Sec. 201. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly
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Congress makes the following findings: Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic elections that were held on December 6, 2015. 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 administrative processes, failed to comply with the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It is the sense of Congress that actions taken by the Government of Venezuela that require legislative approval, ratification, or concurrence, including the provision or refinancing of debts, should only be recognized as legitimate by the United States and the international community if such legislative actions are performed by the democratically elected National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
It is the policy of the United States— to recognize the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela as the only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela; and not to recognize Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly as a legitimate legislative body.