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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3771 

To promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development in Haiti, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 13, 2012 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. BROWN of Florida, 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Ms. RICHARDSON, and Ms. LEE of California) introduced the following bill 

JANUARY 17, 2012 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and 

development in Haiti, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Empowerment, 

5 Assistance, and Rebuilding Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) On January 12, 2010, Haiti suffered an 

2 earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter magnitude 

3 scale, the greatest natural disaster in Haiti’s history, 

4 which— 

5 (A) devastated Port-au-Prince and the sur6 rounding areas; 

7 (B) killed more than 300,000 people; 

8 (C) injured 200,000 to 300,000 more peo9 ple; 

10 (D) left 2,300,000 people homeless; 

11 (E) left many people with newly acquired 

12 disabilities, including limb loss and other phys13 ical and mental trauma; and 

14 (F) disrupted social structures and families 

15 through death, injury, and relocation. 

16 (2) The scale of the initial relief effort was un17 precedented, with many countries, hundreds of orga18 nizations, and thousands of people generously con19 tributing to a massive influx of supplies, resources, 

20 and personnel to support search and rescue oper21 ations and humanitarian assistance, underlying one 

22 of the most effective relief efforts in history. 

23 (3) Prior to the earthquake, Haiti was the poor24 est country in the Western Hemisphere, with— 


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1 (A) an estimated 54 percent of its popu2 lation living on less than $1 per day; 

3 (B) approximately 120,000 people living 

4 with HIV; 

5 (C) 29,333 new cases of tuberculosis in 

6 2007; 

7 (D) nearly 50,000 children living in or8 phanages; 

9 (E) 55 percent of school-aged children not 

10 attending school; and 

11 (F) an estimated 800,000 people with dis12 abilities. 

13 (4) Despite these challenges, cautious signs of 

14 developmental progress and stability were beginning 

15 to emerge in Haiti before the earthquake after years 

16 of security challenges and natural disasters that 

17 weakened the economy and slowed the consolidation 

18 of democracy and good governance. 

19 (5) Although initial recovery efforts must con20 tinue to assist the people of Haiti struggling to se21 cure basic necessities, including food, water, health 

22 care, shelter, and electricity, Haiti cannot afford to 

23 only focus on its immediate needs. 

24 (6) Haiti’s leaders have advocated that— 


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1 (A) reconstruction should not follow the in2 efficient and poorly coordinated practices of the 

3 past, but should build back better through di4 rect collaboration with both the Haitian govern5 ment and Haitian grassroots and civil society 

6 groups; and 

7 (B) Haitians should be assisted and sup8 ported in accelerating and implementing long9 planned reforms and new ways of doing busi10 ness in every sector. 

11 (7) Haiti enjoys several advantages that can fa12 cilitate its rebuilding, including— 

13 (A) people committed to education and 

14 hard work; 

15 (B) proximity and duty-free access to 

16 United States markets; 

17 (C) a large, hardworking North American 

18 Diaspora, which remits generous amounts of 

19 money back to Haiti every year; and 

20 (D) many regional neighbors who are 

21 peaceful, prosperous, and supportive of Haiti’s 

22 success. 

23 (8) The experiences of other countries that have 

24 successfully recovered from serious natural disasters 

25 confirm that— 


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1 (A) when the people and other civil society 

2 actors in an affected country play a significant 

3 role in the design and execution of the rebuild4 ing efforts, the efforts are often more sustain5 able and more in line with the needs and aspi6 rations of local populations; 

7 (B) when the government of the affected 

8 country plays a leading role in the planning and 

9 execution of the rebuilding efforts, there is a 

10 higher probability of reforms being long-lasting 

11 and coordinated with the long-term planning 

12 and development efforts of the affected country; 

13 (C) every effort should be made to incor14 porate, at the earliest time possible, market15 based employment and economic development 

16 opportunities to allow people to take ownership 

17 of their long-term self sufficiency; 

18 (D) stability and security are essential pre19 conditions to longer-term development; 

20 (E) education is critical to securing a bet21 ter future for the people in the affected coun22 try; 

23 (F) removing gender disparities spurs mac24 roeconomic growth; and 


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1 (G) projects that integrate gender are 

2 more likely to achieve their overall goals. 

