committees a report that documents the perpetration of 
gross human rights violations by the Ortega government 
against campesinos and indigenous communities in the in-
terior of Nicaragua. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(b) shall— 
(1) include a compilation of human rights viola-
tions committed by the Ortega government against 
inhabitants of the interior of Nicaragua, with a 
focus on such violations committed since April 2018, 
including human rights abuses and extrajudicial 
killings in— 
(A) the cities of Managua, Carazo, and 
Masaya between April and June of 2018; and 
(B) the municipalities of Wiwili, El Cua´, 
San Jose de Bocay, and Santa Maria de 
Pantasma in the Department of Jinotega, 
Esquipulas in the Department of Rivas, and 
Bilwi in the North Caribbean Coast Autono-
mous Region between 2018 and 2021; 
(2) outline efforts by the Ortega government to 
intimidate and disrupt the activities of CENIDH 
and other civil society organizations attempting to 
hold the government accountable for infringing on 
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the fundamental rights and freedoms of the people 
of Nicaragua; and 
(3) provide recommendations on how the United 
States, in collaboration with international partners 
and Nicaraguan civil society, should leverage its dip-
lomatic capabilities, including sanctions, to curtail 
the gross human rights violations perpetrated by the 
Ortega government and better support the victims of 
human rights violations in the interior of Nicaragua. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 11. SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT NEWS MEDIA AND 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION IN NICARAGUA. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, the Administrator for the United States Agency 
for International Development, and the Chief Executive 
Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, 
shall submit to Congress a report that includes— 
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(1) an evaluation of the governmental, political, 
and technological obstacles faced by the people of 
Nicaragua in their efforts to obtain accurate, objec-
tive, and comprehensive news and information about 
domestic and international affairs; 
(2) a list of all TV channels, radio stations, on-
line news sites, and other media platforms operating 
in Nicaragua that are directly or indirectly owned or 
beneficially controlled by President Daniel Ortega, 
members of the Ortega family, or known allies of the 
Ortega government; and 
(3) a list of any independent press organization 
or any person affiliated with the independent news 
media that has experienced intimidation, harass-
ment, physical assault, theft of property, or fatal in-
jury by agents of the Government of Nicaragua or 
pro-government supporters in direct relation to their 
journalistic activities since April 2018. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the extent to which the 
current level and type of news and related program-
ming and content provided by the Voice of America 
and other sources is addressing the informational 
needs of the people of Nicaragua; 
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(2) a description of existing United States ef-
forts to strengthen freedom of the press and freedom 
of expression in Nicaragua, including recommenda-
tions to expand upon those efforts; and 
(3) a strategy for strengthening independent 
broadcasting, information distribution, and media 
platforms in Nicaragua. 
SEC. 12. AMENDMENT TO SHORT TITLE OF PUBLIC LAW 
115–335. 
Section 1(a) of the Nicaragua Human Rights and 
Anticorruption Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–335; 50 
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act of 2018’ or the 
‘NICA Act’.’’. 
SEC. 13. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Nicaragua Investment Condi-
tionality Act of 2018’’ means the Public Law 115–335 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note), as amended by section 12. 
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