1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Venezuela Humanitarian Assistance and Defense of Democratic Governance Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. Sec. 4. Humanitarian assistance for the people of Venezuela. Sec. 5. Requirement for strategy to coordinate international humanitarian assistance. Sec. 6. Support for Organization of American States Inter-American Democratic Charter. Sec. 7. Support for international election observation missions and democratic civil society in Venezuela. Sec. 8. Support for Caribbean countries. Sec. 9. Concerns and report on the involvement of Venezuelan officials in corruption and illicit narcotics trafficking. Sec. 10. Sanctions on persons responsible for public corruption and undermining democratic governance in Venezuela. Sec. 11. Concerns over PDVSA transactions with Rosneft. 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The deterioration of democratic governance and the economic crisis in Venezuela have led to an unprecedented humanitarian situation in which people are suffering from severe shortages of essential medicines and basic food products. (2) According to the World Health Organization, Venezuela had a shortage of necessary medications and medical supplies of— (A) 55 percent in 2014; (B) 67 percent in 2015