I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7245 
To provide humanitarian relief to the Venezuelan people and Venezuelan 
migrants, to advance a constitutional and democratic solution to Ven-
ezuela’s political crisis, to address Venezuela’s economic reconstruction, 
to combat public corruption, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2018 
Mr. SIRES (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and 
Mrs. TORRES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide humanitarian relief to the Venezuelan people and 
Venezuelan migrants, to advance a constitutional and 
democratic solution to Venezuela’s political crisis, to ad-
dress Venezuela’s economic reconstruction, to combat 
public corruption, narcotics trafficking, and money laun-
dering, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and 
Rule of Law Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE I—HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR VENEZUELA 
Sec. 101. Humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans in neighboring countries. 
Sec. 102. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis 
in Venezuela. 
TITLE II—RESTORING DEMOCRACY AND ADDRESSING THE 
POLITICAL CRISIS IN VENEZUELA 
Sec. 201. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly. 
Sec. 202. Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis. 
Sec. 203. Support for the Lima Group. 
Sec. 204. Accountability for crimes against humanity. 
TITLE III—SUPPORTING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF VENEZUELA 
Sec. 301. Engaging international financial institutions to advance the recon-
struction of Venezuela’s economy and energy infrastructure. 
Sec. 302. Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people. 
TITLE IV—RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW IN VENEZUELA 
Sec. 401. Public information about sanctioned officials. 
Sec. 402. Coordinating targeted sanctions with partners in the Western Hemi-
sphere and the European Union. 
Sec. 403. Financial sanctions on Venezuelan government debt. 
Sec. 404. Exceptions for humanitarian assistance. 
TITLE V—CRYPTOCURRENCY SANCTIONS AND ENSURING THE 
EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED STATES SANCTIONS 
Sec. 501. Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related 
technologies. 
Sec. 502. Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions. 
TITLE VI—TERMINATION 
Sec. 601. Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) Venezuela’s electoral event on May 20, 
2018— 
(A) was not legitimate; and 
(B) did not comply with international 
standards for a free, fair, and transparent 
democratic process; and 
(2) senior officials in the de facto government 
of Nicola´s Maduro— 
(A) have taken continuous steps— 
(i) to consolidate an authoritarian 
government; and 
(ii) to direct political control over 
Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice, 
National Electoral Council, and armed 
forces; 
(B) have implemented policies that are di-
rectly responsible for— 
(i) Venezuela’s economic and humani-
tarian crises; and 
(ii) the massive outflow of Venezuelan 
migrants leaving the country; 
(C) have used access to food as a tool of 
political coercion and a source of corruption 
and have directly profited from corruption in 
food procurement contracts; 
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(D) have utilized repressive tactics to vio-
late and curtail human rights, political rights, 
freedom of expression, and freedom of the 
press, including the arbitrary detention of polit-
ical prisoners; and 
(E) have engaged in acts of gross corrup-
tion and criminality that have contributed to 
the absence of the rule of law in Venezuela. 
TITLE I—HUMANITARIAN 
RELIEF FOR VENEZUELA 
SEC. 101. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO VENEZUELANS 
IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with the Administrator of the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, shall work through 
international and nongovernmental organizations to pro-
vide Venezuelans in neighboring countries with humani-
tarian aid, such as— 
(1) urgently needed health and nutritional as-
sistance, including logistical and technical assistance 
to hospitals and health centers in affected commu-
nities; 
(2) food assistance for vulnerable individuals, 
including assistance to improve food security for af-
fected communities; and 
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(3) hygiene supplies and sanitation services. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The assistance de-
scribed in subsection (a)— 
(1) may be provided— 
(A) directly to Venezuelans in neighboring 
countries; or 
(B) indirectly through the communities in 
which the Venezuelans reside; and 
(2) should focus on the most vulnerable Ven-
ezuelans in neighboring countries. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 
for fiscal year 2019 to carry out the activities set 
forth in subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided 
under subparagraph (B), amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant to para-
graph (1) may not be obligated until 15 days 
after the date on which the President provides 
notice to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees of the intent to obligate such funds. 
