INVESTIGAR Act

Bill: 117-hr-7635
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2022-04-28
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan Energy, Sanctions and Terrorism Investigation Government Accountability Report Act or INVESTIGAR Act</b></p> <p>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.)</p> <p>The President must update the report every 180 days. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7635 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2022 Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mrs. Murphy of Florida , Mr. Waltz , Mr. Gimenez , Miss González-Colón , Mr. Chabot , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mr. Diaz-Balart , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , and Mr. McKinley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To direct the President to submit to Congress a report on possible benefits accruing to the regime of Nicolás Maduro as a result of an agreement with Iran relating to the nuclear program of Iran.

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 . 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 Nicolás 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.