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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§9722 Waiver for Sanctioned Officials That Recognize the Interim President of Venezuela

Title 22 › CHAPTER 104 — VENEZUELA ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — ADDRESSING REGIME COHESION › § 9722

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a person who is under certain U.S. sanctions says they recognize and promise to support the Interim President of Venezuela or a later democratically elected Venezuelan government, those sanctions will be lifted. The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury will set the steps and rules needed to make that happen. This rule applies to specified parts of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 and to parts of Executive Orders 13692 and 13850. The President must issue any regulations, licenses, or orders needed to carry it out.

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Title 22, §9722

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(a)Removal of sanctions
If a person sanctioned under any of the provisions of law described in subsection (b) recognizes and pledges supports for the Interim President of Venezuela or a subsequent democratically elected government, the person shall no longer be subject to such sanctions, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury may establish to implement this section.
(b)Sanctions described
The sanctions described in this subsection are set forth in the following provisions of law:
(1)(A)Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–278), as amended by section 163 of this title.
(B)Paragraph (5) 1 of section 5(a) of such Act, to the extent such paragraph relates to the sanctions described in paragraph (3) or (4) of such subsection.1
(2)(A)Clauses (1) and (4) of section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 13692 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).
(B)Subparagraph (D)(2) of section 1(a)(ii) of such Executive Order, to the extent such subparagraph relates to the provisions of law cited in subparagraph (A).
(3)(A)section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13850.
(B)Paragraph (iii) of section 1(a) of such Executive Order, to the extent such paragraph relates to the provision of law cited in subparagraph (A).
(c)Rulemaking
The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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section 5(a) of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is section 5(a) of Pub. L. 113–278, Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3011, which is set out in a note under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense. section 5(a) was not amended by section 163 of title I of div. J of Pub. L. 116–94 and does not contain a par. (4) or (5). However, an earlier version of the Act comprising such title I (S. 1025 of the 116th Cong., 1st Sess.) contained a section 603 that did amend section 5(a) of Pub. L. 113–278 by redesignating par. (3) as (5) and adding new pars. (3) and (4) relating to sanctions on persons undermining democratic governance and responsible for public corruption. That amendment was not included anywhere in the version enacted by Pub. L. 116–94. Executive Order No. 13692, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Ex. Ord. No. 13692, Mar. 8, 2015, 80 F.R. 12747, which is listed in a table under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense. Executive Order No. 13850, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is Ex. Ord. No. 13850, Nov. 1, 2018, 83 F.R. 55243, which is listed in a table under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

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22 U.S.C. § 9722

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110