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Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023

Introduced: February 13, 2023 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

Introduced

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Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 4, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.

May 4, 2023

Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

May 3, 2023

Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Feb 13, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Feb 13, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of State to provide an annual report to Congress on ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti. The bill also requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on certain individuals identified in the report if appropriate under U.S. law.

Among other things, the report must (1) identify prominent criminal gangs in Haiti, (2) list Haitian political and economic elites that have links to criminal gangs, (3) assess how collusion between Haitian political and economic elites and criminal gangs threatens the Haitian people and U.S. national interests, and (4) assess what actions the governments of the United States and Haiti could take to address those threats.

The President may waive sanctions in certain circumstances.

What's happening now May 4, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.

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