I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6021 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote 
long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development in Haiti, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2010 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WAT-
SON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. RICHARD-
SON, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. STARK, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, and Mr. JACK-
SON of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 
2014 to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and 
development in Haiti, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Empowerment, 
Assistance, and Rebuilding Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(A) reconstruction should not follow the in-
efficient and poorly coordinated practices of the 
past, but should build back better; and 
(B) Haitians should be assisted and sup-
ported in accelerating and implementing long- 
planned reforms and new ways of doing busi-
ness in every sector. 
(7) Haiti enjoys several advantages that can fa-
cilitate its rebuilding, including— 
(A) people committed to education and 
hard work; 
(B) proximity and duty-free access to 
United States markets; 
(C) a large, hardworking North American 
diaspora, which remits generous amounts of 
money back to Haiti every year; and 
(D) many regional neighbors who are 
peaceful, prosperous, and supportive of Haiti’s 
success. 
(8) The experiences of other countries that have 
successfully recovered from serious natural disasters 
confirm that— 
(A) when the people and other civil society 
actors in an affected country play a significant 
role in the design and execution of the rebuild-
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ing efforts, the efforts are often more sustain-
able and more in line with the needs and aspi-
rations of local populations; 
(B) when the government of the affected 
country plays a leading role in the planning and 
execution of the rebuilding efforts, there is a 
higher probability of reforms being long-lasting 
and coordinated with the long-term planning 
and development efforts of the affected country; 
(C) every effort should be made to incor-
porate, at the earliest time possible, market- 
based employment and economic development 
opportunities to allow people to take ownership 
of their long-term self sufficiency; 
(D) stability and security are essential pre-
conditions to longer-term development; 
(E) education is critical to securing a bet-
ter future for the people in the affected coun-
try; 
(F) removing gender disparities spurs mac-
roeconomic growth; and 
(G) projects that integrate gender are 
more likely to achieve their overall goals. 
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(9) Employment is essential to breaking the vi-
cious cycle of poverty, insecurity, and lack of faith 
in democracy. 
(10) In addition to providing emergency assist-
ance and relief, the Government of Haiti must grap-
ple with the longer-term issues of how to— 
(A) provide permanent, sustainable shelter 
to an estimated 1,300,000 Haitians displaced 
by the earthquake; 
(B) ensure that communities are at the 
center of the rebuilding process, by employing 
local labor and consulting with local leaders and 
communities; 
(C) provide health care in a sustainable 
and comprehensive manner that is accessible to 
all Haitians; and 
(D) provide all children with access to edu-
cation. 
(11) The impact of natural disaster on Haiti is 
exacerbated by— 
(A) the lack of enforcement of earthquake- 
resistant construction procedures, weak building 
codes, and massive private sector economic 
losses that hinder the ability of people to pur-
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chase materials of sufficient quality to rebuild 
existing buildings; 
(B) a government that has long struggled 
to provide its people with minimal public serv-
ices, including security, clean water, shelter, 
electricity, health care, and education; and 
(C) underinvestment in infrastructure and 
development in rural areas and secondary cities 
outside of Port-au-Prince. 
(12) Assistance to Haiti should be delivered in 
a manner that enhances the ability of the Govern-
ment of Haiti to improve democratic, transparent 
governance and to use credible government institu-
tions to provide services to its people. 
(13) Local communities should play a central 
role in the rebuilding of Haiti, while the national re-
covery process is led by the Government of Haiti in 
such a way that foreign assistance upholds the pri-
macy of Haitian government institutions in the re-
building effort. 
(14) International donors and nongovernmental 
organizations— 
(A) have a responsibility to support the 
Government of Haiti in its rebuilding efforts; 
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(B) are critical to the success of the recov-
ery and reconstruction efforts; 
(C) are key to the provision of services in 
the near term; 
(D) can build capacity for national institu-
tions, both governmental and nongovernmental, 
to take over the management and provision of 
essential services over the medium term; 
(E) should support and encourage rebuild-
ing and development of programs which are en-
vironmentally sustainable and respectful and re-
storative of Haiti’s natural resources; 
(F) should work with the Government of 
Haiti to improve the educational system and to 
ensure that all children have access to an edu-
cation; and 
(G) should work with the Government of 
Haiti and the international community to better 
predict, anticipate, and protect against future 
disasters. 
(15) The circumstances following the earth-
quake in Haiti provide a real opportunity for 
Haiti— 
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(A) to break the cycle of poverty and unre-
alized expectations that has marked Haiti’s his-
tory; and 
(B) to establish a new framework for sus-
tained economic development through a commit-
ment of engagement from the United States, 
other donors, and multilateral organizations to 
support the Government of Haiti and the Hai-
tian people as they undertake the long rebuild-
ing process. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 551(1) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives. 
(3) HAITI
REBUILDING
AND
DEVELOPMENT 
STRATEGY; STRATEGY.—The terms ‘‘Haiti Rebuild-
ing and Development Strategy’’ and ‘‘Strategy’’ 
mean the multi-year strategy to provide assistance in 
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support of the reconstruction and rebuilding of Haiti 
prepared pursuant to section 6. 
