119th Congress
S. 39
STOP MADURO Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Rick Scott(R-FL)
- Introduced
- Jan 9, 2025
- Policy area
- International Affairs
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (4)
Original cosponsors (3)
- Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Added later (1)
- Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Apr 9, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 9, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. - Jan 9, 2025
Introduced in Senate