INVESTIGAR Act
Bill: H.R.7635 | Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira (R-FL)
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan Energy, Sanctions and Terrorism Investigation Government Accountability Report Act or INVESTIGAR Act
This bill requires the President to, no later than 14 days after reaching an agreement with Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program, report to Congress describing the possible benefits that will accrue to the regime of Nicolas Maduro as a result of the agreement. (Maduro is the president of Venezuela whose reelection in 2018 is widely condemned, including by the United States, as fraudulent.)
The President must update the report every 180 days.

To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on possible 
  benefits accruing to the regime of Nicolas Maduro as a result of an 
      agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan 
Energy, Sanctions and Terrorism Investigation Government Accountability 
Report Act'' or ``INVESTIGAR Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON BENEFITS TO THE MADURO REGIME AS A RESULT OF AN 
              AGREEMENT WITH IRAN RELATING TO THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF 
              IRAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 14 calendar days after reaching an 
agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran, and every 
180 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report describing the possible benefits that 
will accrue to the regime of Nicolas Maduro as a result of such 
agreement.
    (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) A description of the expected economic benefits likely 
        to accrue to the Maduro regime as a result of the agreement.
            (2) A description of the expected benefits likely to be 
        experienced by the Maduro regime military and intelligence 
        services as a result of cooperation made possible by the 
        agreement.
            (3) A description of the expected benefits likely to be 
        experienced by the Maduro regime state-owned oil and gas 
        industry as a result of this agreement.
            (4) A description of the likely enhanced ability of 
        Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to 
        operate in Venezuela and engage in terrorism, drug trafficking, 
        money laundering, and illicit smuggling.
            (5) An analysis of new avenues for sanctions evasion likely 
        made available to the Maduro regime as a result of the 
        agreement.
    (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex if necessary.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Armed Services of the Senate.
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