Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018
Latest action · Sep 24, 2018 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018
This bill provides for humanitarian aid for the people of Venezuela, in light of the humanitarian and political crisis there. It also provides for (1) sanctions against those responsible for corruption and narcotics trafficking in Venezuela, (2) efforts to help rebuild the country's infrastructure and restructure its debt, and (3) efforts to otherwise address the humanitarian and political crisis.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2018 to Nov 26, 2018; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Sep 24, 2018 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Nov 26, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2018 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Sep 24, 2018Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45120 | Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 22, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 7245 | Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 10, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide humanitarian relief to the Venezuelan people and Venezuelan migrants, to advance a constitutional and democratic solution to Venezuela's political crisis, to address Venezuela's economic reconstruction, to combat public corruption, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- Bolivia
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Canada
- Caribbean area
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Computers and information technology
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Cuba
- Currency
- Detention of persons
- Digital media
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Economic performance and conditions
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Europe
- European Union
- Food assistance and relief
- Food supply, safety, and labeling
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign and international corporations
- Foreign loans and debt
- Foreign property
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Human rights
- Inflation and prices
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Iran
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Middle East
- Multilateral development programs
- News media and reporting
- Nicaragua
- Oil and gas
- Protest and dissent
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Securities
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Trade restrictions
- United Nations
- Venezuela
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
- World health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2018Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
