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No War with Venezuela Act of 2026
To prohibit the use of funds for the deployment of United States military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for certain purposes.
Summary
S 3595 prohibits the use of federal funds to deploy U.S. military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for military operations, law enforcement activities, military occupation, or support to private extractive industries without congressional authorization. The bill provides exceptions for defensive operations against Venezuelan attacks on U.S. personnel or facilities, intelligence collection and analysis, security of U.S. diplomatic presence, intelligence on wrongfully detained U.S. nationals, narcotics interdiction intelligence, and countering activities of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea in the region. Any military deployment for other purposes would require explicit congressional authorization.
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- Jan 7, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Jan 7, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 7, 2026
Mr. Bennet introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds for the deployment of United States military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for certain purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No War with Venezuela Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES MILITARY OR INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL IN VENEZUELA.
(a) In General.—No Federal funds may be used for the deployment of United States military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for the following purposes without congressional authorization:
(1) Conducting military operations against the regime or people of Venezuela.
(2) Assisting United States law enforcement operations, including efforts to arrest individuals indicted by the United States Government.
(3) Any military occupation of Venezuela, including activities that would be reasonably viewed as administering its governance.
(4) Providing security or other services to private extractive industries, including oil companies.
(5) Any other activities Congress has not explicitly authorized.
(b) Exceptions.—The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply to the following activities:
(1) Defense against an attack by Venezuela on the United States personnel or facilities located outside the United States.
(2) Activities solely for the purposes of collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence and counterintelligence information of interest to the United States Government.
(3) Activities solely for ensuring the security of any United States diplomatic presence in Venezuela.
(4) Collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence and counterintelligence information for the purposes of securing the safe return of United States nationals wrongfully detained in Venezuela.
(5) Collecting, analyzing, or sharing intelligence and counterintelligence information for the purposes of interdicting and disrupting the production and distribution of illicit narcotics that the United States intelligence community finds to be emanating from Venezuela.
(6) Activities solely for the purposes of countering the activities of the Governments of the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Iran, and the Democratic Republic of Korea in Venezuela and neighboring countries. <all>
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