119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 8, 2025
VALOR Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jan 8, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 8, 2025)
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. nonhumanitarian foreign assistance, arms-related assistance, and debt forgiveness to any country that provides assistance to the Venezuelan government;
• may provide support to individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to support democracy-building efforts in Venezuela;
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$470,000
Spent on own lobbying
…alized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: S.J. Res. 3/ H.J. Res. 25 Resolution Disapproving Broker Rule; S. 37 Venezuela Advancing Liberty, Opportunity, and Rights Act (VALOR Act); S. 401Fair Access to Banking Act; H.R. 987 Fair Access to Banking Act; H.R. 148 Keep Your…
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