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HR 4206 111th Congress House International Affairs Caribbean area Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt Forests, forestry, trees Haiti Latin America

Haiti Reforestation Act of 2009

Introduced: December 3, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 3, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haiti Reforestation Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to offer to enter into agreements with the government of Haiti to provide financial assistance, technology transfers, or capacity building assistance to reduce deforestation and increase reforestation in Haiti.

Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to carry out such activities.

Amends the the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) direct the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to invite the government of Haiti to submit a list of areas in which tropical forests are seriously degraded or threatened; and (2) authorize USAID to make grants to nongovernmental organizations to purchase discounted commercial debt of the government of Haiti in exchange for government commitments to restore identified forests or to develop plans for their sustainable use.

What's happening now December 3, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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