Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act
Latest action · Apr 10, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act
This bill prohibits an executive agency from entering into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with any person that has business operations with an authority of the Venezuelan government that is not recognized as the legitimate government of Venezuela by the U.S. government. (The United States recognizes Juan Guaido as interim President of the legitimate government of Venezuela.)
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2019 to Dec 4, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Apr 10, 2019 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| R-TX | John Ratcliffe | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Mark E. Green | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | May 1, 2019 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | May 9, 2019 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | May 10, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | May 21, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Ross Spano | Jun 4, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Jun 5, 2019 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Jun 24, 2019 | |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Dec 4, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 62, April 10, 2019, page H3256.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1151 | Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act | Identical bill | Sep 10, 2019 |
| S 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
| HR 2500 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Aug 11, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Venezuelan Contracting Restriction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 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.
