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id34a6fc67-eba9-4907-98de-4e5772bd7600"><enum>607.</enum><header>Expanding kingpin sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money laundering</header>
<subsection id="ide70c8edd-cad2-4f54-9135-1e0b92f8e7f2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Financial sanctions expansion</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency should expand investigations, intelligence collection, and analysis pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/1901">21 U.S.C. 1901</external-xref> et seq.) to facilitate the identification and support the application of sanctions against—</text>
<paragraph id="id5ff06826-e7f9-4196-8bb9-6e28ada2bf54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>significant foreign narcotics traffickers, their organizations and networks; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idfb48433e-2d26-42cf-b532-1968ae993a6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the foreign persons who provide material, financial, or technological support to such traffickers, organizations, and networks.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id12bfa2ad-fc6c-42c7-b7f9-79203b12664f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Targets</header><text>The efforts described in subsection (a) should specifically target—</text> <paragraph id="idf8eb507d-32a0-4e5a-9a83-354a2c9704f4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>senior members of the Maduro regime, including military officers, involved in narcotics trafficking and money laundering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb0f01033-4f17-4583-83dc-d29cc559c3a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations and networks that are operating in Venezuela; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4dc51999-4433-4e8e-b090-7cfbf47e85e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the foreign persons who provide material, financial, or technological support to such traffickers, organizations, and networks that are operating in Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida00baf21-30ee-4b56-88e3-aece0b75c802"><enum>608.</enum><header>Sanctions on the Maduro regime’s trade in gold</header>
<subsection id="idbef90a7e-f909-4978-ace7-116d0d408ae8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13850, which was signed on November 1, 2018, ordered sanctions against the gold sector of the Venezuelan economy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id185d5262-6871-43b8-9b30-b3449c3d8265"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions authorized</header><text>The President, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, may block and prohibit the transfer, payment, exportation, withdrawal, or other disposition of all property and interests in property of any person that operates in the gold sector of the Venezuelan economy if such property is in the United States, comes into the United States, or is or comes within the possession or control of any United States person.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1791ed395b5b43b6a03e9b5d7a0c2ce3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees (as defined in section 612(b)) that—</text>
<paragraph id="id26d38c778c8b4d2fb797d0bb45cbac98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>details whether section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, provides the Secretary of the Treasury with sufficient authority to fully address the extent to which transactions related to finished and unfinished precious metals are used to assist in money-laundering transactions, particularly with respect to high-risk jurisdictions, including Venezuela;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd31b36cf7f934a0884395e702f3eba93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes recommendations the Secretary of the Treasury considers necessary and appropriate for United States legislative or administrative action that would be needed to address any findings referred to in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1471ed714f2c48389a3e9843dc4fcf15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes, in a classified annex, an explanation for how the Department of the Treasury is currently using its authorities under section 5318A of title 31, United States Code, to address transactions related to precious metals that are used to assist in money-laundering transactions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc48a587f-8df3-48ff-8ea0-d1094b6e5137"><enum>609.</enum><header>Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft</header>
<subsection id="ide4cd4f20-6450-4964-a90f-3c02ae40d2b9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph id="id3353c412-5fef-43bc-b35f-f52d444a4037"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In late 2016, Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (referred to in this section as <quote>PDVSA</quote>), through a no compete transaction, secured a loan from Russian government-controlled oil company Rosneft, using 49.9 percent of PDVSA’s American subsidiary, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, including its assets in the United States, as collateral. As a result of this transaction, 100 percent of CITGO is held as collateral by PDVSA’s creditors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id55166dc1-fe0d-4c0b-8afd-b93686cd71fc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>CITGO, a wholly owned subsidiary of PDVSA, is engaged in interstate commerce and owns and controls critical energy infrastructure in 19 States of the United States, including an extensive network of pipelines, 48 terminals, and 3 refineries, with a combined oil refining capacity of 749,000 barrels per day. CITGO’s refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is the sixth largest refinery in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf4e65d78-fef2-425c-bf3e-cad89033e3e3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Rosneft, which is controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation, and its Executive Chairman, Igor Sechin, following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id388bcff4-c14a-428e-99f9-9ce084b4288f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security has designated the energy sector as critical to United States infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb62fd1f4-9b7a-4c95-b602-1a893b645f14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The growing economic crisis in Venezuela raises the probability that the Maduro regime and PDVSA will default on their international debt obligations, resulting in a scenario in which Rosneft could come into control of CITGO’s United States energy infrastructure holdings.