VERDAD Reauthorization Act
Latest action · Mar 21, 2024 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 9.
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.
- IntroducedDec 14, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 14, 2023 to Sep 23, 2024; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Dec 14, 2023 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| R-MI | John James | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Feb 5, 2024 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 23, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Dec 14, 2023Markup Mar 20, 2024Markup Mar 21, 2024 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Dec 14, 2023 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 21, 2024Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 9.
- Mar 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 14, 2023Introduced in House
- Dec 14, 2023Referred 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.
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
- Apr 2, 2024H.R. 6831, VERDAD Reauthorization ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 21, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 206, December 14, 2023, page H6988.
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. 118-91 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES192 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Mar 20, 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10715 | Venezuela: Overview of U.S. Sanctions Policy | Resource | Jan 16, 2026 |
| IN12354 | Venezuela’s 2024 Presidential Election Archived | Insight | Aug 2, 2024 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3363 | Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Reauthorization Act of 2023 | Related bill | Nov 29, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- VERDAD Reauthorization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Latin America
- Military operations and strategy
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Rule of law and government transparency
- Russia
- Sanctions
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Trade restrictions
- Venezuela
- Visas and passports
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2023Introduced 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.
