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S. 396: Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2023

ReportedMay 4, 2023

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 13, 2023
  2. Passed Senate (not reached)
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Reported to Senate, May 4, 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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

9

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

26 points earned
  1. 1Robert Menendez D-NJ SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
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History

  1. Feb 13, 2023Introduced in the Senate by Robert Menendez.
Show the full action history (5 actions)
  1. May 4, 2023Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  2. May 4, 2023Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.
  3. May 3, 2023Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Feb 13, 2023Introduced in Senate
  5. Feb 13, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.