,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #i1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 and 
,mr4 ,ricketts7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase the 
maximum reward amount for information   
leading to the arrest and conviction of 
,nicols ,maduro ,moros to #ajj1jjj1jjj1 
which shall be paid out by the ,federal 
,government from all assets being       
withheld from ,nicols ,maduro ,moros1   
officials of the ,maduro regime and     
their co-conspirators4  #a4 ,short      
titles ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,securing ,timely ,opportunities for    
,payment and ,maximizing ,awards for    
,detaining ,unlawful ,regime ,officials 
,act of #bjbe or the ,,stop ,,maduro    
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3 7#a7 ,in #bjbj1 the ,trump  
administration charged ,venezuela regime

 leader ,nicols ,maduro ,moros1 along   
with other regime officials with-- 7,a7 
participating in a narco-terrorism      
conspiracy1 which carries a #bj-year    
mandatory minimum sentence and a maximum
 sentence of life in prison2  7,b7      
conspiring to import cocaine into the   
,united ,states1 which carries a        
#aj-year mandatory minimum sentence and 
a maximum sentence of life in prison2   
7,c7 using and carrying machine guns and
 destructive devices during1 and in     
relation to1 and possessing machine guns
 and destructive devices in furtherance 
of1 the narco-terrorism and             
cocaine-importation conspiracies1 which 
carries a #cj-year mandatory minimum    
sentence and a maximum sentence of life 
in prison2 and  7,d7 conspiring to use  
and carry machine guns and destructive  
devices during1 and in relation to1 and 
to possess machine guns and destructive 
devices in furtherance of1 the          
narco-terrorism and cocaine-importation 
conspiracies1 which carries a maximum   

sentence of life in prison4  7#b7 ,on   
,march #bf1 #bjbj1 ,united ,states      
,attorney ,geoffrey ,s4 ,berman of the  
,southern ,district of ,new ,york stated
 in a press release1 ,today we announce 
criminal charges against ,nicols ,maduro
 for running1 together with his top     
lieutenants1 a narco-terrorism          
partnership with the ,,farc for the past
 twenty years4 ,the scope and magnitude 
of the drug trafficking alleged was made
 possible only because ,maduro and      
others corrupted the institutions of    
,venezuela and provided political and   
military protection for the rampant     
narco-terrorism crimes described in our 
charges4 ,as alleged1 ,maduro and the   
other defendants expressly intended to  
flood the ,united ,states with cocaine  
in order to undermine the health and    
well-being of our nation4 ,maduro very  
deliberately deployed cocaine as a      
weapon44  7#c7 ,the press release       
included a statement from ,united       
,states ,attorney ,ariana ,fajardo      

,orshan of the ,southern ,district of   
,florida1 who stated1 ,in the last      
couple of years1 the ,u4,s4 ,attorney's 
,office in ,south ,florida and its      
,federal law enforcement partners have  
united to bring dozens of criminal      
charges against high-level regime       
officials and co-conspirators resulting 
in seizures of approximately #dej       
million dollars44  #c4 ,increasing the  
maximum reward amount for information   
leading to the arrest and conviction of 
,nicols ,maduro ,moros through the      
,department of ,state rewards program   
7a7 ,authorization ,notwithstanding     
section #cf7;e77#a7 of the ,state       
,department ,basic ,authorities ,act of 
#aief 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgjh7;e77#a771 the
 ,secretary of ,state may pay1 to one or
 more individuals who furnish           
information described in section #cf7;b7
 of such ,act that directly leads to the
 arrest and conviction of ,nicols       
,maduro ,moros1 a reward of up to       
#ajj1jjj1jjj4  7b7 ,source of funds ,the

 payment authorized under subsection 7a7
 shall be derived exclusively from the  
liquidation of assets being withheld    
from ,nicols ,maduro ,moros1 officials  
of the ,maduro regime1 and their        
co-conspirators by the ,president or by 
the ,office of ,foreign ,assets ,control
 of the ,department of the ,treasury    
pursuant to-- 7#a7 the ,foreign         
,narcotics ,kingpin ,designation ,act   
7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #aija et seq472  7#b7    
section #e of the ,venezuela ,defense of
 ,human ,rights and ,civil ,society ,act
 of #bjad 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note72   
7#c7 ,executive ,order #acfib 7#ej      
,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2 relating to       
blocking of property and suspending     
entry of certain persons contributing to
 the situation in ,venezuela72  7#d7    
,executive ,order #achej 7relating to   
blocking property of additional persons 
contributing to the situation in        
,venezuela72  7#e7 ,executive ,order    
#achhd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #agja note2       
relating to blocking property of the    

,government of ,venezuela72 or  7#f7 any
 other sanctions provision4