Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
Latest action · Mar 26, 2019 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2019
- Passed HouseMar 25, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
This bill calls for assessments of Russia's relationship with Venezuela and bars from U.S. entry aliens who have supported Venezuelan security forces on behalf of Russia.
The Department of State shall report to Congress an assessment of Russia and Venezuela's security cooperation and the threat it poses to countries in the Western Hemisphere, including the United States. The State Department shall also devise a strategy to counter such a threat.
The President shall report to Congress an assessment of the national security risks posed by a potential Russian acquisition of CITGO's U.S. energy infrastructure holdings. CITGO is an energy company owned by Petroleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), a Venezuelan state-owned oil company. A Russian state-owned company has extended a loan to PdVSA, and a default on that loan could result in Russian ownership of CITGO.
The bill bars the entry into the United States of aliens who have worked on behalf of Russia to support Venezuelan security forces. It also revokes any current visas belonging to such individuals. The President may waive this bar as to an alien if it is in the national interest of the United States to do so.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2019 to Mar 25, 2019; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 28, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Mar 25, 2019 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019Markup Mar 14, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 28, 2019 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2019 |
Actions 11
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Mar 25, 2019Mr. Malinowski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 25, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2781-2784)
- Mar 25, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1477.
- Mar 25, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2781-2782)
- Mar 25, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 14, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 14, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 14, 2019Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules.
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 28, 2019Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2781–H2784Text printed H2781Notices H2793Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1477, Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act | Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Francis Rooney R-FL, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Tom Malinowski D-NJ | Mar 25, 2019 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 21, 2019H.R. 1477, Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 14, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 37, February 28, 2019, page H2317.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-15 | MARKUP OF: H.R. 920, VENEZUELA ARMS RESTRICTION ACT; H.R. 854, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE ACT OF 2019; H.R. 1477, RUSSIAN-VENEZUELAN THREAT MITIGATION ACT; AND H.R. 1616, EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AND DIVERSIFICATION ACT OF 201982 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 14, 2019 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46258 | Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy and Issues in the 116th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 8, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1102 | Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a threat assessment and strategy to counter Russian influence in Venezuela, an assessment of foreign acquisition of CITGO assets in the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 26, 2019Referred in Senate
- Mar 25, 2019Engrossed in House
- Feb 28, 2019Introduced in House
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.
