[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2977 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2977

To extend the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under 
  the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2019

Mr. Menendez (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under 
  the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Venezuela Defense of Human Rights 
and Civil Society Extension Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
              VENEZUELA.

    Section 5(e) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil 
Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-278; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is 
amended by striking ``December 31, 2019'' and inserting ``December 31, 
2021''.
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