3 (9) In addition to providing emergency assist4 ance and relief, the Government of Haiti must grap5 ple with the longer-term issues of how to— 

6 (A) provide permanent, sustainable shelter 

7 to an estimated 595,000 Haitians still displaced 

8 by the earthquake; 

9 (B) ensure that communities are at the 

10 center of the rebuilding process, by employing 

11 local labor and consulting with local leaders and 

12 communities; 

13 (C) provide health care in a sustainable 

14 and comprehensive manner that is accessible to 

15 all Haitians; 

16 (D) provide all children with access to edu17 cation; and 

18 (E) provide agricultural producers 

19 throughout the country with improved access to 

20 fertile land and investment opportunities for ag21 ricultural development. 

22 (10) The impact of natural disasters on Haiti 

23 is exacerbated by— 

24 (A) the lack of enforcement of earthquake25 resistant construction procedures, weak building 


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1 codes, and massive private sector economic 

2 losses that hinder the ability of people to pur3 chase materials of sufficient quality to rebuild 

4 existing buildings; 

5 (B) a government that has long struggled 

6 to provide its people with minimal public serv7 ices, including security, clean water, shelter, 

8 electricity, health care, and education; and 

9 (C) under-investment in infrastructure and 

10 development in rural areas and secondary cities 

11 outside of Port-au-Prince. 

12 (11) Assistance to Haiti should be delivered in 

13 a manner that enhances the ability of the Govern14 ment of Haiti to improve democratic, transparent 

15 governance and to use credible government institu16 tions to provide services to its people. 

17 (12) Local communities, grassroots groups, 

18 peasant movements and women’s organizations 

19 should play a central role in the rebuilding of Haiti, 

20 while the national recovery process is led by the Gov21 ernment of Haiti in such a way that foreign assist22 ance upholds the primacy of Haitian government in23 stitutions in the rebuilding effort. 

24 (13) International donors and nongovernmental 

25 organizations— 


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1 (A) have a responsibility to support the 

2 Government of Haiti in its rebuilding efforts 

3 and help it build its capacity to implement its 

4 own development plan and decentralization ini5 tiatives; 

6 (B) are critical to the success of the recov7 ery and reconstruction efforts; 

8 (C) are key to the provision of services in 

9 the near term; 

10 (D) can build capacity for national institu11 tions, both governmental and nongovernmental, 

12 to take over the management and provision of 

13 essential services over the medium term; 

14 (E) should support and encourage rebuild15 ing and development of programs which are en16 vironmentally sustainable and respectful and re17 storative of Haiti’s natural resources; 

18 (F) should work with the Government of 

19 Haiti to improve the educational system and to 

20 ensure that all children have access to an edu21 cation; 

22 (G) should work with the Government of 

23 Haiti and the international community to better 

24 predict, anticipate, and protect against future 

25 disasters; 


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1 (H) should prioritize the effective partici2 pation of Haitian grassroots and civil society, 

3 including the French and Creole translation of 

4 public aid documents and proceedings and the 

5 increase of nation-wide consultations with Hai6 tian civil society networks and community-based 

7 organizations in order to help inform recovery 

8 and rebuilding initiatives; and 

9 (I) should continue to work with the Gov10 ernments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic 

11 to support efforts to combat human trafficking 

12 along the border between Haiti and the Domini13 can Republic, including the trafficking of 

14 women and children. 

15 (14) The circumstances following the earth16 quake in Haiti provide a real opportunity for 

17 Haiti— 

18 (A) to break the cycle of poverty, social in19 equality and unrealized expectations that has 

20 marked Haiti’s history; and 

21 (B) to establish a new framework for sus22 tained economic development through a commit23 ment of engagement from the United States, 

24 other donors, and multilateral organizations to 

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1 tian people as they undertake the long rebuild2 ing process. 

