VALOR Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 8, 2025Latest action Jan 8, 2025International Affairs

Plain-English summary

Venezuela Advancing Liberty, Opportunity, and Rights Act of 2025 or the VALOR Act of 2025 This bill requires or authorizes various actions, including sanctions, targeting the current government of Venezuela and any nondemocratic successor government. The bill also authorizes certain types of assistance for the people of Venezuela and to support democracy-building efforts. Under the bill, the President must impose property-blocking sanctions on the Venezuelan government and persons supporting the Venezuelan government; may deny U. S.

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Issue relevance

Why this appears in Paper Trail

Foreign Aid

Matched from official metadata: policy_area: International Affairs; subject: Foreign aid and international relief

People and recorded decisions

Sponsors, Cosponsors & House Votes

Rick Sen Scott

Cosponsor · Republican · FL

John A Barrasso

Cosponsor · Republican · WY

Michael F. Bennet

Cosponsor · Democratic · CO

William M. Cassidy

Cosponsor · Republican · LA

James E Mr. Risch

Sponsor · Other · ID

Pete Ricketts

Cosponsor · Republican · NE

John Sen Cornyn

Cosponsor · Republican · TX

Dan Sullivan

Cosponsor · Republican · AK

No linked House roll-call vote is available yet. Senate votes are not currently synchronized.

Official Subjects

International AffairsBusiness investment and capitalCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCurrencyDepartment of the TreasuryDigital mediaFood assistance and reliefForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresForeign propertyHuman rightsInternational organizations and cooperationLatin AmericaLicensing and registrationsMultilateral development programsSanctionsSecuritiesForeign loans and debt

Action Timeline

Jan 8, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Jan 8, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Sources & text

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