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HRES 388 99th Congress House International Affairs Government Operations and Politics Haiti Right of asylum Wealth

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former President-for-life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, be urged to return any funds and property that were illegally and…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former President-for-life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, be urged to return any funds and property that were illegally and corruptly acquired while he served his country as President.

Introduced: March 4, 1986 See on congress.gov
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Mar 4, 1986
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Mar 4, 1986
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the House of Representatives calls upon the President to urge: (1) Jean-Claude Duvalier to return to the Haitian people the wealth he has taken illegally; and (2) other countries to deny him asylum until he returns such funds.

What's happening now March 4, 1986

Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 13, 1986
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 388: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former President-for-life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, be urged to return any funds and property that were illegally and corruptly acquired while he served his country as President.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-388/
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"H. Res. 388: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former President-for-life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, be urged to return any funds and property that were illegally and corruptly acquired while he served his country as President.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-388/.
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H. Res. 388, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-388/.
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[H. Res. 388: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the former President-for-life of Haiti, Jean-Claude Duvalier, be urged to return any funds and property that were illegally and corruptly acquired while he served his country as President.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-388/)
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