; and (B) did not comply with international standards for a free, fair, and transparent democratic process; and (2) senior officials in the de facto government of Nicolás Maduro— (A) have taken continuous steps— (i) to consolidate an authoritarian government; and (ii) to direct political control over Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice, National Electoral Council, and armed forces; (B) have implemented policies that are directly responsible for— (i) Venezuela’s economic and humanitarian crises; and (ii) the massive outflow of Venezuelan migrants leaving the country; (C) have used access to food as a tool of political coercion and a source of corruption and have directly profited from corruption in food procurement contracts; (D) have utilized repressive tactics to violate and curtail human rights, political rights, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press, including the arbitrary detention of political prisoners; and (E) have engaged in acts of gross corruption and criminality that have contributed to the absence of the rule of law in Venezuela. I Humanitarian relief for Venezuela 101. Humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that humanitarian assistance— (1) should be provided directly to the people of Venezuela; and (2) should not be passed through the control or distribution mechanisms of the Government of Venezuela. (b) In general The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work through international and nongovernmental organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to individuals and communities in Venezuela, including— (1) public health commodities to Venezuelan health facilities and services, including medicines on the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines and basic medical supplies and equipment