S. 1104 · 117th Congress · Senate

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

Active· Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
Introduced
Apr 13, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.

Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.

The State Department must also submit a report concerning the July 7, 2021, assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

Previous Versions

00Apr 13, 2021

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.

Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.

Action Timeline

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  1. OCT 28, 2021Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations

    Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  2. OCT 28, 2021Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations

    Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  3. OCT 28, 2021Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.

  4. OCT 19, 2021Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations

    Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  5. APR 13, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  6. APR 13, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Committees

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Referred: Oct 28, 2021

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Referred: Oct 19, 2021

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Foreign Relations Committee

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Referred: Apr 13, 2021

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