Protect Honduran Democracy Act

This bill tells the U.S. State Department to help make sure Honduras’s national elections on November 30, 2025 are free and fair. It points to concerns about irregularities, violence against candidates, and misuse of state power in Honduras. The plan includes backing trusted international election monitors and protecting free speech, peaceful gatherings, and honest vote counting and result reporting.

It also allows U.S. grants to groups that monitor the election and check if it is fair. People who interfere—like blocking candidates or intimidating election workers or observers—could be denied U.S. visas and kept out of the country, with limited exceptions and possible waivers in the national interest. The bill encourages helping Honduran citizens living in the U.S. take part in the vote, and calls for working with other countries on a common approach. It sets aside $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for these efforts .

• Who is affected: Honduran voters and candidates; U.S.-based Honduran citizens; election-monitoring groups; people who try to interfere in the election .
• What changes: A U.S. strategy to support fair elections; grants for monitoring; visa sanctions for bad actors; support for voting by Hondurans in the U.S.; coordination with other countries .
• When: The election is November 30, 2025; funding is for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 .