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        <dc:title>Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016</dc:title>
        <citableAs>Public Law 114–194</citableAs>
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    <main style="-uslm-dtd:legis-body"><longTitle><docTitle style="-uslm-dtd:legis-type">AN ACT</docTitle><officialTitle style="-uslm-dtd:official-title">To extend the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula style="-uslm-dtd:enacting-clause">Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
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            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t50/s1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading>
            <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote">Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2016</shortTitle>”.</content>
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            <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">EXTENSION OF TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA. </heading>
            <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">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 “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">December 31, 2016</quotedText>” and inserting “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">December 31, 2019</quotedText>”.</content>
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