3 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

6 meaning given the term in section 551(1) of title 5, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

11 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

12 of the House of Representatives. 

13 (3) HAITI REBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

14 STRATEGY; STRATEGY.—The terms ‘‘Haiti Rebuild15 ing and Development Strategy’’ and ‘‘Strategy’’ 

16 mean the multi-year strategy to provide assistance in 

17 support of the reconstruction and rebuilding of Haiti 

18 prepared pursuant to section 5. 

19 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

20 It is the policy of the United States, in partnership 

21 with the Government of Haiti and in coordination with 

22 the international community, to— 

23 (1) support the sustainable recovery and re24 building of Haiti in a manner that— 


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1 (A) encourages greater economic equality 

2 by supporting economic development, education 

3 investments, agricultural investments, food se4 curity programs and nonagriculture livelihood 

5 creation in rural and decentralized areas; 

6 (B) embraces Haitian independence, self7 reliance, sovereignty, democratic governance, 

8 and efficiency; 

9 (C) requires collaboration with the Haitian 

10 government and consultation with Haitian and 

11 international civil society, including nation-wide 

12 consultation meetings with Haitian grassroots 

13 organizations and French and Creole trans14 lation services for all public aid documents and 

15 proceedings; 

16 (D) incorporates the potential of both 

17 women and men to contribute equally and to 

18 their maximum efficiency; and 

19 (E) maximizes local and regional procure20 ment through capacity building to help Haitian 

21 organizations and companies participate effec22 tively in the bidding process for contracts re23 lated to relief and reconstruction programs, in24 cluding access to procurement documents trans25 lated into French and Haitian Creole; 


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1 (2) affirm and build a long-term partnership 

2 with Haiti in support of— 

3 (A) just, democratic, and competent gov4 ernance including— 

5 (i) an independent, efficient, and ef6 fective judicial system; 

7 (ii) parliamentary strengthening; 

8 (iii) political pluralism, equality, and 

9 the rule of law; 

10 (iv) civil society, governance institu11 tions, and political parties that are rep12 resentative and peaceful; 

13 (v) transparency and accountability 

14 among all branches of government and ju15 dicial proceedings, including supporting 

16 anti-corruption efforts among bureaucrats, 

17 elected officials, and public servants at all 

18 levels of security and government adminis19 tration; and 

20 (vi) security, by— 

21 (I) ensuring legitimate state ef22 forts to prevent and respond to crime, 

23 especially overall violence and gender24 based violence; 


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1 (II) instilling public order and 

2 confidence in, and increasing the ca3 pacity of, Haitian security institu4 tions, including their capacity to ad5 dress gender-based violence through 

6 recruitment of female police officers 

7 and gender-sensitive training of all se8 curity forces; 

9 (III) providing local and national 

10 police forces with comprehensive pro11 fessional training and equipment, in12 cluding gender-sensitive protection 

13 training; and 

14 (IV) holding aid partners ac15 countable for meeting minimum 

16 standards for gender-based violence 

17 planning and response, as outlined in 

18 Inter-Agency Standing Committee 

19 (IASC) Guidelines for gender-based 

20 violence interventions in humanitarian 

21 settings and put into place monitoring 

22 mechanisms; 

23 (B) providing a foundation for economic 

24 growth and economic sustainability, through in25 vestments— 


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1 (i) in essential infrastructure, includ2 ing transport and energy; 

3 (ii) in sustainable urban development 

4 and improved urban management by iden5 tifying, developing, and implementing a 

6 long-term, sustainable framework for fu7 ture growth and development in urban 

8 areas that will ensure livelihood creation, 

9 appropriate environmental and resource 

10 management, appropriate disaster response 

11 plans, affordable long-term housing, en12 ergy, clean water, sanitation services, and 

13 essential urban services and infrastructure; 

14 (iii) to rebuild Haiti’s competitiveness 

15 and private sector in order to foster em16 ployment generation, including policies to 

17 encourage investment and open world con18 sumer markets to Haitian exports; 

