,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ceie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #g1   
#bjbf,mr4 ,bennet introduced the        
following bill2 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    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,war with       
,venezuela ,act of #bjbf4  #b4          
,prohibition on deployment of ,united   
,states military or intelligence        
personnel in ,venezuela  7a7 ,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 authorization3 7#a7       
,conducting military operations against 
the regime or people of ,venezuela4     
7#b7 ,assisting ,united ,states law     
enforcement operations1 including       

efforts to arrest individuals indicted  
by the ,united ,states ,government4     
7#c7 ,any military occupation of        
,venezuela1 including activities that   
would be reasonably viewed as           
administering its governance4  7#d7     
,providing security or other services to
 private extractive industries1         
including oil companies4  7#e7 ,any     
other activities ,congress has not      
explicitly authorized4  7b7 ,exceptions 
,the prohibition under subsection 7a7   
does not apply to the following         
activities3 7#a7 ,defense against an    
attack by ,venezuela on the ,united     
,states personnel or facilities located 
outside the ,united ,states4  7#b7      
,activities solely for the purposes of  
collecting1 analyzing1 or sharing       
intelligence and counterintelligence    
information of interest to the ,united  
,states ,government4  7#c7 ,activities  
solely for ensuring the security of any 
,united ,states diplomatic presence in  
,venezuela4  7#d7 ,collecting1          

analyzing1 or sharing intelligence and  
counterintelligence information for the 
purposes of securing the safe return of 
,united ,states nationals wrongfully    
detained in ,venezuela4  7#e7           
,collecting1 analyzing1 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 ,venezuela4  7#f7        
,activities solely for the purposes of  
countering the activities of the        
,governments of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china1 the ,russian ,federation1    
,iran1 and the ,democratic ,republic of 
,korea in ,venezuela and neighboring    
countries4