STOP MADURO Act

This bill would let the U.S. State Department pay up to $100 million for tips that directly lead to the arrest and conviction of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, for certain drug‑related crimes. The money would not come from taxpayers. It would come only from assets the U.S. has frozen or seized from Maduro, his officials, and their partners under U.S. sanctions laws and executive orders .

The goal is to encourage people with reliable, specific information to come forward. The reward could be split among more than one person if their information directly leads to an arrest and conviction, including in another country, for the listed narcotics offenses .

• Who is affected: People who may have actionable information about Maduro’s alleged drug‑trafficking crimes; U.S. agencies that manage sanctions and rewards; taxpayers (indirectly, since no tax money is used) .
• What changes: Raises the maximum reward the State Department can pay to as much as $100 million and requires payments to come solely from frozen or seized Maduro‑related assets, not from public funds .
• When: Takes effect once enacted; payments depend on information that directly leads to arrest and conviction under the specified offenses .