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The bill prioritizes protecting taxpayers and humanitarian assistance by prohibiting U.S. occupation or assertion of sovereignty over Venezuela while allowing narrowly defined diplomatic property arrangements, at the cost of constraining some military/diplomatic options and adding administrative and potential fiscal risks.
U.S. taxpayers are protected from funding an occupation or assertion of sovereignty over Venezuelan territory because federal funds are barred for those purposes.
Low-income individuals and other vulnerable populations retain access to emergency humanitarian assistance because the bill explicitly exempts emergency humanitarian funding from the prohibition.
Federal diplomats and related U.S. personnel (and state/local governments involved in consular matters) retain a clear, lawful path to acquire or exchange property for diplomatic or consular use—subject to Venezuelan approval—and the bill requires preserving U.S. fee simple title and formal designations for such properties.
U.S. military personnel and national security decision-makers face restricted options because the bill bans federal funding for deployments into Venezuela and forbids certain assertive actions, potentially limiting rapid military responses and coercive diplomatic leverage.
Taxpayers could still face legal or financial exposure if property exchanges or purchases related to diplomatic needs are contested or costly despite the general prohibitions, creating potential fiscal risk.
Federal agencies and Executive branch staff could incur additional administrative burdens because the bill requires formal findings, proclamations, and management of property identifications and exchanges.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits federal funds for asserting U.S. possession, control, or deploying forces in Venezuela, while allowing approved diplomatic property transactions and preserving humanitarian aid authority.
Introduced January 8, 2026 by S. Raja Krishnamoorthi · Last progress January 8, 2026
Prohibits the use of federal funds to assert U.S. possession, supervision, jurisdiction, control, or sovereignty over Venezuelan territory or resources, and bars using funds to deploy U.S. Armed Forces in Venezuela for that purpose, with narrow exceptions for approved diplomatic property transactions and routine humanitarian aid. It also allows the President, with Venezuela’s approval, to acquire Venezuelan-owned property for diplomatic or consular use (including exchanging U.S. property), requires designation of suitable existing U.S. properties for diplomatic use while preserving U.S. title, and exempts U.S. property conveyed to the United States before January 1, 2026 from the ban.