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HCONRES 17 111th Congress House

Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.

Introduced: January 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
International Affairs BahamasCaribbean areaCubaDisaster relief and insurance
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Dominican RepublicForeign aid and international reliefHaitiHousing industry and standardsJamaicaLatin AmericaNatural disastersTurks and Caicos
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commends the governments of the Caribbean countries and the Caribbean-American community for their efforts to assist the people of the region after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.

Supports the Administration's efforts to assist in coordinating international humanitarian assistance to help the people of the Caribbean region and to provide relief to affected communities, particularly in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Turks and Caicos.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-17/
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"H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-17/.
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H. Con. Res. 17, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-17/.
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[H. Con. Res. 17: Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to providing humanitarian assistance to countries of the Caribbean devastated by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Tropical Storms Fay and Hanna.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-17/)
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