Bill > HR268

This bill increases the maximum reward amount to $100 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Nicolás Maduro Moros, the leader of Venezuela's regime, through the Department of State Rewards Program. The bill provides context by highlighting Maduro's 2020 federal indictment on charges including narco-terrorism, cocaine importation, and using machine guns in relation to these conspiracies. The reward will be exclusively paid from assets currently being withheld from Maduro, his regime officials, and co-conspirators by the U.S. government through various sanctions mechanisms, including the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and several executive orders targeting Venezuelan government officials. The legislation stems from statements by U.S. Attorneys who have characterized Maduro's actions as deliberately using cocaine to "undermine the health and wellbeing of our nation" and running a long-standing narco-terrorism partnership with the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), a designated terrorist organization.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/268/all-info