[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 VENEZUELA DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY EXTENSION ACT OF 
                                  2016

  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary be 
discharged from further consideration of the bill (S. 2845) to extend 
the termination of sanctions with respect to Venezuela under the 
Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014, and 
ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                S. 2845

       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 2016''.

     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, 2016'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2019''.

  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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