STOP MADURO Act

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jan 9, 2025

Securing Timely Opportunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for Detaining Unlawful Regime Officials Act of 2025 or the STOP MADURO Act

This bill authorizes the Department of State to pay a reward of up to $100 million for certain information directly leading to the arrest and conviction of Nicolas Maduro Moros.

For example, under the bill, the State Department may pay such a reward to one or more individuals who furnish information directly leading to Maduro's arrest and conviction in any country for specified narcotics-related offenses.

The bill also requires that any such payment come solely from the liquidation of assets that the U.S. President or the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has withheld pursuant to specified laws and executive orders from Maduro, officials of the Maduro regime, and their co-conspirators.

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Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R–FL

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Jan 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate

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HR 268 · STOP MADURO Act

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