STOP MADURO Act

HR 268, the STOP MADURO Act, increases the maximum reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro Moros from $5 million to $100 million under the State Department's rewards program. The bill authorizes this reward using assets already frozen from Maduro and his regime under existing U.S. sanctions, including those from the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and multiple executive orders. It directly affects Maduro and his regime officials by offering a significantly larger financial incentive for their arrest. The key mechanism is redirecting funds from previously seized assets to fund the enhanced reward, with no new appropriations required. This is a procedural change to the rewards program, not a new sanction.