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S 396 118th Congress Senate International Affairs Caribbean area Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Haiti Human rights Organized crime Sanctions Visas and passports

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023

Introduced: May 1, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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
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 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1684 Related bill Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Oct 4, 2023
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 5, 2023
 R
Scott, Rick
Florida · May 16, 2023
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 1, 2023
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 13, 2023
 R
Cruz, Ted
Texas · Feb 13, 2023
 D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Feb 13, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 396: Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-396/
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"S. 396: Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-396/.
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S. 396, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-396/.
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[S. 396: Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-396/)
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