(B) WAIVER.— 
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(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State may waive the requirement under 
subparagraph (A) if the Secretary deter-
mines that such requirement would pose a 
substantial risk to human health or wel-
fare. 
(ii) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—If 
a waiver is invoked under clause (i), the 
President shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees of the intention to 
obligate funds under this section as early 
as practicable, but not later than 3 days 
after taking the action to which such noti-
fication requirement was applicable in the 
context of the circumstances necessitating 
such waiver. 
(C) DEFINED
TERM.—In this subpara-
graph, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate; 
(ii) the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate; 
(iii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives; and 
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(iv) the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 102. SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS 
ON THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VEN-
EZUELA. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies, in-
cluding the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian 
Affairs, the World Health Organization, the Pan Amer-
ican Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization, UNICEF, and the United Nations High Com-
missioner for Refugees, should conduct and publish inde-
pendent assessments regarding— 
(1) the extent and impact of the shortages of 
food and medicine in Venezuela; and 
(2) the efforts needed to resolve such shortages. 
(b) INITIAL EFFORTS.—The President shall instruct 
the Permanent Representative of the United States to the 
United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United 
States in the United Nations Security Council to secure 
the necessary votes— 
(1) to place the humanitarian and political cri-
sis in Venezuela on the United Nations Security 
Council’s Programme of Work; and 
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(2) to secure a Presidential Statement from the 
President of the United Nations Security Council 
urging the Government of Venezuela— 
(A) to allow the delivery of humanitarian 
relief; and 
(B) to lift bureaucratic impediments or 
any other obstacles preventing independent non-
governmental organizations from providing the 
proper assistance to the people of Venezuela 
without any interference by the Government of 
Venezuela. 
(c) UNITED
NATIONS
HUMANITARIAN
COORDI-
NATOR.—The President shall instruct the Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to use the voice and in-
fluence of the United States to advance the appointment 
of a United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Ven-
ezuela to lead and coordinate the efforts of humanitarian 
organizations in a manner that contributes to Venezuela’s 
long-term recovery. 
(d) ADDITIONAL EFFORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Government of Ven-
ezuela refuses to allow the delivery of humanitarian 
relief and to lift bureaucratic impediments and any 
other obstacles described in subsection (b)(2)(B), the 
President, beginning not later than 30 days after the 
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conclusion of the efforts of the United Nations de-
scribed in such subsection, shall instruct the Perma-
nent Representative of the United States to the 
United Nations to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to secure the adoption of a resolution 
described in paragraph (2). 
(2) RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—The resolution 
described in this paragraph is a Resolution of the 
United Nations Security Council that— 
(A) requires the Government of Venezuela 
to promptly allow safe and unhindered access 
for humanitarian agencies and their imple-
menting partners, including possible support 
from neighboring countries; and 
(B) calls on the Government of Ven-
ezuela— 
(i) to allow the delivery of food and 
medicine to the people of Venezuela; 
(ii) to end human rights violations 
against the people of Venezuela; 
(iii) to agree to free, fair, and trans-
parent elections with credible international 
observers; 
(iv) to cease violence against the peo-
ple of Venezuela; and 
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(v) to release all political prisoners 
held by the Government of Venezuela. 
TITLE II—RESTORING DEMOC-
RACY AND ADDRESSING THE 
POLITICAL CRISIS IN VEN-
EZUELA 
SEC. 201. RECOGNITION OF VENEZUELA’S DEMOCRAT-
ICALLY ELECTED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly 
convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic 
elections that were held on December 6, 2015. 
(2) Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly 
convened on August 4, 2017, in the aftermath of an 
election on July 30, 2017, which was characterized 
by widespread fraud and, as a result of administra-
tive processes, failed to comply with the Constitution 
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that actions taken by the Government of Venezuela 
that require legislative approval, ratification, or concur-
rence, including the provision or refinancing of debts, 
should only be recognized as legitimate by the United 
States and the international community if such legislative 
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actions are performed by the democratically elected Na-
tional Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. 
