HR 5474
114th Congress
House
International Affairs
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Honduras
Human rights
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor-management relations
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military civil functions
Military education and training
Multilateral development programs
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
Introduced: June 14, 2016
Introduced by:
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Democratic
· Georgia
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Jun 14, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 14, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police and military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to vote against multilateral loans to Honduras for its police and military, until the Department of States certifies that the government of Honduras has:
- prosecuted members of the military and police for human rights violations and ensured that such violations have ceased;
- established the rule of law and guaranteed a judicial system capable of bringing to justice members of the police and military who have committed human rights abuses;
- established that it protects the rights of trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders, government critics, and civil society activists to operate without interference;
- withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and
- brought to trial and obtained verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the attack on Felix Molina and the killings of Berta Caceres, Joel Palacios Lino, Elvis Armando Garcia, and over 100 small-farmer activists in the Aguan Valley.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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