,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,waltz 7for himself and ,mr4           
,diaz-,balart7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit contracting with  
persons that have business operations   
with the ,maduro regime1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,venezuelan         
,contracting ,restriction ,act4  #b4    
,prohibition on contracting with persons
 that have business operations with the 
,maduro regime  7a7 ,prohibition ,the   
head of an executive agency may not     
enter into a contract for the           
procurement of goods or services with   
any person that has business operations 
with an authority of the government of  
,venezuela that is not recognized as the
 legitimate government of ,venezuela by 
the ,united ,states ,government4  7b7   
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     

,business operations ,the term business 
operations means engaging in commerce in
 any form1 including acquiring1         
developing1 maintaining1 owning1        
selling1 possessing1 leasing1 or        
operating equipment1 facilities1        
personnel1 products1 services1 personal 
property1 real property1 or any other   
apparatus of business or commerce4  7#b7
 ,executive agency ,the term executive  
agency has the meaning given the term in
 section #acc of title #da1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7#c7 ,person ,the term  
person means--  7,a7 a natural person1  
corporation1 company1 business          
association1 partnership1 society1      
trust1 or any other nongovernmental     
entity1 organization1 or group2  7,b7   
any governmental entity or              
instrumentality of a government1        
including a multilateral development    
institution 7as defined in section      
#agja7;c77#c7 of the ,international     
,financial ,institutions ,act 7#bb      
,u4,s4,c4 #bfbr7c77#c7772 and  7,c7 any 

successor1 subunit1 parent entity1 or   
subsidiary of1 or any entity under      
common ownership or control with1 any   
entity described in subparagraph 7,a7 or
 7,b74  7c7 ,applicability ,this section
 shall apply with respect to any        
contract entered into on or after the   
date of the enactment of this section4