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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1129 

To revoke the visas of, and impose visa restrictions on, certain individuals 

located in the United States and abroad who are associated with regimes 

in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To revoke the visas of, and impose visa restrictions on, 

certain individuals located in the United States and 

abroad who are associated with regimes in Venezuela, 

Cuba, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Relief for Allies 

5 of Dictators Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. VISA RESTRICTIONS FOR CERTAIN VENEZUELANS, 

2 CUBANS, NICARAGUANS, AND BOLIVIANS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall re4 voke the visa of, or impose visa restrictions on any indi5 vidual described in subsection (b) who the Secretary deter6 mines— 

7 (1)(A) is responsible for, is complicit in, is re8 sponsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise di9 recting, or is knowingly— 

10 (i) committing human rights viola11 tions at any time in Venezuela, Cuba, 

12 Nicaragua, or Bolivia; or 

13 (ii) participating in (directly or indi14 rectly) any activity in or in relation to Ven15 ezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, or Bolivia at any 

16 time that undermines or threatens the in17 tegrity of the democracy or sovereignty of, 

18 the people of Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, 

19 or Bolivia; or 

20 (B) is the spouse or child of a foreign person 

21 described in subparagraph (A); or 

22 (2)(A) is described in or identified under— 

23 (i) section 804(b) of the Foreign Narcotics 

24 Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1903(b)); 

25 (ii) Executive Order 13850 (83 Fed. Reg. 

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1 tional persons contributing to the situation in 

2 Venezuela); or 

3 (iii) Executive Order 13884 (84 Fed. Reg. 

4 38843; relating to blocking property of the Gov5 ernment of Venezuela); or 

6 (B) is the spouse or child of a foreign person 

7 described in subparagraph (A). 

8 (b) INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED.—An individual de9 scribed in this subsection is any foreign person, located 

10 in the United States or abroad, who— 

11 (1) with respect to Venezuela, is— 

12 (A) a former official of the Hugo Chavez 

13 regime; or 

14 (B) a current or former official of the 

15 Nicolas Maduro regime; 

16 (2) with respect to Cuba, is— 

17 (A) a former official of the Fidel Castro or 

18 Raul Castro regime; or 

19 (B) a current or former official of the 

20 Miguel Diaz-Canel regime; 

21 (3) with respect to Nicaragua, is— 

22 (A) a current or former official of the Dan23 iel Ortega regime; or 

24 (B) a Sandinista party member; 


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1 (4) with respect to Bolivia, is a former official 

2 of the Evo Morales regime; 

3 (5) acts on behalf of a regime or party de4 scribed in any of paragraphs (1) through (4); 

5 (6) aids in repression by such regime or party; 

6 or 

7 (7) assists such regime or party. 

8 (c) VISA RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

9 (1) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

10 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA11 TION.—An individual described in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) is inadmissible to the United States; 

13 (B) is ineligible to receive a visa or other 

14 documentation authorizing entry into the 

15 United States; 

16 (C) is otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 

17 paroled into the United States or to receive any 

18 benefit under the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); and 

20 (D) shall— 

21 (i) in accordance with section 221(i) 

22 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

23 U.S.C. 1201(i)), have his or her visa or 

24 other documentation revoked, regardless of 


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1 when the visa or other documentation was 

2 issued; and 

3 (ii) be subject to expedited removal. 

4 (2) APPLICABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS VISITING

5 UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS.—In the case of 

6 an individual described in subsection (b) who intends 

7 to travel to the United States to visit the head8 quarters of the United Nations, the Secretary of 

9 State, in consultation with the Director of National 

10 Intelligence, the Attorney General, and the Secretary 

11 of Homeland Security, shall make a case-by-case de12 termination with respect to the applicability of sub13 section (a) to such individual. 

14 (d) RULEMAKING.—The President shall issue such 

15 regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to 

16 carry out this section. 

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