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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextRIGHTS PRACTICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 502B(c) OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1961
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. Kaine) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:
S. Res. 932
Resolved,
SECTION 1. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON VENEZUELA'S HUMAN
RIGHTS PRACTICES.
(a) Statement Requested.—The Senate requests that the
Secretary of State, not later than 30 days after the date of
the adoption of this resolution, submit to the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, pursuant to section
502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2304(c)), a statement regarding the Government of the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's human rights practices
that has been prepared in collaboration with the Assistant
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and
the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State.
(b) Elements.—The statement submitted pursuant to
subsection (a) should include—
(1) all available information concerning alleged violations
and abuses of internationally recognized human rights and
fundamental freedoms by the Government of Venezuela beginning
on January 10, 2025, and identifying such alleged violations
and abuses that have continued beyond or happened since
January 3, 2026, including those involving—
(A) arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, cruel,
inhuman, or degrading
treatment, sexual violence, or other abuses of the rights to
life, liberty, and the security of person, including of
political prisoners; or
(B) repression, harassment, political persecution, or
restrictions on the freedoms of peaceful assembly,
association, expression, and other rights and fundamental
freedoms imposed on opposition leaders, civil society
organizations, or independent journalists;
(2) all available information concerning alleged violations
and abuses of internationally recognized human rights
committed by all officials of the Government of Venezuela who
are currently or were formerly indicted or subject to United
States sanctions, including violations committed by the
departments or agencies at their direction, including—
(A) Delcy Rodriguez, the Acting President and former
Executive Vice President under Nicolas Maduro;
(B) Diosdado Cabello, the Minister of Interior, Justice and
Peace;
(C) Gustavo Enrique Gonzalez Lopez, the current Minister of
Defense and former Director of SEBIN under Nicolas Maduro;
and
(D) Vladimir Padrino Lopez, the current Minister of
Productive Agriculture and Lands and former Minister of
Defense under Nicolas Maduro;
(3) a description of the steps the United States Government
took between January 10, 2025, and January 2, 2026, and has
taken since January 3, 2026—
(A) to promote respect for, and observance of, human rights
as part of the Government of Venezuela's activities;
(B) to penalize individuals who wielded government power to
suppress political opposition and deter free and fair
elections;
(C) to discourage any practices that are inimical to
internationally recognized human rights; and
(D) to publicly or privately call attention to, and
disassociate the United States and any security assistance
provided for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from, any
practices described in subparagraph (B) or (C); and
(4) other information, including—
(A) an assessment of the likelihood that United States
security assistance (as defined in section 502B(d) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(d))) provided
to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been used in
support of activities related to facilitating civil
repression and arbitrary detentions;
(B) an assessment of the efficacy that United States
security assistance has brought about change in Venezuela to
promote democracy and protect human rights;
(C) an assessment of Acting President Delcy Rodriguez's
facilitation of arbitrary detentions and civil repression,
including denying opposition leaders, such as Maria Corina
Machado, the ability to reenter Venezuela;
(D) an assessment of Venezuela's Amnesty Law for Democratic
Coexistence, which was enacted by the National Assembly on
February 19, 2026, and the extent to which such law restricts
hundreds of political prisoners from receiving relief;
(E) an assessment of the conditions in prison centers
holding political prisoners, including El Helicoide, Rodeo I,
Rodeo II, and the Barinas Judicial Internment Center
(INJUBA), and an evaluation of the allegations of torture,
cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, and other gross
violations of human rights that have taken place in these
prison centers;
(F) an assessment of the extent to which Venezuelan
citizens were deprived of their political rights by the
Government of Venezuela's noncompliance with its
constitutional requirement to hold a presidential election
within 30 days after the April 3, 2026, expiration of Delcy
Rodriguez's 90-day temporary role as acting president; and
(G) a description of any actions being taken by the United
States Government to ensure the Government of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela addresses corruption and human rights
violations and abuses tied to civil repression and arbitrary
detentions.