19 (iv) in food security and rural and ag20 ricultural development, particularly of food 

21 staples and other crops that provide eco22 nomic growth and income opportunities in 

23 times of shortage and increase production 

24 and incomes of agriculture and livestock 

25 producers in rural communities, including 


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1 direct support to small and medium Hai2 tian farms, appropriate technical support 

3 for high yielding staple food crops, micro4 financing, increased market access, repair 

5 and improvements of agricultural infra6 structure, investment in participatory 

7 farmer-led research and knowledge trans8 fer and strengthening of local seed sys9 tems; 

10 (v) that recognize and address where 

11 obstacles related to gender limit, hinder, or 

12 suppress women’s economic productivity 

13 and gain; and 

14 (vi) promote international labor and 

15 wage standards in all United States funded 

16 job creation projects; and 

17 (C) environmentally sustainable programs 

18 that are respectful and restorative of Haiti’s 

19 natural resources and build community-level re20 silience to environmental and weather-related 

21 impacts, including— 

22 (i) programs to reduce and mitigate 

23 the effects of natural disaster, including 

24 floods and hurricanes; 


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1 (ii) programs to address land use, 

2 land tenure, land for reconstruction, and 

3 land price escalation issues; 

4 (iii) programs and associated support 

5 to reduce deforestation and increase the 

6 rates of afforestation and reforestation in 

7 Haiti, including through diversification of 

8 Haiti’s energy sources; and 

9 (iv) programs to address safe drinking 

10 water, sanitation, hygiene, water resource 

11 management, and other water related 

12 issues; 

13 (D) investments in people, particularly 

14 women and children, including— 

15 (i) supporting the Government of 

16 Haiti, in coordination with nongovern17 mental education providers, to rehabilitate 

18 and improve Haiti’s education sector with 

19 the goal of providing access to quality and 

20 affordable education for all children; 

21 (ii) ensuring that women’s and girls’ 

22 unique needs are appropriately integrated 

23 across all sectors in consultation with Hai24 tian women’s organizations, including gov25 ernance, security, livelihood creation and 


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1 development, and in program assessment, 

2 design, implementation, monitoring, and 

3 evaluation, with a goal of promoting ac4 cess, inclusion, and empowerment; 

5 (iii) establish effective initiatives to 

6 address gender-based violence, including 

7 mechanisms to address the rape charges 

8 and impunity measures, establishment of 

9 special care units in hospitals for medical 

10 attention, pre and post counseling, HIV/ 

11 AIDS testing, administration of prophy12 laxis, access to anti-retrovirals for HIV 

13 positive women, support for emergency 

14 protection mechanisms including shelter, 

15 and durable solutions for survivors; 

16 (iv) health care delivery and capacity 

17 building to strengthen the overall health 

18 care system; 

19 (v) supporting programs, activities, 

20 and initiatives that provide or promote 

21 equal opportunity, full participation, inde22 pendent living, and economic self-suffi23 ciency for individuals with disabilities; 

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1 cines, training and awareness-building and 

2 support for improved water and sanitation 

3 infrastructure where needed; 

4 (vii) support for Haitian government 

5 capacity building; and 

6 (viii) strengthening the child welfare 

7 system— 

8 (I) to ensure the protection of 

9 children from violence, abuse, exploi10 tation, and neglect and to combat 

11 child trafficking by supporting the 

12 Haitian government’s initiatives to 

13 strengthen the child protection system 

14 across Haiti and at the border with 

15 the Dominican Republic; 

16 (II) to support family preserva17 tion and reunification and prevent 

18 child abandonment, to the extent pos19 sible; 

20 (III) to ensure that children 

21 without family care receive safe, devel22 opmentally appropriate care; and 

23 (IV) to end the practice and ex24 ploitation of child domestic servants 

25 (referred to in Haiti as ‘‘restaveks’’), 


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1 by offering families education, sup2 port, and alternatives; 

