SENATE 396118th CongressResolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5366-5367; text: 10/04/2023 CR S4953-4954)

A resolution designating the week beginning on October 8, 2023, as "National Wildlife Refuge Week".

Last Action: 11/6/2023

Actions

2023-05-04Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.
2023-05-04Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2023-05-04Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2023-05-03Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2023-02-13Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
2023-02-13Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2023-05-04 (25)

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 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.

Cosponsors (9)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Rick Scott (R-FL)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Edward Markey (D-MA)

Subjects

Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Haiti
Human rights
Organized crime
Sanctions
Visas and passports

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