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28d3436f-49b5-43d4-97c1-38fb745d8442"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="ide3fe69d9-5207-4144-88ef-752d7418dc6d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>control of critical United States energy infrastructure by Rosneft, a Russian government-controlled entity currently under United States sanctions that is led by Igor Sechin, who is also under United States sanctions and is a close associate of Vladimir Putin, would pose a significant risk to United States national security and energy security; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2913a6b6-5372-4805-ae19-03916a7b249b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a default by PDVSA on its loan from Rosneft, resulting in Rosneft coming into possession of PDVSA’s United States CITGO assets, would warrant careful consideration by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8b956872-fe41-4168-92b1-06d3115c07e5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preventing Rosneft from controlling United States energy infrastructure</header><text>The President shall take all necessary steps to prevent Rosneft from gaining control of critical United States energy infrastructure.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id940fb846-a988-47ca-a910-c772c9401bd8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security risk briefing</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy, shall provide a briefing on the security risks posed by Russian control of CITGO’s United States energy infrastructure holdings to—</text>
<paragraph id="id85A9AA90D8E64F9EB78C555E454375F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;</committee-name></text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idAF2D772EFCE246A7BB6232959E68EB2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6E614CE020134066AA4BE0E7444DCCB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;</committee-name> and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id757CD29D01B8419E910E7FA097ECF6CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5462a8cc-6165-45ea-9975-268a43e0cf8d"><enum>610.</enum><header>Classified briefing on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="idc7809a47-a446-455a-a406-793034379252"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State, and in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide a classified briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on—</text>
<paragraph id="id3346d488-9444-4815-9d95-e0c5f8d7bac8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the full extent of cooperation by the Government of the Russian Federation, the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of Cuba, and the Government of Iran with the Maduro regime; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id459a932d-130c-4c48-8e9a-024fdd44b032"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the activities inside Venezuelan territory of foreign armed groups, including Colombian criminal organizations and defectors from the Colombian guerilla group known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and foreign terrorist organizations, including the Colombian guerilla group known as the National Liberation Army (ELN).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id484e52c9-2a63-4877-9c3d-11d53abb1fb0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id8631ae13-a7a5-4ca7-addd-818078b09489"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide29b5d15-0473-4e55-9257-bb07209a6fac"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4522a462-ef99-4446-82d4-a6f7b28bd5f2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba1e9bca-2a33-40c9-a44a-21c01bd512e9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7c4023957d2a4af8a7b3ca801233b28e"><enum>611.</enum><header>Countering Russian influence in Venezuela</header> <subsection id="idead8419f03bf4478967d6d5c0172c9bd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0268ed3a9ef948829b03c0a8fe711926"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Threat assessment and strategy to counter Russian influence in Venezuela</header>
<paragraph id="idbbbf1e51b5d14a7287f35e6dab274372"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id75f589953a93406aa89413de87218e6c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida682453e1f7e45ed87a5d607dfa5213b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc88bd7876d0f4304b9229303a0178e24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Threat assessment</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3F916DC3F399470BABAA76C09833B97E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of Russian-Venezuelan security cooperation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD95F0AB2417346FF81F70BF59229DD1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential threat such cooperation poses to the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id09f55de2ff9d4a34b309b9c10594c4ad"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Strategy</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the briefing required under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding a strategy to counter threats identified in such assessment from Russian-Venezuelan cooperation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd478756c7da54b22bb41b5ae9d2f3304"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole</header>
<paragraph id="ida495ec83681643da89394063f8ba8a63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of either Secretary) knows, or has reason to believe, is an alien who is acting or has acted on behalf of the Russian Government in direct support of the security forces of the Maduro regime is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id99f8dc6385314231883193814b95c41f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>inadmissible to the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id71596ff078084fd28ecddc6aa0cffc84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idacb01bbed2594421934e44da81983540"><enum>(C)</enum><text>otherwise ineligible to be admitted into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7131514a91244a6486f39dc958b2c4aa"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Current visas revoked</header>