3 (3) support, pursuant to the strategic objectives 

4 in paragraph (2) and in coordination with other do5 nors— 

6 (A) the institutional development and ca7 pacity building of the Government of Haiti at 

8 the national, local, and community levels so 

9 that the Government of Haiti— 

10 (i) can better ensure basic services to 

11 its population, including health care, pro12 tection against gender-based violence, agri13 cultural development, education, and other 

14 basic social services; and 

15 (ii) will be an effective steward of 

16 state resources through a transparent 

17 process of equitable resource allocation 

18 that includes a broad range of participa19 tion from Haitian civil society; 

20 (B) Haitian civil society organizations that 

21 are committed to making a positive contribution 

22 to the rebuilding and sustainable development 

23 of Haiti; 

24 (C) people-to-people engagement between 

25 the United States and Haiti, through increased 


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1 educational, technical, and cultural exchanges 

2 and other methods; 

3 (D) significant contributions to a multilat4 eral trust fund that will be established to en5 hance the reconstruction and rebuilding of 

6 Haiti; and 

7 (E) a Haitian government budget that is 

8 appropriately sized to fulfill the functions ex9 pected of the budget for the delivery of essential 

10 public services, including arrangements to en11 sure transparency and accountability for the 

12 funds provided to the budget of the Haitian 

13 government; and 

14 (4) promote development and rebuilding efforts 

15 in Haiti that are led by, and in support of, all levels 

16 of government in Haiti, including national and local 

17 governments, so that— 

18 (A) the Government and people of Haiti 

19 lead the vision for reconstruction and rebuilding 

20 of Haiti; 

21 (B) resources are channeled in concrete 

22 and specific ways toward key sectoral objectives 

23 identified by the Government and its people; 

24 (C) feasible steps are taken to recognize 

25 and rectify the social injustice of poverty and 


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1 gender inequality and to decrease the vulner2 ability of the poor, through job creation, access 

3 to education, the provision of health care, the 

4 provision of safe shelter and settlements, and 

5 food security in the rural regions and other 

6 smaller cities, as well as in Port-au-Prince; 

7 (D) communities are placed at the center 

8 of the rebuilding process, by employing local 

9 labor and consulting local leaders and commu10 nities for their experience and vision; 

11 (E) rebuilding and development programs 

12 are environmentally sustainable and respectful 

13 and restorative of Haiti’s natural resources; and 

14 (F) the Haiti Rebuilding and Development 

15 Strategy builds from and supports— 

16 (i) existing assessments for Haiti, in17 cluding the Post Disaster Needs Assess18 ment; 

19 (ii) the Government of Haiti’s Action 

20 Plan for the Reconstruction and National 

21 Development of Haiti; 

22 (iii) other existing development plans 

23 for Haiti, including the Poverty Reduction 

24 Strategy Paper for Haiti; and 


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1 (iv) shared principles in the Paris 

2 Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the 

3 Accra Agenda for Action. 

4 SEC. 5. HAITI REBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development, with input 

7 provided by the Special Coordinator for Haiti, shall pre8 pare and submit to the appropriate congressional commit9 tees a multi-year strategy to provide assistance in support 

10 of the reconstruction and rebuilding of Haiti. 

11 (b) COMPONENTS.—The Haiti Rebuilding and Devel12 opment Strategy shall— 

13 (1) include— 

14 (A) specific and measurable goals; 

15 (B) benchmarks and time frames; 

16 (C) an implementation plan to achieve the 

17 policy objectives set forth in section 4; and 

18 (D) a detailed monitoring and evaluation 

19 plan tied to measurable indicators addressing 

20 progress toward achieving those policy objec21 tives, including impact evaluations of United 

22 States assistance to Haiti carried out in direct 

23 consultation with both the Haitian government 

24 and Haitian grassroots, women’s and civil soci25 ety groups; and 


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1 (2) to the greatest extent possible— 