(c) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to recognize the democratically elected Na-
tional Assembly of Venezuela as the only legitimate 
national legislative body in Venezuela; and 
(2) not to recognize Venezuela’s National Con-
stituent Assembly as a legitimate legislative body. 
SEC. 202. ADVANCING A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO VEN-
EZUELA’S CRISIS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) direct, credible negotiations between the 
Government of Venezuela and political opposition, 
which include democratically elected deputies of the 
National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela, are supported by stakeholders in the 
international diplomatic community, and include the 
input and interests of Venezuelan civil society, rep-
resent the best opportunity to reach a solution to the 
Venezuelan crisis that includes— 
(A) restoring democracy and the rule of 
law; 
(B) freeing political prisoners; 
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(C) facilitating the delivery of humani-
tarian aid; and 
(D) establishing conditions for free and 
fair democratic elections; 
(2) negotiations between the Government of 
Venezuela and political opposition that commenced 
in October 2017, and were supported by the Govern-
ments of Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, and Nicaragua, did 
not result in an agreement because the Government 
of Venezuela failed to credibly participate in the 
process; and 
(3) negotiations between the Government of 
Venezuela and political opposition that commenced 
in October 2016, and were supported by the Vati-
can, did not result in an agreement because the Gov-
ernment of Venezuela failed to credibly participate 
in the process. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
support diplomatic engagement in order to advance a ne-
gotiated solution to Venezuela’s political, economic, and 
humanitarian crisis that is described in subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 203. SUPPORT FOR THE LIMA GROUP. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
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(1) The Lima Group is a diplomatic bloc whose 
members include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Hon-
duras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint 
Lucia. 
(2) The Lima Group— 
(A) has condemned the rupture of the 
democratic order in Venezuela; 
(B) has reaffirmed the authority of the 
democratically elected National Assembly of 
Venezuela; 
(C) has rejected Venezuela’s National Con-
stituent Assembly; 
(D) has called on the Government of Ven-
ezuela to accept humanitarian assistance in 
order to address the country’s growing eco-
nomic crisis; and 
(E) has stated that it does not recognize 
the legitimacy of Venezuela’s May 20, 2018, 
presidential election as it did not comply with 
international standards for a democratic, free, 
fair, and transparent process. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should conduct diplo-
matic engagement in support of efforts by the Lima Group 
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to restore democracy and the rule of law Venezuela and 
facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance for the 
Venezuelan people. 
SEC. 204. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMAN-
ITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) On July 25, 2017, the Secretary General of 
the Organization of American States stated ‘‘the 
systematic attack against the civilian population [of 
Venezuela] includes murders, imprisonment and tor-
ture, and it is evident in the eyes of the inter-
national community that we are in the presence of 
crimes against humanity.’’. 
(2) On September 11, 2017, the United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Human Rights stated 
that Venezuelan security forces may have committed 
crimes against humanity against protesters and 
called for a credible international investigation. 
(3) A November 29, 2017, report by Human 
Rights Watch documented that Venezuelan security 
forces had used extreme and, at times, lethal forces 
against protesters and, once detained, subjected 
them to abuses ranging from severe beatings to tor-
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ture involving electric shocks, asphyxiation, and 
other techniques. 
(4) On February 8, 2018, the Prosecutor of the 
International Criminal Court opened a preliminary 
examination of the situation in Venezuela as it re-
lates to Venezuelan security forces using excessive 
force against civilians and the political opposition. 