<subparagraph id="id73b570a7d3c84c88acd790525c957a86"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in paragraph (1) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2526dfb88a6c449a907db50a811460a5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of revocation</header><text>A revocation under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause id="id75579f539c7b4452a44f0bf3c4f1f5d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>take effect immediately; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id4279cd0a4ace4b5cb1798a456b043c0a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8247c8beb38a41e6a208e60c43e66b1f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception to comply with united nations headquarters agreement or for national security reasons</header> <subparagraph id="id667ccaabdcaa4b46830e0d89628de8be"><enum>(A)</enum><header>International obligations</header><text>This section shall not apply to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with—</text>
<clause id="idfdbe93783b1e4e8f86c9f97ce825dd29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id6dcd1decadf541c1ae7f7755439b0bd1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other applicable international obligations of the United States.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa9c749a04c842b3b81c43b8386766d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>National security</header><text>The President may waive the application of this section to an alien if the President—</text>
<clause id="id94081413553741fe84d112c3a20bf4e1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and</text> </clause><clause id="id48da4ef40b2e4cf9bdba129e943a2087"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submits a notice of, and justification for, such waiver to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01d0fa33940b4ea197470ffae050e6ee"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This subsection shall terminate on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idfd7c920b8488451ba437c8faecf992e6"><enum>612.</enum><header>Restriction on export of covered articles and services to certain security forces of Venezuela</header>
<subsection id="id0be83790e8cd428394b65c3709511963"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Venezuela Arms Restriction Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="id588e769b67044bfdb6ea7dc1b74daa83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idecc0db5fbb9147999252a9596886043b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id09b9f2bccb514f22b8fb3697d726b131"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b173d389c87449b9e2231d8d295ea30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89fa665de088435ba80b58201dd5183e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id84e39278d88f4b919ae3e24e0749a764"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82804b5b96844e87b6787f10920949a5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered article or service</header><text>The term <term>covered article or service</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8f3152a3dfb145f3986eeaeaee9a5a30"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for purposes of subsection (c), means—</text> <clause id="id596e4305b1ac4051b879b49977e12d97"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a defense article or defense service (as such terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794</external-xref>)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb4d67e6af4894d4591e79b96fcccb7d0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any article included on the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, and controlled for crime control purposes, if the end user is likely to use the article to violate the human rights of the citizens of Venezuela; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b0869f23507418ab2d0128518dbe5b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of subsection (d), means—</text> <clause id="id6827a9c03681407f8d9194143b76c50c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any defense article or defense service of the type described in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2794">22 U.S.C. 2794</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id440db8a4dfe24e33ab69fe0c465310cb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any article of the type included on the Commerce Control List set forth in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations and controlled for crime control purposes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id174c7985d2e4420ca941607e30e1e206"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text>The term <term>foreign person</term> means a person that is not a United States person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id9c66e97886b1474ea9cd60ecbd0e04bd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id468b2b1cf8dc4f1cbfe577451a7f735e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Security forces of venezuela</header><text>The term <term>security forces of Venezuela</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="idb6322836c7454605a7dd324301553d76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, including the Bolivarian National Guard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbe9bc73ab38b43d49c5e8723d0a69a94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc469e1c831f04c3d8d581164a5de077f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Bolivarian National Police; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2004ae0c67e146a3bc9f10806139c389"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Bureau for Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigations of the Ministry of Interior, Justice, and Peace.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e12c3081f9f41c388565a7c3948cb74"><enum>(6)</enum><header>United states person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id118f453a6d804622942d15cd22f1d598"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf61519f716e54a859d6f90755c30b626"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id683edabedd85419eb4da1ad78bed711f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction on export of covered articles and services to certain security forces of venezuela</header>