2 (A) leverage private sector resources 

3 through different agencies, including assistance 

4 that allows Haiti to make greater use of the 

5 trade preferences provided under section 213A 

6 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 

7 (19 U.S.C. 2703a) (as added by the Haitian 

8 Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership 

9 Act of 2006 (title V of division D of Public Law 

10 109–432; 120 Stat. 3181) (commonly known as 

11 the ‘‘HOPE Act’’) and amended by the Haitian 

12 Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership 

13 Act of 2008 (part I of subtitle D of title XV of 

14 Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2289) (com15 monly known as the ‘‘HOPE II Act’’)); 

16 (B) consult with the academic and re17 search communities, nonprofit organizations, 

18 foundations, other implementing partners, the 

19 Government of Haiti, Haitian civil society, and 

20 the Haitian Diaspora; 

21 (C) coordinate United States assistance ef22 forts with similar efforts of international orga23 nizations, international financial institutions, 

24 the governments of developing and developed 


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1 countries, and United States and international 

2 nongovernmental organizations; 

3 (D) promote access to education for all 

4 children; 

5 (E) incorporate approaches directed at 

6 reaching women living in poverty; 

7 (F) incorporate best practices for improv8 ing child welfare and protection for orphans 

9 and other vulnerable children; and 

10 (G) maximize local and regional procure11 ment. 

12 (c) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days 

13 before the initial submission of the Haiti Rebuilding and 

14 Development Strategy, the Administrator of the United 

15 States Agency for International Development, in conjunc16 tion with the Special Coordinator for Haiti, shall consult 

17 with the appropriate congressional committees on the con18 tents of the Strategy. 

19 (d) REPORTS.— 

20 (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an22 nually thereafter, in accordance with the normal per23 formance reporting schedule, the Secretary of State 

24 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com25 mittees a report that includes— 


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1 (A) a copy of the Haiti Rebuilding and De2 velopment Strategy, including— 

3 (i) any changes made to the Strategy 

4 during the preceding calendar year; and 

5 (ii) an explanation of such changes; 

6 (B) a description, by foreign assistance 

7 framework objective, of the implementation of 

8 the Strategy; 

9 (C) an assessment of progress made during 

10 the preceding fiscal year toward meeting— 

11 (i) the policy objectives set forth in 

12 section 4; and 

13 (ii) the specific goals, benchmarks, 

14 and time frames specified in the Strategy; 

15 (D) a description of all United States Gov16 ernment programs contributing to the achieve17 ment of the policy objectives set forth in section 

18 4, including the amounts obligated and ex19 pended on such programs during the preceding 

20 fiscal year, including— 

21 (i) a breakdown of the percentage of 

22 United States funds spent on Haitian 

23 goods and services; 


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1 (ii) an analysis of the number of Hai2 tian employment opportunities created with 

3 United States funds; 

4 (iii) a description of the increase in 

5 official reports that are translated into 

6 French and Creole and easily accessible; 

7 (iv) a description of official annual re8 porting of such programs from the Depart9 ment of State, the United States Agency 

10 for International Development, the Depart11 ment of Defense, the Department of 

12 Health and Human Services, the Depart13 ment of Homeland Security, and Depart14 ment of Justice; and 

15 (v) inclusion of United States Agency 

16 for International Development evaluation 

17 indicators on the percentage of the affected 

18 Haitian population benefitting from United 

19 States assistance and the percentage of 

20 funds going to local communities for both 

21 the United States Agency for International 

22 Development and its contractors; and 

23 (E) an assessment of United States ef24 forts— 


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1 (i) to encourage and leverage business 

2 and philanthropic participation toward 

3 Haiti rebuilding and development; and 

4 (ii) to coordinate United States Gov5 ernment programs with assistance provided 

6 by international organizations, inter7 national financial institutions, the govern8 ments of developing and developed coun9 tries, and United States and international 

10 nongovernmental organizations. 

11 (2) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE12 PORT.—Not later than 270 days after the submis13 sion of each report under paragraph (1), the Comp14 troller General of the United States shall submit a 

15 report to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 that contains— 

17 (A) a review of, and comments addressing, 

18 the report submitted under paragraph (1); and 

19 (B) recommendations relating to any addi20 tional actions the Comptroller General deter21 mines to be important to improve the provision 

22 of assistance for Haiti to support rebuilding 

23 and development. 

