1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives convened a congressional hearing on December 1, 2011, entitled Democracy Held Hostage in Nicaragua: Part 1 where former United States Ambassador to Nicaragua Robert Callahan testified [f]irst, that Daniel Ortega's candidacy was illegal, illegitimate, and unconstitutional; second, that the period leading to the elections and the elections themselves were marred by serious fraud