(5) On May 29, 2018, a panel of independent 
international experts convened by the Secretary Gen-
eral of the Organization of American States found 
that ‘‘there are reasonable grounds that satisfy the 
standard of proof required by Article 53 of the 
Rome Statute for considering that acts to which the 
civilian population of Venezuela was subjected [. . .] 
constitute crimes against humanity’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should conduct robust 
diplomatic engagement in support of efforts in Venezuela, 
and on the part of the international community, to ensure 
accountability for possible crimes against humanity and 
other violations of international humanitarian law and vio-
lations and abuses of human rights. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to Congress that— 
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(1) evaluates the degree to which the Govern-
ment of Venezuela and its officials, including mem-
bers of the Venezuelan security force, have engaged 
in actions that constitute crimes against humanity 
and violations of international humanitarian law; 
and 
(2) provides options for holding accountable the 
perpetrators identified under paragraph (1). 
TITLE III—SUPPORTING THE RE-
CONSTRUCTION 
OF 
VEN-
EZUELA 
SEC. 301. ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS TO ADVANCE THE RECONSTRUCTION 
OF VENEZUELA’S ECONOMY AND ENERGY IN-
FRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Energy, should work through the United States Execu-
tive Directors to the International Monetary Fund and the 
Multilateral Development Banks to create a framework for 
the economic reconstruction of Venezuela, contingent upon 
the restoration of democracy and the rule of law in the 
country. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.—The framework cre-
ated under subsection (a) should include policy pro-
posals— 
(1) to provide Venezuelans with humanitarian 
assistance, poverty alleviation, and a social safety 
net; 
(2) to advance debt restructuring and debt sus-
tainability measures; 
(3) to restore the production and efficient man-
agement of Venezuela’s oil industry, including re-
building energy infrastructure; 
(4) to eliminate price controls and market dis-
torting subsidies in the Venezuelan economy; and 
(5) to address hyperinflation in Venezuela. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In creating the framework 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Treasury, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Secretary of Energy shall consult 
with relevant stakeholders in the humanitarian, financial 
and energy sectors. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any effort to conduct debt restructuring 
should— 
(1) include discussions with China, which is 
Venezuela’s biggest creditor; and 
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(2) appropriately account for China’s and Rus-
sia’s high-risk lending to Venezuela. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Treasury may 
not support lending or financing from the International 
Monetary Fund and the Multilateral Development Banks 
until the Secretary of State submits a report to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives certi-
fying that the Government of Venezuela is committed to— 
(1) restoring democracy and the rule of law; 
(2) freeing political prisoners; 
(3) facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid; 
and 
(4) establishing conditions for free and fair 
democratic elections. 
(f) BRIEFINGS.—Upon a request from the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate, or the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the 
Secretary of Treasury shall brief the requesting committee 
on the progress made in implementing the framework cre-
ated under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 302. RECOVERING ASSETS STOLEN FROM THE VEN-
EZUELAN PEOPLE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Venezuela ranked 169th out of 180 coun-
tries in Transparency International’s Corruption 
Perception Index 2017. 
(2) In March 2016, the International Center for 
Asset Recovery at the Basel Institute on Governance 
in 
Switzerland 
estimated 
that 
approximately 
$350,000,000,000 in public funding had been lost in 
Venezuela as the result of corruption, fraud, and 
graft. 
(3) In March 2015, the Department of the 
Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 
determined that approximately $2,000,000,000 had 
been siphoned from Venezuela’s public oil company, 
Petro´leos de Venezuela, S.A., in conjunction with its 
designation of the Banca Privada d’Andorra as a 
Foreign Financial Institution of Primary Money 
Laundering Concern. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attor-
ney General, shall advance a coordinated international ef-
fort— 
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tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
SEC. 404. EXCEPTIONS FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL
COMMODITY.—The term 
‘‘agricultural commodity’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602). 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 16 of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4618) (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 
(3) MEDICAL DEVICE.—The term ‘‘medical de-
vice’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘device’’ in 
section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(4) MEDICINE.—The term ‘‘medicine’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘drug’’ in section 201 of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
321). 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The conduct or facilitation of a 
transaction for the sale of agricultural commodities, food, 
medicine, or medical devices to Venezuela or for the provi-
sion of humanitarian assistance to the people of Ven-
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