S.Amdt. 4107

SA 4107. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act may be obligated
or expended by the Central Intelligence Agency, the
Department of Defense, or any other agency or entity of the
United States involved in intelligence or paramilitary
activities, to furnish any type of materiel support to any
group of individuals, including those who both are and are
not part of Venezuela's armed forces, for the purpose of
overthrowing the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro
or for purposes which would have the effect of supporting,
directly or indirectly, military, paramilitary, or
intelligence operations in Venezuela by any nation, group,
organization, movement, or individual, that could result in
the overthrow of Maduro's regime, without authorization from
Congress.
(b) The prohibition under subsection (a) shall remain in
effect until--
(1) Congress enacts a joint resolution repealing the
prohibition; or
(2)(A) the President submits a report to the Select
Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services,
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives that inter alia justifies the amount
and type of proposed materiel support; and
(B) Congress subsequently enacts a joint resolution
approving such materiel support for military, paramilitary,
or intelligence operations in Venezuela.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit
the United States from--
(1) activities solely for the purposes of collecting,
analyzing, and sharing intelligence information to facilitate
the defense against an armed attack by the National Armed
Forces of Venezuela on the United States or its personnel or
facilities located outside the United States;
(2) activities solely for the purposes of collecting,
analyzing, or sharing intelligence and counterintelligence
information of interest to the United States, including with
other nations or international organizations, related to
threats emanating from Venezuela;
(3) collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence to
support diplomatic activities aimed at securing the safe
return of any United States citizens wrongfully detained by
the Maduro regime;
(4) activities for the purposes of collecting, analyzing,
and sharing intelligence solely for the purposes of
interdicting and disrupting the production and distribution
of illicit narcotics which United States intelligence
confirms are emanating from or transiting Venezuela and are
bound for the United States; and
(5) activities solely for the purposes of countering the
activities of Russia, China, Iran, or North Korea in
Venezuela or neighboring states.
(d) In this section, the term``materiel support''
includes--
(1) any actions that would inflict serious bodily harm on
or result in the death of Venezuela's leadership;
(2) military equipment;
(3) military, paramilitary, and intelligence training;
(4) military advice;
(5) intelligence and counterintelligence advice and
information;
(6) guidance for military, paramilitary, or intelligence
activities in Venezuela;
(7) communications equipment, and training for the use of
such communications equipment;
(8) the planning or execution of military, paramilitary, or
intelligence operations; and
(9) the participation in logistics activities connected or
related in any way to such operations, including general
logistics advice.

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