No War with Venezuela Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3595 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3595

   To prohibit the use of funds for the deployment of United States 
 military or intelligence personnel in Venezuela for certain purposes.


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                   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

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                                 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.
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