[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6831 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6831

 To reauthorize the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, 
          and Development Act of 2019, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

   Ms. Salazar (for herself, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. 
Waltz, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, and 
 Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, 
          and Development Act of 2019, and for other purposes.

    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 ``VERDAD Reauthorization Act''.

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

    (a) Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act.--Section 165(c)(6) of 
the Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act (22 U.S.C. 9753(c)(6)) is 
amended by striking ``the date that is 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``December 31, 2025''.
    (b) Venezuelan Arms Restriction Act.--Section 166(e) of the 
Venezuelan Arms Restriction Act (22 U.S.C. 9754(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(1) December 31, 2025; or''.
    (c) Verdad Act of 2019.--Section 183(b) of the Venezuela Emergency 
Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 
9763) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2025''.
    (d) Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 
2014.--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 ``2023'' and inserting ``2025''.
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