<paragraph id="id630d250ab01641de9d09eeac43d823a6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, covered articles or services may not be exported from the United States to any element of the security forces of the Maduro regime.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id356828bb2aee460f819e4816ed924cc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the heads of other departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id80e6bb8cf8fd48c0b8d80e6a8b2841b7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine, using such information that is available to the Secretary of State, whether any covered article or service has been transferred since July 2017 to the security forces of Venezuela without a license or other authorization as required by law; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a4f4c3be9694082a2b896b099980205"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit such determination in writing to the appropriate congressional committees.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id777202ca6ade4df4b9a21461c025dcd7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Briefing</header> <paragraph id="idd1cefd49cc8442b6866ae3c7025481d9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the transfer by foreign persons of covered articles or services to elements of the security forces of Venezuela that are under the authority of the Maduro regime.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04d0683aa9974e278a1afb146b434ccb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The briefing required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="id1b86665daf1a422b98d41aef533aef97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of all significant transfers by foreign persons of covered articles or services to such elements of the security forces of Venezuela since July 2017;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9bacbbc94cb84d7a8b75f963bbabf1d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of all foreign persons who maintain an existing defense relationship with such elements of the security forces of Venezuela; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f6bb990883d498d9bb48325a2ff59c2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any known use of covered articles or services by such elements of the security forces of Venezuela or associated forces, including paramilitary groups, that have coordinated with such security forces to assault, intimidate, or murder political activists, protesters, dissidents, and other civil society leaders, including Juan Guaidó.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd37975e959174915902c53ca3e1e3c0f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This section shall terminate on the earlier of—</text> <paragraph id="id747b1d82394045f38c07d6f7bb3e9010"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfbbeb1ab48df4b60a410a5cae46d06b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Venezuela has returned to a democratic form of government with respect for the essential elements of representative democracy as set forth in Article 3 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter, adopted by the Organization of American States in Lima on September 11, 2001.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Cryptocurrency sanctions and ensuring the effectiveness of United States sanctions</header>
<section id="idba2b704f-ef61-46dd-8c1b-885e6a6693e1"><enum>701.</enum><header>Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies</header>
<subsection id="id042d9f72-5462-49fc-b40b-4ae1750cbb6e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Executive Order 13827 (83 Fed. Reg. 12469), which was signed on March 19, 2018, provided for sanctions intended to limit the effectiveness of the issuance by the Maduro regime of a digital currency in an effort to circumvent United States sanctions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id62c2d4dc-268e-4282-a6f5-db1fda56db08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id3ce05e6b-1735-4391-9267-1f951d6927ed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Entity</header><text>The term <term>entity</term> means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or organization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id550cf02c-259e-43c4-a965-8b9e0ad1ed82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Person</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means an individual or entity.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb31c651d-8028-476d-a0a0-5bc3cc55c436"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United States person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means any—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6001e9f2-7605-4e9f-b81f-d85e32b5e004"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States citizen;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa467605-7e8e-41db-9073-e4939762f3fc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id135fc7c4-fc0f-4bf5-b650-ed6c9b06773a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign branch of any such entity); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ce52189-249a-4a39-8db5-02e2d00d6d34"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any person physically located in the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f018bfd-e3bb-417c-aff3-244eabaf6394"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition of certain transactions</header> <paragraph id="id2f07c24e-e53e-4529-8ef3-d83063f4fd21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>All transactions by a United States person or within the United States that relate to, provide financing for, or otherwise deal in any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Maduro regime are prohibited beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc141daf6-c7d8-431f-b144-95dfb5d6cdf9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The prohibitions under paragraph (1) shall apply to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this Act, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id47e78444-758e-409a-aae7-d83642cf92ad"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibitions</header><text>Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this subsection is prohibited. Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this subsection is prohibited.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0ea10a3e-ee52-480e-9862-9114f459b83d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph id="id12f2e7c6-875b-44cc-bb59-00c30cdd4e42"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, to implement this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9545e7d7-4421-40f1-8a3c-c62540c82fc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of the functions described in paragraph (1) to other officers and executive departments and agencies of the United States Government. All agencies of the United States Government shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEF46D62E42EF46E492D89E938998FBDB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the prohibition under subsection (c)(1) if the President—</text> <paragraph id="idBD72A18788004F34B5054935F4E17853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70E4F70DD7FD46CB98174C13610F9A53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after making a determination under paragraph (1), submits a written explanation for why such a waiver is in the United States national interest to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4B3C421922794A67A194E1CB2F4D05C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;</committee-name></text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id992D3198E2874A9082783E3D34B215C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0A53D3A86C544E89736674D5D2A93D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;</committee-name> and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D8EC9033D604082A71E901218215B83"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id684e4ea8-d597-4229-b263-6956b3549488"><enum>702.</enum><header>Briefing on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions</header>
<subsection id="id202c3f18-106b-47f9-ae6c-e7257b7f4696"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id4e512458-8820-4787-9733-d09662d7c1c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id67c7e7ea-3f45-4404-8857-b05f73b32d6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idfb58c4ea-d9b5-4b92-8a53-26623612ba6a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8a851ae-588d-4b8b-98d3-6bbf3efa712f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfed90dd6-22de-4ca6-a1e1-9edbef8cb2fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Methodology</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, shall develop a methodology to assess how any digital currency, digital coin, or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the Maduro regime is being utilized to circumvent or undermine United States sanctions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd25e79e1-c3a0-4213-affa-cb1f5a4aa6b9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the methodology developed under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<section id="ida49b8d99-39df-4f62-aed2-33a467e435bb"><enum>801.</enum><header>Congressional briefings</header>
<subsection id="id1e5cccfa-7518-4b9e-ba26-288426dc8de4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Humanitarian assistance; sanctions coordination</header>
<paragraph id="id1343c7c5-1c71-4bb1-8aa2-9dcfee4998b9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after any of the congressional committees listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCA27627477DA41429CC6F61830F4F38B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of section 201, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall provide such briefing to such committee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id738C4F6462E342BD83D2E9F591BCCA29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of section 601, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ae515cd-ed59-4ad2-bb09-3073c2f35ec9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The committees listed in this paragraph are—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida3219ca4-20fe-422c-b35d-dfd20a2ff81f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2c3d30e3-62c5-4517-ae5d-52da099164db"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6b7fbf58-affc-4965-9d9e-654ae32c3bf2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id070920b9-956f-4572-b8da-2dcf6d32a95e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id73a1f375-d842-469d-b00a-e47367fe4821"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United Nations; negotiated solution; crimes against humanity</header>
<paragraph id="id66f00e97-19f8-4c42-a596-13b52786927e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after any congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 103, 202, or 403, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide24efe5e-7cf5-49fb-a202-a4468e5cf4ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id1ba753ef-7d51-404c-956c-56452b8d5a0e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba91f8b8-e4cb-4863-8f1b-aa2a0177da0a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb2970287-a722-4288-8474-b098b30dc913"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regime cohesion</header> <paragraph id="id04badfb3-4ba7-4957-8439-f44bd14f15c3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 301, the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf1c4dbe7-ec50-4136-ad81-c19067f774bd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id0a1967ca-a5da-4869-a5fe-523eeb330c82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46222782-e175-4160-9a53-77bb4a592325"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc49848e1-5422-491e-8aa9-7fee12046eb8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id976a7d24-1971-42ac-8948-8a9f9e383969"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8e03e6a4-692b-402b-817b-dda41a3a5e4a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>International election observation; democratic civil society</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in subsection (a)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 405, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id43d800d6-b8be-4f88-907c-186e465e9587"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Visa restrictions; sanctions waiver</header><text>Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in subsection (b)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 302 or 303, the Secretary of State shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id17a61392-3234-4205-a67e-44de5d94a850"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reconstruction of Venezuela's energy infrastructure</header>
