Last progress September 3, 2025 (3 months ago)
Introduced on April 3, 2025 by Gregory W. Meeks
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
This bill targets ties between criminal gangs and powerful figures in Haiti. It requires the U.S. Secretary of State to report to Congress within 180 days, and then every year for five years, naming major gangs and leaders, describing their crimes and areas of control, listing Haitian political and economic elites with direct links to those gangs, and explaining how these relationships harm the Haitian people and U.S. interests. The report must also name groups trafficking people to the U.S. border and suggest possible U.S. responses. The report is unclassified but may include a classified annex . Economic elites are defined as board members, officers, and executives who influence key parts of Haiti’s economy; political elites include current or former officials and party leaders.
After each report, the President has 90 days to impose sanctions on the listed foreign individuals and entities. Sanctions include freezing any property in the United States or controlled by U.S. persons and denying or revoking U.S. visas and entry. There are exceptions to meet U.N. obligations and to allow humanitarian trade and aid, including food, medicine, medical devices, related financial transactions, and needed transport. The bill does not authorize sanctions on imports. The President may waive sanctions if doing so is in the U.S. national interest. Penalties for violations follow existing federal sanctions law. These authorities end five years after enactment .
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