[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5385-S5386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3619. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON MADURO REGIME IN VENEZUELA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the 
     date that is 10 years after such date of enactment, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     State and such other heads of Federal agencies as the 
     Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall submit to 
     Congress a report that includes the following:
       (1) An assessment of the extent to which the regime of 
     Nicolas Maduro provides safe haven to transnational criminal 
     organizations and foreign terrorist organizations.

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       (2) A list of transnational criminal organizations and 
     foreign terrorist organizations operating within Venezuela.
       (3) An assessment of the extent to which senior members of 
     the Maduro regime support and protect transnational criminal 
     organizations operating within Venezuela.
       (4) An assessment of the nature and extent of relations 
     between senior members of the Maduro regime and transnational 
     criminal organizations and foreign terrorist organizations.
       (5) An assessment of the nature and extent of relations 
     between the security forces of Venezuela and transnational 
     criminal organizations and foreign terrorist organizations.
       (6) A description of the geographic routes of illicit 
     narcotics flows into Venezuela, within Venezuela, and 
     outbound from Venezuela.
       (7) An assessment of illicit finance flows into Venezuela, 
     within Venezuela, and outbound from Venezuela.
       (8) An assessment of the extent to which members of the 
     Maduro regime and members of the security forces of Venezuela 
     actively facilitate the manufacturing or transportation of 
     narcotics within Venezuela or outbound from Venezuela.
       (9) An assessment of whether the Maduro regime conducts 
     credible counter-narcotics efforts within Venezuela.
       (10) An assessment of whether the nature and extent of 
     relations between members of the Maduro regime and 
     transnational criminal organizations and foreign terrorist 
     organizations undermines United States security interests and 
     counter-narcotics efforts in Colombia.
       (11) An assessment of whether the nature and extent of 
     relations between members of the Maduro regime and 
     transnational criminal organizations and foreign terrorist 
     organizations undermines the 2016 agreement between the 
     Government of Colombia and the FARC.
       (12) An assessment of the implications of the nature and 
     extent of relations between members of the Maduro regime and 
     transnational criminal organizations and foreign terrorist 
     organizations for the security and stability of the Caribbean 
     region.
       (13) An assessment of the implications of the nature and 
     extent of relations between members of the Maduro regime and 
     transnational criminal organizations and foreign terrorist 
     organizations for United States security and economic 
     interests in the Caribbean.
       (14) An assessment of the implications of the involvement 
     of the Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN) in transnational 
     criminal activities within Venezuela for Cuba's relations 
     with the ELN.
       (15) An assessment of whether the Maduro regime meets the 
     criteria for designation as a specially designated global 
     terrorist and whether such designation would facilitate the 
     implementation of Executive Order 14157 (relating to 
     designating cartels and other organizations as foreign 
     terrorist organizations and specially designated global 
     terrorists) or Executive Order 13224 (relating to blocking 
     property and prohibiting transactions with persons who 
     commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism).
       (b) Foreign Terrorist Organization Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``foreign terrorist organization'' means an 
     organization that is designated as a foreign terrorist 
     organization under section 219 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
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