§9751 Developing and implementing a coordinated sanctions strategy with partners in the Western Hemisphere and the European Union

Summary

The Secretary of State must, with the Secretary of the Treasury, offer technical help to governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to build laws and rules that let them impose targeted sanctions on officials in the Maduro government who commit human rights abuses, take part in public corruption, or try to weaken Venezuela’s democratic systems. The Secretary must also press partners, including Canada, the European Union, and other regional governments, to impose those sanctions. Within 90 days after December 20, 2019, the Secretary of State, with the Treasury Secretary, must send a plan for these actions to six Congressional committees: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Senate Appropriations Committee; Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; House Foreign Affairs Committee; House Appropriations Committee; and House Financial Services Committee. The law authorizes $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for this work, and any spending that uses the Economic Support Fund or the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Fund must follow the notification rules that apply to those funds (see sections 2346(c) and 2291h).