Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 104 — Venezuela Assistance
§ 9702. Recognition of Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly
Statutory text
Findings
Congress finds that Venezuela’s unicameral National Assembly convened on , following democratic elections that were held on .
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that Venezuela’s democratically elected National Assembly is the only national level democratic institution remaining in the country.
Policy
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.
Assistance to Venezuela’s National Assembly
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2020
Pub. L. 116–94 div. J title I § 112 · 133 Stat. 2534
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 9702
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 112, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3031.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 112, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3031.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.
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