Sec. 4. Humanitarian assistance for the people of Venezuela
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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, subject to the availability of appropriations, shall work through credible and independent nongovernmental organizations to provide— public health commodities to Venezuelan health facilities and services, including medicines on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment; the basic food commodities and nutritional supplements needed to address growing malnutrition and improve food security for the people of Venezuela, with a specific emphasis on the most vulnerable populations; and technical assistance to ensure health and food commodities are appropriately selected, procured, and distributed, predominantly through local nongovernmental organizations.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a plan for carrying out the activities described in subsection
(a)which also identifies United States Agency for International Development best practices in delivering humanitarian assistance and how they are being utilized in the Venezuela context to— the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 to carry out the activities described in subsection
(a)in accordance with this section. Upon a request from one of the committees listed in subsection (b), the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall brief the committee on the progress made in implementing the plan submitted under subsection (b).