22 USC 9753 - Countering Russian influence in Venezuela

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 9753.

Countering Russian influence in Venezuela

(a)

Short title

(b)

Threat assessment and strategy to counter Russian influence in Venezuela

(1)

Defined term

In this subsection, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(A)

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and

(B)

the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

(2)

Threat assessment

Not later than 120 days after December 20, 2019, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding—

(A)

an assessment of Russian-Venezuelan security cooperation;

(B)

the potential threat such cooperation poses to the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere; and

(C)

a strategy to counter threats identified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

(c)

Aliens ineligible for visas, admission, or parole

(1)

Aliens described

(2)

Visas, admission, or parole

An alien described in paragraph (1) is—

(A)

inadmissible to the United States;

(B)

ineligible to receive a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and

(C)

otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).

(3)

Current visas revoked

(A)

In general

(B)

Immediate effect

A revocation under subparagraph (A) shall—

(i)

take effect immediately; and

(ii)

automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession.

(4)

Exceptions

Sanctions under paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary—

(A)

to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations; or

(B)

to carry out or assist law enforcement activity in the United States.

(5)

National security

The President may waive the application of this subsection with respect to an alien if the President—

(A)

determines that such a waiver is in the national interest of the United States; and

(B)

submits a notice of, and justification for, such waiver to the appropriate congressional committees.

(6)

Sunset

(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title I, § 165, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3043.)

cite as: 22 USC 9753