Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the or the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019 . VERDAD Act of 2019 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short titles; table of contents. Sec. 2. Defined term. Title I—Support for the Interim President of Venezuela and Recognition of the Venezuelan National Assembly Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela. Sec. 102. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly.
Sec. 103. Advancing a negotiated solution to Venezuela’s crisis. Title II—Humanitarian Relief for Venezuela Sec. 201. Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people. Sec. 202. Humanitarian assistance to Venezuelans in neighboring countries. Sec. 203. Requirement for strategy to coordinate international humanitarian assistance. Sec. 204. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. Sec. 205. Sanctions exceptions for humanitarian assistance.
Title III—Addressing Regime Cohesion Sec. 301. Classified report on declining cohesion inside the Venezuelan military and the Maduro regime. Sec. 302. Additional restrictions on visas. Sec. 303. Waiver for sanctioned officials that recognize the Interim President of Venezuela. Title IV—Restoring Democracy and Addressing the Political Crisis in Venezuela Sec. 401. Special Envoy for Venezuela and Task Force on Venezuela. Sec. 402. Support for the Lima Group. Sec. 403. Accountability for crimes against humanity.
Sec. 404. Upholding the Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter. Sec. 405. Support for international election observation and democratic civil society. Title V—Supporting the Reconstruction of Venezuela Sec. 501. Engaging international financial institutions to advance the reconstruction of Venezuela’s economy and energy infrastructure. Sec. 502. Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people. Title VI—Restoring the Rule of Law in Venezuela Sec. 601.
Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western Hemisphere and the European Union. Sec. 602. Classified briefing on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and illicit narcotics trafficking. Sec. 603. Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance. Sec. 604. Public information about sanctioned officials. Sec. 605. Financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt. Sec. 606. Additional financial sanctions on Maduro regime debt.
Sec. 607. Expanding kingpin sanctions on narcotics trafficking and money laundering. Sec. 608. Sanctions on the Maduro regime’s trade in gold. Sec. 609. Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft. Sec. 610. Classified briefing on activities of certain foreign governments and actors in Venezuela. Title VII—Cryptocurrency Sanctions and Ensuring the Effectiveness of United States Sanctions Sec. 701. Sanctions on Venezuela’s cryptocurrency and the provision of related technologies.
Sec. 702. Report on the impact of cryptocurrencies on United States sanctions. Title VIII—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 801. Congressional briefings. Sec. 802. Extension and termination of sanctions against Venezuela.