24 (3) PROGRAM REVIEW.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the 

2 submission of the second annual report under 

3 paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall sub4 mit a report to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees that contains— 

6 (i) an assessment of the progress 

7 made during the preceding 2 years toward 

8 meeting the policy objectives set forth in 

9 section 4 and the specific goals, bench10 marks, and time frames specified in the 

11 Haiti Rebuilding and Development Strat12 egy; 

13 (ii) an evaluation of the impact during 

14 the preceding 2 years of United States as15 sistance programs on Haitian rebuilding 

16 and development; and 

17 (iii) an assessment of the overall sta18 tus of broader rebuilding and development 

19 taking place in Haiti, as outlined by the 

20 Government of Haiti. 

21 (B) BASIS FOR REPORT.—The report re22 quired under subparagraph (A) shall be based 

23 on data quality assessments and impact evalua24 tions of quantitative and qualitative indicators. 


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1 (4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

2 The information requested in paragraphs (1) and 

3 (3) for United States programs contributing to the 

4 achievement of the policy objectives set forth in sec5 tion 4, including the amounts obligated and ex6 pended on such programs during preceding fiscal 

7 years, shall— 

8 (A) be made publically accessible in a time9 ly manner on a single, consolidated website; and 

10 (B) be presented in a detailed, program11 by-program basis. 

12 (5) UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY.—If detailed in13 formation is classified, an unclassified summary 

14 shall be posted and the classified details shall be 

15 submitted separately to the appropriate congres16 sional committees. 

17 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 (a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—There are authorized 

19 to be appropriated to provide assistance for Haiti and to 

20 carry out the other purposes of this Act, in addition to 

21 amounts otherwise available for such purposes— 

22 (1) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

23 (2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

24 (b) APPLICABILITY OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

25 ACT OF 1961 AND OTHER LAWS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to 

2 carry out the purposes of this Act, including 

3 amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act— 

4 (A) shall be considered to be economic as5 sistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for purposes of 

7 making available the administrative authorities 

8 contained in that Act for the use of economic 

9 assistance; and 

10 (B) shall be provided in accordance with 

11 the provisions of, the general authorities con12 tained in, and the limitations of, sections 116, 

13 491, and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 

14 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n, 2292, and 2378d), 

15 respectively. 

16 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of 

17 part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

18 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by redesignating 

19 section 620J (as added by section 651 of the De20 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

21 Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of 

22 Public Law 110–161; 22 U.S.C. 2378d)) as section 

23 620M. 

24 (c) TRANSFERS.—Of the amounts appropriated for 

25 each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a)— 


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1 (1) the Department of the Treasury may con2 tribute to a multi-donor trust fund for reconstruc3 tion and recovery expenses related to Haiti following 

4 the earthquake of January 12, 2010; and 

5 (2) remaining amounts may be transferred to 

6 the ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’ account of the 

7 United States Agency for International Development 

8 for the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, not9 withstanding the dollar limitations in such account 

10 on transfers to the account. 

11 (d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for 

13 each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) shall re14 main available until expended. 

15 (2) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Of the amounts ap16 propriated for each fiscal year pursuant to sub17 section (a), none of the amounts may be made avail18 able for assistance to Haiti unless the Haiti Rebuild19 ing and Development Strategy reports are being 

20 submitted to the appropriate congressional commit21 tees in accordance with section 5(d)(1). 

22 (e) PREFERENCE FOR BUILDING LOCAL CAPAC23 ITY.—In providing assistance under this Act, the Presi24 dent is encouraged to utilize Haitian firms and community 

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1 (f) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Of the 

2 amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to sub3 section (a), up to $5,000,000 may be made available to 

4 the Inspectors General of the Department of State, the 

5 United States Agency for International Development, and 

6 other relevant agencies to provide audits and program re7 views of programs and activities receiving assistance under 

8 this Act. 

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