A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Canada.
- Last Action
- 4/3/2025
Actions
- 2025-01-08Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 2025-01-08Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-08 (00)
Venezuela Advancing Liberty, Opportunity, and Rights Act of 2025 or the VALOR Act of 2025
This bill requires or authorizes various actions, including sanctions, targeting the current government of Venezuela and any nondemocratic successor government. The bill also authorizes certain types of assistance for the people of Venezuela and to support democracy-building efforts.
Under the bill, the President
- must impose property-blocking sanctions on the Venezuelan government and persons supporting the Venezuelan government;
- may deny U.S. nonhumanitarian foreign assistance, arms-related assistance, and debt forgiveness to any country that provides assistance to the Venezuelan government;
- may provide support to individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to support democracy-building efforts in Venezuela;
- must develop a plan to provide assistance to Venezuela under a democratically elected government, which may include food, medicine, and emergency energy assistance to meet the basic needs of Venezuelans;
- must take steps to terminate sanctions under this bill once the President determines that a democratically elected government is in power (criteria for such a determination include a Venezuelan government that is the result of free and fair elections, is making progress in establishing an independent judiciary and respecting human rights, and has released all political prisoners).
The Department of the Treasury must oppose the seating of Venezuelan representatives at certain international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.
Additionally, the bill prohibits U.S. persons (individuals or entities) from engaging in transactions involving Venezuela's debt or any digital currency issued by Venezuela.
Cosponsors (7)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- John Barrasso (R-WY)
- Rick Scott (R-FL)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Business investment and capital
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Currency
- Department of the Treasury
- Digital media
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international banking
- Foreign loans and debt
- Foreign property
- Human rights
- International organizations and cooperation
- Latin America
- Licensing and registrations
- Multilateral development programs
- Sanctions
- Securities
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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