<paragraph id="id99f97de6-d961-469c-85db-5db2d3aae3aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 501, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddb7f11a1-fdb7-4889-b1a6-fb892601d332"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id01da4847-f9eb-423c-b095-6a410f20ca3e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb684d256-fd81-4b09-b0c7-9b5463d9f596"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b54a707-0e22-4661-b29b-6e51cbde0c86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96f2c43f-48a9-407b-a3b7-01600461a514"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf044bd0b-3d21-4edc-b74c-4977756e327a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Recovery of stolen assets</header> <paragraph id="idf4a3d5d8-66ff-466a-b900-d4cf87d12f6b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 502, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Attorney General shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4fabf86d-c861-4ab5-bfbc-d15a6eb6d801"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id57771b4b-4c91-4551-b6a0-02be879d2535"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1717f156-7dcb-44d6-8e1d-2a142ad0ad12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ad2192e-ec06-46e7-9356-b75edc14a00a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f52e08d-b85e-4011-8c37-7ba4051cc5d6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id387ff055-0ea1-4be6-b9b0-97c194196ba0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73c09be7-6572-433e-94ff-c65a777a5f5d"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id55943fa6-4a6f-475e-8777-8d40c4ef7406"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Financial sanctions</header> <paragraph id="idc4e11955-edb2-44f1-99fd-d9514dcaca25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 605, 606, or 608, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idaf9778ea-3f81-4461-bca9-3d34f82e2624"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="idc0b3bb94-1ae8-4899-8a64-6ca6dc80345a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc240e182-8620-4f51-a90c-daba06900ef8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida991d8bd-c792-47ae-80cc-745e416245b0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id203d2b44-0a33-4236-9429-59e889174a01"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id06451fb7-c8ce-48be-95b6-07d67f1a471d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Kingpin sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in subsection (h)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 607, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id7013acd3-6d76-413d-9931-2ee71f64512c"><enum>(j)</enum><header>PDVSA transactions with Rosneft</header>
<paragraph id="idfe515a43-15c0-41c0-b10a-30f73a33ec4f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in paragraph (2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 609, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1ef6e572-af68-4699-b326-ca2180df0203"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees listed in this paragraph are—</text> <subparagraph id="id64b68c44-d0cb-4f76-be5d-124b795a66dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37f78651-ccff-4a60-a49f-c97b850b8530"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79d8e6c0-2eb6-4194-a1d1-fc90a08b1a5c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10ee23a5-b9d4-425d-8549-e73289081e3c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb9c91a6f-299e-46a4-aa02-dc4e9c87d615"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Cryptocurrency sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 15 days after a congressional committee listed in subsection (h)(2) requests a briefing regarding the implementation of section 701 or 702, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide such briefing to such committee.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id0b3b9ed1-ad65-4ce3-b796-a3355c5c8724"><enum>802.</enum><header>Sanctions implementation and penalties</header>
<subsection id="id923b9e7b889f44fa8c0135e4aaa5fb7c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<paragraph id="id8e08353768e34d49b1e7046b164ead00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>President</header><text>The President may exercise all of the authorities described in sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1702">50 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref> and 1704) to carry out sections 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, and 701 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idce8ce1c4e04e497db4e8de780f991d54"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary of the treasury</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions set forth in sections 603, 605, 606, 607, 608, and 701 of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idff1c0ee5b4294c49ad99a4b6787d507d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any of the sanctions described in sections 603, 605, 606, 607, 608 and 701, or of any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out those sections, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ida7d716b7f6674d3bb2ebc52e3c53072b"><enum>803.</enum><header>Prohibition on construction of provisions of this Act as an authorization for the use of military
force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act may be construed as an authorization for the use of military force.</text> </section><section id="id3054B7FB109146D9B762BFA1F2755302"><enum>804.</enum><header>Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela</header> <subsection id="idd141ef3c-8c1f-4301-b300-9df5ea6d4439"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 5(e) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/278">Public Law 113–278</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2019</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2025</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idba97980e-d991-4eeb-8ade-aac2a0d20946"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The requirement to impose sanctions under this Act shall terminate on December 31, 2025.</text></subsection></section>June 3, 2019Reported with an amendment