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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 268 
To increase the maximum reward amount for information leading to the 
arrest and conviction of Nicola´s Maduro Moros to $100,000,000, which 
shall be paid out by the Federal Government from all assets being 
withheld from Nicola´s Maduro Moros, officials of the Maduro regime 
and their co-conspirators. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SMITH of 
New Jersey, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. SALAZAR, and Mr. SOTO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To increase the maximum reward amount for information 
leading to the arrest and conviction of Nicola´s Maduro 
Moros to $100,000,000, which shall be paid out by the 
Federal Government from all assets being withheld from 
Nicola´s Maduro Moros, officials of the Maduro regime 
and their co-conspirators. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Timely Op-
portunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for De-
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taining Unlawful Regime Officials Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘STOP MADURO Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2020, the Trump administration charged 
Venezuela regime leader Nicola´s Maduro Moros, 
along with other regime officials with— 
(A) participating in a narco-terrorism con-
spiracy, which carries a 20-year mandatory 
minimum sentence and a maximum sentence of 
life in prison; 
(B) conspiring to import cocaine into the 
United States, which carries a 10-year manda-
tory minimum sentence and a maximum sen-
tence of life in prison; 
(C) using and carrying machine guns and 
destructive devices during, and in relation to, 
and possessing machine guns and destructive 
devices in furtherance of, the narco-terrorism 
and cocaine-importation conspiracies, which 
carries a 30-year mandatory minimum sentence 
and a maximum sentence of life in prison; and 
(D) conspiring to use and carry machine 
guns and destructive devices during, and in re-
lation to, and to possess machine guns and de-
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structive devices in furtherance of, the narco- 
terrorism and cocaine-importation conspiracies, 
which carries a maximum sentence of life in 
prison. 
(2) On March 26, 2020, United States Attorney 
Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New 
York stated in a press release, ‘‘Today we announce 
criminal charges against Nicola´s Maduro for run-
ning, together with his top lieutenants, a narco-ter-
rorism partnership with the FARC for the past 
twenty years. The scope and magnitude of the drug 
trafficking alleged was made possible only because 
Maduro and others corrupted the institutions of 
Venezuela and provided political and military protec-
tion for the rampant narco-terrorism crimes de-
scribed in our charges. As alleged, Maduro and the 
other defendants expressly intended to flood the 
United States with cocaine in order to undermine 
the health and wellbeing of our nation. Maduro very 
deliberately deployed cocaine as a weapon.’’. 
(3) The press release included a statement from 
United States Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of 
the Southern District of Florida, who stated, ‘‘In the 
last couple of years, the US Attorney’s Office in 
South Florida and its federal law enforcement part-
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ners have united to bring dozens of criminal charges 
against high-level regime officials and co-conspira-
tors resulting in seizures of approximately $450 mil-
lion dollars.’’. 
SEC. 3. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM REWARD AMOUNT FOR 
INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND 
CONVICTION OF NICOLA´ S MADURO MOROS 
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE-
WARDS PROGRAM. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
36(e)(1) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(e)(1)), the Secretary of State 
may pay, to one or more individuals who furnish informa-
tion described in section 36(b) of such Act that directly 
leads to the arrest and conviction of Nicola´s Maduro 
Moros, a reward of up to $100,000,000. 
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The payment authorized 
under subsection (a) shall be derived exclusively from the 
liquidation of assets being withheld from Nicola´s Maduro 
Moros, officials of the Maduro regime, and their co-con-
spirators by the President or by the Office of Foreign As-
sets Control of the Department of the Treasury pursuant 
to— 
(1) the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act (21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.); 
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(2) section 5 of the Venezuela Defense of 
Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (50 
U.S.C. 1701 note); 
(3) Executive Order 13692 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking of property and suspending 
entry of certain persons contributing to the situation 
in Venezuela); 
(4) Executive Order 13850 (relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to the 
situation in Venezuela); 
(5) Executive Order 13884 (50 U.S.C. 1701 
note; relating to blocking property of the Govern-
ment of Venezuela); or 
(6) any other sanctions provision. 
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