S 2977 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2019

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.

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.

  1. IntroducedDec 4, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Extension Act of 2019

This bill extends to December 31, 2021, statutory provisions requiring sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violence or human rights abuses in Venezuela. Currently, such provisions are set to expire December 31, 2019.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 4, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalDec 4, 2019

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2019Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch without amendment. Without written report.
  2. Dec 17, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 364.
  3. Dec 11, 2019Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Dec 4, 2019Introduced in Senate
  5. Dec 4, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2019Reported to Senate
  2. Dec 4, 2019Introduced in Senate

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