[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3363 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3363

  To reauthorize the Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 
                     2014, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 29, 2023

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. 
Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                 to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize the Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 
                     2014, 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 ``Venezuela Defense of Human Rights 
and Civil Society Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

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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