HR 7023 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Prohibiting Oil Trade with Venezuela’s Tyrant Act

Introduced Mar 9, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Scott Franklin R-FL

Latest action · Mar 9, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 9, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Prohibiting Oil Trade with Venezuela's Tyrant Act

This bill requires the President to prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Venezuela. Petroleum product means crude oil, residual fuel oil, or any refined petroleum product, including natural gas liquid product.

Further, the bill authorizes the President to use appropriate authorities to impose civil or criminal penalties as necessary to enforce the prohibition.

The prohibition shall terminate after the Department of State certifies that Venezuela has held free and fair elections and all political prisoners have been released.

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2022 to Mar 16, 2022; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Brian J. Mast	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-UT	Burgess Owens	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Carlos A. Gimenez	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner	Original	Mar 9, 2022
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Maria Elvira Salazar	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-IA	Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-TN	Tim Burchett	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Mar 9, 2022
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		Mar 16, 2022
R-MT	Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.		Mar 16, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 9, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 9, 2022Introduced in House
Mar 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 42, March 9, 2022, page H1424.

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46781	Latin America and the Caribbean: U.S. Policy and Key Issues in the 117th Congress Archived	Report	Dec 28, 2022
R44841	Venezuela: Background and U.S. Relations	Report	Dec 6, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the importation of petroleum products from Venezuela, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Prohibiting Oil Trade with Venezuela’s Tyrant Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 9, 2022Introduced in House

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