,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bf1 #bjbf,ms4  
,salazar 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,wasserman  
,schultz1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1 ,mr4 ,smith of 
,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4 ,huizenga7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a    
,venezuela ,restoration ,fund1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,preserving    
,accountability for ,national ,assets   
,act of #bjbf or the ,,pana ,act of     
#bjbf4  #b4 ,venezuela ,restoration     
,fund  7a7 ,establishment ,there is     
established in the ,treasury of the     
,united ,states a fund1 to be known as  
the ,venezuela ,restoration ,fund1 which
 shall consist of amounts deposited in  
such fund under subsection 7c74  7b7    
,use of funds ,amounts in the ,venezuela
 ,restoration ,fund-- 7#a7 shall be     
available to the ,secretary of ,state   
for the purposes described in paragraph 

7#b7 without fiscal year limitation or  
need for subsequent appropriation2  7#b7
 shall be used for the purposes of--    
7,a7 strengthening democratic governance
 and institutions in ,venezuela2  7,b7  
defending internationally recognized    
human rights for the people of          
,venezuela1 including support for       
efforts to document crimes against      
humanity and abuses of human rights in  
,venezuela2  7,c7 supporting the efforts
 of independent media outlets to        
broadcast1 distribute1 and share        
information in ,venezuela2 and  7,d7    
combating corruption and improving the  
transparency and accountability of      
governing institutions and state-owned  
enterprises in ,venezuela2  7#c7 may be 
used to support governmental and        
nongovernmental entities in advancing   
the purposes described in paragraph     
7#b72 and  7#d7 shall be allocated in a 
manner complementary to existing ,united
 ,states foreign policy1 diplomacy1 and 
anti-corruption activities4  7c7        

,funding ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 in the case of any    
funds or assets forfeited to the ,united
 ,states on or after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act by an individual 
or entity who has acted or purported to 
act directly or indirectly for or on    
behalf of1 the regimes of ,hugo ,chvez  
or ,nicols ,maduro in ,venezuela1 the   
funds or assets will be deposited in the
 ,venezuela ,restoration ,fund          
established under subsection 7a74  7d7  
,reporting ,not later than #a year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 and not less frequently than annually  
thereafter1 the ,secretary of the       
,treasury1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,state1 shall submit to   
the appropriate congressional committees
 a report that includes-- 7#a7 an       
accounting of the amount and sources of 
funds that have been deposited into the 
,venezuela ,restoration ,fund2 and  7#b7
 a summary of the obligation1 amounts1  
and expenditure of such funds4  7e7     

,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs of the ,house of              
,representatives2  7#b7 the ,committee  
on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate2  
7#c7 the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,house of ,representatives2 and  
7#d7 the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,senate4