HR 7674 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Venezuela Democratic Transition Strategy Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2026 Originated House Sponsor Jared Moskowitz D-FL

Latest action · Mar 26, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 5.

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 25, 2026
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 26, 2026.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Don Bacon		Feb 26, 2026

Committees 1

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 25, 2026Markup Mar 26, 2026

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 26, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 26, 2026Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 5.
Feb 25, 2026Introduced in House
Feb 25, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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 17, 2026H.R. 7674, Venezuela Democratic Transition Strategy ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Pursuant to clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee find the authority for this legislation in article 1, section 8 of the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 37, February 25, 2026, page H2329.

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
R49186	Venezuela’s Post-Maduro Political Transition and U.S. Policy	Report	Aug 13, 2026

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a strategy to support a democratic transition in Venezuela, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Venezuela Democratic Transition Strategy Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 25, 2026Introduced in House

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