appropriate congressional committees a notice of and 
justification for the waiver. 
(d) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMITTED; ALIEN.—The terms ‘‘admitted’’ 
and ‘‘alien’’ have meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101). 
(2) FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-
nancial institution’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code. 
(3) MATERIALLY ASSISTED.—The term ‘‘mate-
rially assisted’’ means the provision of assistance 
that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to 
acts described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a). 
(4) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen or an alien law-
fully admitted for permanent residence to the 
United States; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
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the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity. 
SEC. 6. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE 
TRANSFER OF GOODS OR TECHNOLOGIES TO 
VENEZUELA THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE USED 
TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose sanc-
tions described in section 5(b) with respect to each person 
on the list required under subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a list of persons who the President deter-
mines have knowingly engaged in an activity de-
scribed in paragraph (2) on or after such date of en-
actment. 
(2) ACTIVITY DESCRIBED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A person knowingly en-
gages in an activity described in this paragraph 
if the person— 
(i) transfers, or facilitates the transfer 
of, goods or technologies described in sub-
paragraph (C) to Venezuela, any entity or-
ganized under the laws of Venezuela, or 
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any national of Venezuela, for use in or 
with respect to Venezuela; or 
(ii) provides services (including serv-
ices relating to hardware, software, and 
specialized information, and professional 
consulting, engineering, and support serv-
ices) with respect to goods or technologies 
described in subparagraph (C) after such 
goods or technologies are transferred to 
Venezuela. 
(B) APPLICABILITY
TO
CONTRACTS
AND 
OTHER AGREEMENTS.—A person engages in an 
activity described in subparagraph (A) without 
regard to whether the activity is carried out 
pursuant to a contract or other agreement en-
tered into before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(C) 
GOODS
OR
TECHNOLOGIES
DE-
SCRIBED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Goods or tech-
nologies described in this subparagraph are 
goods or technologies that the President 
determines are likely to be used by the 
Government of Venezuela or any of the 
agencies or instrumentalities of the Gov-
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ernment of Venezuela (or by any other per-
son on behalf of the Government of Ven-
ezuela or any of such agencies or instru-
mentalities) to commit serious human 
rights abuses against the people of Ven-
ezuela, including— 
(I) firearms or ammunition (as 
such terms are defined in section 921 
of title 18, United States Code), rub-
ber bullets, police batons, pepper or 
chemical sprays, stun grenades, elec-
troshock weapons, tear gas, water 
cannons, or surveillance technology; or 
(II) sensitive technology. 
(ii) 
SENSITIVE
TECHNOLOGY
DE-
FINED.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 
of clause (i)(II), the term ‘‘sensitive 
technology’’ means hardware, soft-
ware, telecommunications equipment, 
or any other technology, that the 
President determines is to be used 
specifically— 
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(aa) to restrict the free flow 
of unbiased information in Ven-
ezuela; or 
(bb) to disrupt, monitor, or 
otherwise restrict speech of the 
people of Venezuela. 
(II) 
EXCEPTION.—The 
term 
‘‘sensitive technology’’ does not in-
clude information or informational 
materials the exportation of which the 
President does not have the authority 
to regulate or prohibit pursuant to 
section 203(b)(3) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1702(b)(3)). 
(3) SPECIAL
RULE
TO
ALLOW
FOR
TERMI-
NATION
OF
SANCTIONABLE
ACTIVITY.—The Presi-
dent shall not be required to include a person on the 
list required under paragraph (1) if the President 
certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 
committees that— 
(A) the person is no longer engaging in, or 
has taken significant verifiable steps toward 
stopping, the activity described in paragraph 
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(2) for which the President would otherwise 
have included the person on the list; and 
(B) the President has received reliable as-
surances that such person will not knowingly 
engage in any activity described in such para-
graph (2) in the future. 
(4) UPDATES
OF
LIST.—The President shall 
transmit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees an updated list under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) as new information becomes available. 
(5) FORM OF LIST; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) FORM.—The list required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex. 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassi-
fied portion of the list required under para-
graph (1) shall be made available to the public 
and posted on the Web site of the Department 
of State. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions described in section 5(b) with respect to 
a person on the list required under subsection (b) of this 
section if the President— 
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(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional security interests of the United States and on 
or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
submits to the appropriate congressional committees 
a notice of and justification for the waiver; or 
(2) determines that the conditions in Venezuela 
have improved with regard to respect for peaceful 
protest and basic human rights and on or before the 
date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the 
appropriate congressional committees a notice of and 
justification for the waiver. 
SEC. 7. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO PROMOTE INTER-
NET FREEDOM AND ACCESS TO INFORMA-
TION. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with heads of other Federal departments and agencies, as 
appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a comprehensive strat-
egy that is classified to the extent necessary to— 
(1) assist the people of Venezuela to produce, 
access, and share information freely and safely via 
the Internet; 
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(2) increase the capabilities and availability of 
secure mobile and other communications through 
connective technology among human rights and de-
mocracy activists in Venezuela; 
(3) provide resources for digital safety training 
for media and academic and civil society organiza-
tions in Venezuela; 
(4) increase emergency resources for the most 
vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to orga-
nize, share information, and support human rights 
in Venezuela; 
(5) expand access to uncensored sources of local 
news and information using all available and effec-
tive mediums of communication, especially through 
platforms that leverage public-private partnerships; 
(6) expand activities to safely assist and train 
human rights, civil society, and democracy activists 
in Venezuela to operate effectively and securely; 
(7) expand access to proxy servers for democ-
racy activists in Venezuela; and 
(8) discourage telecommunications and software 
companies from facilitating Internet censorship by 
the Government of Venezuela. 
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SEC. 8. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ENCOURAGE VEN-
EZUELA TO ABIDE BY THE PRINCIPLES EN-
SHRINED IN THE INTER-AMERICAN DEMO-
CRATIC CHARTER. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a comprehensive strategy outlining how the 
United States is supporting the citizens of Venezuela in 
seeking— 
(1) free, fair, and transparent elections— 
(A) conducted with the presence of inter-
nationally recognized observers; and 
(B) in which— 
(i) all parties are permitted ample 
time to organize and campaign for such 
elections; and 
(ii) all candidates are permitted equi-
table access to the media; 
(2) basic civil liberties and human rights; 
(3) establishment of independent judiciaries and 
electoral councils; and 
(4) development of an independent civil society 
with the capacity to advocate on behalf of constitu-
ents. 
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SEC. 9. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON POLITICAL PRISONERS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States— 
(1) to support efforts to research and identify 
prisoners of conscience and cases of human rights 
abuses in Venezuela; 
(2) to offer refugee status or political asylum in 
the United States to political dissidents in Venezuela 
if requested and consistent with the laws and na-
tional security interests of the United States; 
(3) to offer to assist, through the United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Refugees, with the re-
location of such political prisoners to other countries 
if requested, as appropriate and with appropriate 
consideration for the national security interests of 
the United States; and 
(4) to publicly call for the release of Venezuelan 
country dissidents by name and raise awareness with 
respect to individual cases of Venezuelan country 
dissidents and prisoners of conscience, as appro-
priate and if requested by the dissidents or prisoners 
themselves or their families. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR AS-
SISTANCE TO SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY IN 
VENEZUELA. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the United 
States Agency for International Development for fiscal 
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year 2015 not less than $5,000,000 to provide assistance 
to civil society in Venezuela. 
SEC. 11. SUNSET. 
This Act shall cease to be effective beginning on the 
date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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