Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§9702 Recognition of Venezuela’s Democratically Elected National Assembly

Title 22 › Chapter 104— VENEZUELA ASSISTANCE › Subchapter I— SUPPORT FOR THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA AND RECOGNITION OF THE VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY › § 9702

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must recognize Venezuela’s National Assembly, which was elected on December 6, 2015 and met on January 6, 2016, as the only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela. Congress also says that this Assembly is the only national-level democratic institution left in the country. The Secretary of State, working with the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, must give priority to providing technical help to support that Assembly under section 9731.

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Title 22, §9702

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(a)Congress finds that Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, following democratic elections that were held on December 6, 2015.

(b)It is the sense of Congress that Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly is the only national level democratic institution remaining in the country.

(c)It is the policy of the United States to recognize the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela as the only legitimate national legislative body in Venezuela.

(d)The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall prioritize efforts to provide technical assistance to support the democratically elected National Assembly of Venezuela in accordance with section 9731 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 9702

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60