Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025 · Referred in Senate (2025-09-03) · Congress.wiki

H.R. 2643

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic elites involved in such criminal activities.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · Committee: Committee on Foreign Relations

H.R. 2643

SEC. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025.

SEC. 2. Reporting requirements

(a) In general
- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti. The report shall—
  - identify and list prominent criminal gangs in Haiti as well as the leaders thereof, and describe their criminal activities including coercive recruitment, and identify their primary geographic areas of operations;
  - list Haitian political and economic elites who have direct links to criminal gangs and any organizations or entities controlled by these elites;
  - describe in detail the relationship between the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (2) and the criminal gangs identified pursuant to paragraph (1);
  - describe in detail how Haitian political and economic elites use their relationships with criminal gangs to advance their political and economic interests and agenda;
  - include a list of each criminal organization assessed to be trafficking Haitians and other individuals to the United States border;
  - include an assessment of ties between political and economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, and transnational criminal organizations;
  - include an assessment of how the nature and extent of collusion between political and economic elites and criminal gangs threatens the Haitian people and United States national interests and activities in the country; and
  - include an assessment of potential actions that the Government of the United States could take to address the findings made pursuant to paragraph (6).
(b) Form of report
- The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 3. Sanctions

(a) In general
- Not later than 90 days after the submission of the report to the appropriate committees, the President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to each foreign person identified pursuant to sections 2(a)(1) and 2(a)(2).
(b) Sanctions described
- The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
- (1) Property blocking
  - Notwithstanding the requirements of section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (), the President may exercise of all powers granted to the President by that Act to the extent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property of the foreign person if such property and interests in property are in the United States, come within the United States, or are or come within the possession or control of a United States person. 50 U.S.C. 1701
- (2) Visas, admission, or parole
  - (A) In general
    - An alien who the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has reason to believe, is described in subsection (a) is—
      - (i) inadmissible to the United States;
      - (ii) ineligible for a visa or other documentation to enter the United States; and
      - (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or paroled into the United States or to receive any other benefit under the Immigration and Nationality Act (). 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.
  - (B) Current visas revoked
    - (i) The issuing consular officer, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (), revoke any visa or other entry documentation issued to an alien described in subsection (a) regardless of when the visa or other entry documentation is issued. 8 U.S.C. 1201(i)
    - (ii) A revocation under clause (i) shall take effect immediately and shall automatically cancel any other valid visa or entry documentation that is in the alien’s possession.
(c) Exceptions
- (1) Exception to comply with international obligations
  - Sanctions under this section shall not apply with respect to the admission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable international obligations.
- (2) Exception relating to the provision of humanitarian assistance
  - Sanctions under this section may not be imposed with respect to transactions or the facilitation of transactions for—

SEC. 4. Definitions

In this Act:
- The term appropriate congressional committees means—
- The term foreign person means an individual or entity that is not a United States person.
- The term United States person means—
- The term economic elites means board members, officers, and executives of groups, committees, corporations, or other entities that exert substantial influence or control over Haiti’s economy, infrastructure, or particular industries.
- The term political elites means current and former government officials and their high-level staff, political party leaders, and political committee leaders.

SEC. 5. Sunset

The authorities provided by this Act shall cease to have effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.