(1) to carry out special financial investigations 
to identify and track assets taken from the people 
and institutions of Venezuela through theft, corrup-
tion, money laundering, or other illicit means; and 
(2) work with foreign governments— 
(A) to share financial investigations intel-
ligence, as appropriate; 
(B) to block the assets identified pursuant 
to paragraph (1); and 
(C) to advance necessary civil forfeiture 
litigation, including providing technical assist-
ance to help governments establish the nec-
essary legal framework to carry out asset for-
feitures. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The coordinated inter-
national effort described in subsection (b) shall— 
(1) include input from— 
(A) the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 
the Department of the Treasury; 
(B) the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network of the Department of the Treasury; 
and 
(C) the Money Laundering and Asset Re-
covery Section of the Department of Justice; 
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(2) identify appropriate steps to advance nec-
essary civil forfeiture litigation in the United States; 
(3) include an assessment of whether the 
United States or another member of the inter-
national community should establish a managed 
fund to hold the assets identified pursuant to sub-
section (b)(1) that could be returned to a future 
democratic government in Venezuela; and 
(4) include recommendations for new legislative 
and regulatory measures in the United States that 
would be needed to establish and manage the fund 
described in paragraph (3). 
(d) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit a strategy for carrying out 
the activities described in subsection (b) to— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
(3) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen-
ate; 
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(5) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives; and 
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(6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives. 
(e) BRIEFINGS.—Upon a request from 1 of the con-
gressional committees listed in subsection (d), the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the At-
torney General shall brief the requesting committee on the 
progress made in implementing the effort described in 
subsection (b). 
TITLE IV—RESTORING THE 
RULE OF LAW IN VENEZUELA 
SEC. 401. PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT SANCTIONED OFFI-
CIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter, except as provided in subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, shall submit a report to Congress that describes the 
total assessed value of blocked assets of Venezuelans des-
ignated under sanctions authorized under— 
(1) the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act (title VIII of Public Law 106–120; 21 U.S.C. 
1901 et seq.); 
(2) the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights 
and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 
278); or 
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(3) Executive Order 13692 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note). 
(b) ADDITIONAL
ELEMENTS.—Reports submitted 
under subsection (a) should provide descriptions of specific 
cases that are most representative of the endemic corrup-
tion and illicit financial activities occurring in Venezuela. 
(c) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—The Secretary of 
Treasury is not required to submit an updated report to 
Congress under subsection (a) unless, since the submission 
of the preceding report— 
(1) there has been meaningful change in the 
value of blocked assets; or 
(2) additional individuals have been targeted for 
sanctions under the authorities listed in subsection 
(a). 
(d) BRIEFINGS.—If the Secretary of Treasury exer-
cises the exception described in subsection (c), the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, or designee, shall brief Congress 
on— 
(1) the decision to exercise the exception; and 
(2) information related to the value of blocked 
assets described in subsection (a). 
(e) FORM.—Reports required under this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex. 
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SEC. 402. COORDINATING TARGETED SANCTIONS WITH 
PARTNERS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. 
(a) STRENGTHENING SANCTIONS CAPACITY IN LATIN 
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.—The Secretary of State, 
working through the Assistant Secretary of State for Eco-
nomic and Business Affairs and the Assistant Secretary 
of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs, and in coordination with the Secretary of the 
Treasury, shall provide technical assistance to partner 
governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to assist 
such governments in establishing the legislative and regu-
latory frameworks needed to impose targeted sanctions on 
Venezuelan officials who— 
(1) are responsible for human rights abuses; 
(2) have engaged in public corruption; or 
(3) are undermining democratic institutions and 
processes in Venezuela. 
(b) COORDINATING INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS.— 
The Secretary of State shall engage in diplomatic efforts 
with partner governments, including the Government of 
Canada, governments in the European Union, and govern-
ments in Latin America and the Caribbean, to impose tar-
geted sanctions on Venezuelan officials described in sub-
section (a). 
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