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title: "22 U.S.C. § 9701"
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description: "Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "104"
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chapter_name: "VENEZUELA ASSISTANCE"
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section: "9701"
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citation: "22 U.S.C. § 9701"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 9701 - Findings; sense of Congress in support of the Interim President of Venezuela
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## Text
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(a) Findings Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) Venezuela’s electoral event on May 20, 2018 was characterized by widespread fraud and did not comply with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.
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(2) Given the fraudulent nature of Venezuela’s May 20, 2018 electoral event, Nicolás Maduro’s tenure as President of Venezuela ended on January 10, 2019.
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(3) The National Assembly of Venezuela approved a resolution on January 15, 2019 that terminated Nicolás Maduro’s authority as the President of Venezuela.
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(4) On January 23, 2019, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela was sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela.
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(b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress—
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(1) to support the decisions by the United States Government, more than 50 governments around the world, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Parliament to recognize National Assembly President Juan Guaidó as the Interim President of Venezuela;
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(2) to encourage the Interim President of Venezuela to advance efforts to hold democratic presidential elections in the shortest possible period; and
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(3) that the Organization of American States, with support from the United States Government and partner governments, should provide diplomatic, technical, and financial support for a new presidential election in Venezuela that complies with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent electoral process.
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(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 111, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3030.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short TitlePub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 101, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3030, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and amending provisions set out as a note under section 1701 of Title 50, War and National Defense] may be cited as the ‘Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development Act of 2019’ or the ‘VERDAD Act of 2019’.”
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