No War with Venezuela Act of 2026

This bill would bar the use of federal money to send U.S. military or intelligence personnel into Venezuela for certain purposes unless Congress authorizes it. The barred purposes include military operations against Venezuela's government or people, helping U.S. law enforcement arrest indicted individuals, occupying or running Venezuela, and providing security to private oil and other extractive companies. The ban would not apply to defending U.S. personnel or facilities abroad from a Venezuelan attack, protecting U.S. diplomats in Venezuela, or certain intelligence work. That intelligence work includes efforts to bring home wrongfully detained Americans, stop illegal drug trafficking, and counter China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea in the region.

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Sponsors

• Michael F. Bennet Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors