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HR 1299 115th Congress House

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

Official title: To suspend United States security assistance with Honduras until such time as human rights violations by Honduran security forces cease and their perpetrators are brought to justice.

Introduced: March 2, 2017 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
International Affairs Congressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationForeign aid and international reliefForeign loans and debt
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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.
Mar 2, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 2, 2017

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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Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police or military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to vote against any loans for the police or military of Honduras, 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  • withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and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.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 40
All 40 Democratic 37
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Dec 20, 2017
Tsongas, Niki
· Dec 18, 2017
 D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
California · Nov 30, 2017
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Sep 25, 2017
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Sep 25, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Sep 1, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 25, 2017
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 12, 2017
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 6, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 6, 2017
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 22, 2017
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 2, 2017
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · May 2, 2017
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · Apr 28, 2017
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Lieu, Ted
California · Apr 28, 2017
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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Apr 25, 2017
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Apr 25, 2017
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Apr 12, 2017
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Apr 12, 2017
O'Rourke, Beto
· Mar 29, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 24, 2017
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 23, 2017
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Mar 21, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Mar 20, 2017
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 20, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 17, 2017
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 15, 2017
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 9, 2017
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 6, 2017
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Mar 2, 2017
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 2, 2017
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Mar 2, 2017
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 2, 2017
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 2, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 2, 2017
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 2, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 2, 2017
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Mar 2, 2017
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 2, 2017
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Mar 2, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1299: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1299/
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"H.R. 1299: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1299/.
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