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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 104 — Venezuela Assistance

§ 9712. Support for efforts at the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela

Statutory text

(a)

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations humanitarian agencies should conduct and publish independent assessments of the humanitarian situation in Venezuela, including—

(1)

the extent and impact of the shortages of food, medicine, and medical supplies in Venezuela;

(2)

basic health indicators in Venezuela, such as maternal and child mortality rates and the prevalence and treatment of communicable diseases; and

(3)

the efforts needed to resolve the shortages identified in paragraph (1) and to improve the health indicators referred to in paragraph (2).

(b)

United Nations Resident Coordinator

The President should instruct the Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to support the efforts of the Resident Coordinator for Venezuela in a manner that—

(1)

contributes to Venezuela’s long-term recovery; and

(2)

advances humanitarian efforts in Venezuela and for Venezuelans residing in neighboring countries.

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.

  1. Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 div. J title I § 122 · 133 Stat. 2534

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 9712

    (Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 122, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3033.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 122, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3033.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an account funded under the headings in this title may be transferred among projects and activities within the account in accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of March 2011, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 122, , 133 Stat. 3033.)

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