SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS 
THAT HAVE BUSINESS OPERATIONS WITH 
THE MADURO REGIME. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided under sub-
sections (c), (d), and (e), the head of an executive agency 
may not enter into a contract for the procurement of 
goods or services with any person that has business oper-
ations with an authority of the government of Venezuela 
that is not recognized as the legitimate government of 
Venezuela by the United States Government. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) does not apply to a contract that the 
head of an executive agency and the Secretary of 
State jointly determine— 
(A) is necessary— 
(i) for purposes of providing humani-
tarian assistance to the people of Ven-
ezuela; 
(ii) for purposes of providing disaster 
relief and other urgent life-saving meas-
ures; or 
(iii) to carry out noncombatant evacu-
ations; or 
(B) is vital to the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
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(2) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—The head 
of an executive agency shall notify each appropriate 
congressional committee, the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
any contract entered into on the basis of an excep-
tion provided for under paragraph (1). 
(c) OFFICE
OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL LI-
CENSES.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to a person that has a valid license to operate in 
Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control 
of the Department of the Treasury. 
(d) AMERICAN
DIPLOMATIC
MISSION
IN
VEN-
EZUELA.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 
apply to contracts related to the operation and mainte-
nance of the United States Government’s consular offices 
and diplomatic posts in Venezuela. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘busi-
ness operations’’ means engaging in commerce in 
any form, including acquiring, developing, maintain-
ing, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating 
equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, 
personal property, real property, or any other appa-
ratus of business or commerce. 
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(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(3) GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA.—The term 
‘‘government of Venezuela’’ includes the government 
of any political subdivision of Venezuela, and any 
agency or instrumentality of the Government of Ven-
ezuela. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘‘agency or instrumentality of the Government of 
Venezuela’’ means an agency or instrumentality of a 
foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 
28, United States Code, with each reference in such 
section to ‘‘a foreign state’’ deemed to be a reference 
to ‘‘Venezuela’’. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 
(A) a natural person, corporation, com-
pany, business association, partnership, society, 
trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, or-
ganization, or group; 
(B) any governmental entity or instrumen-
tality of a government, including a multilateral 
development institution (as defined in section 
1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Insti-
tutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3))); and 
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(C) any successor, subunit, parent entity, 
or subsidiary of, or any entity under common 
ownership or control with, any entity described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-
spect to any contract entered into on or after the date 
of the enactment of this section. 
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