(4) SENIOR
HAITI
COORDINATOR.—The term 
‘‘Senior Haiti Coordinator’’ means the Senior Coor-
dinator of the United States Government for Haiti 
appointed pursuant to section 5. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States, in partnership 
with the Government of Haiti and in coordination with 
the international community, to— 
(1) support the sustainable recovery and re-
building of Haiti in a manner that— 
(A) encourages greater economic equality; 
(B) embraces Haitian independence, self- 
reliance, democratic governance, and efficiency; 
(C) supports collaboration with the Haitian 
government and consultation with Haitian and 
international civil society; and 
(D) incorporates the potential of both 
women and men to contribute equally and to 
their maximum efficiency; 
(2) affirm and build a long-term partnership 
with Haiti in support of— 
(A) just, democratic, and competent gov-
ernance including— 
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(i) an independent, efficient, and ef-
fective judicial system; 
(ii) parliamentary strengthening; 
(iii) political pluralism, equality, and 
the rule of law; 
(iv) civil society, governance institu-
tions, and political parties that are rep-
resentative and peaceful; 
(v) transparency and accountability 
among all branches of government and ju-
dicial proceedings, including supporting 
anti-corruption efforts among bureaucrats, 
elected officials, and public servants at all 
levels of security and government adminis-
tration; and 
(vi) security, by— 
(I) ensuring legitimate state ef-
forts to prevent and respond to crime, 
especially violence; 
(II) instilling public order and 
confidence in, and increasing the ca-
pacity of, Haitian security institu-
tions; and 
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(III) reforming local and national 
police 
forces 
through 
professional 
training and equipment; 
(B) providing a foundation for economic 
growth and economic sustainability, through in-
vestments— 
(i) in essential infrastructure, includ-
ing transport and energy; 
(ii) in sustainable urban development 
and improved urban management by iden-
tifying, developing, and implementing a 
long-term, sustainable framework for fu-
ture growth and development in urban 
areas that will ensure appropriate environ-
mental and resource management, appro-
priate disaster response plans, and expand 
access to basic shelter, affordable urban 
housing, energy, clean water, sanitation 
services, and essential urban services and 
infrastructure; 
(iii) to rebuild Haiti’s competitiveness 
and private sector in order to foster em-
ployment generation, including policies to 
encourage investment and open world con-
sumer markets to Haitian exports; 
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(iv) in food security and rural and ag-
ricultural development, particularly of food 
staples and other crops that provide eco-
nomic growth and income opportunities in 
times of shortage; and 
(v) that recognize and address where 
obstacles related to gender limit, hinder, or 
suppress women’s economic productivity 
and gain; 
(C) environmentally sustainable programs 
that are respectful and restorative of Haiti’s 
natural resources and build community-level re-
silience to environmental and weather-related 
impacts, including— 
(i) programs to reduce and mitigate 
the effects of natural disaster, including 
floods and hurricanes; 
(ii) programs to address land use, 
land tenure, land for reconstruction, and 
land price escalation issues; 
(iii) programs and associated support 
to reduce deforestation and increase the 
rates of afforestation and reforestation in 
Haiti, including through diversification of 
Haiti’s energy sources; and 
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(iv) programs to address safe drinking 
water, sanitation, hygiene, water resource 
management, and other water related 
issues; 
(D) investments in people, particularly 
women and children, including— 
(i) supporting the Government of 
Haiti, in coordination with nongovern-
mental education providers, to rehabilitate 
and improve Haiti’s education sector with 
the goal of providing access to quality edu-
cation for all children; 
(ii) ensuring that women’s needs are 
appropriately integrated across all sectors, 
including governance, security, and devel-
opment, and in program assessment, de-
sign, implementation, monitoring, and eval-
uation, with a goal of promoting access, in-
clusion, and empowerment; 
(iii) health care delivery and capacity 
building to strengthen the overall health 
care system; 
(iv) supporting programs, activities, 
and initiatives that provide or promote 
equal opportunity, full participation, inde-
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pendent living, and economic self-suffi-
ciency for individuals with disabilities; and 
(v) strengthening the child welfare 
system— 
(I) to ensure the protection of 
children from violence, abuse, exploi-
tation, and neglect; 
(II) to support family preserva-
tion and reunification and prevent 
child abandonment, to the extent pos-
sible; 
(III) to ensure that children 
without family care receive safe, devel-
opmentally appropriate care; and 
(IV) to end the practice and ex-
ploitation of child domestic servants 
(referred to in Haiti as ‘‘restaveks’’), 
by offering families education, sup-
port, and alternatives; 
(3) support, pursuant to the strategic objectives 
in paragraph (2) and in coordination with other do-
nors— 
(A) the institutional development and ca-
pacity building of the Government of Haiti at 
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the national, local, and community levels so 
that the Government of Haiti— 
(i) can better ensure basic services to 
its population, including health care, edu-
cation, and other basic social services; and 
(ii) will be an effective steward of 
state resources through a transparent 
process of equitable resource allocation 
that includes a broad range of participa-
tion from Haitian civil society; 
(B) Haitian civil society organizations that 
are committed to making a positive contribution 
to the rebuilding and sustainable development 
of Haiti; 
(C) people-to-people engagement between 
the United States and Haiti, through increased 
educational, technical, and cultural exchanges 
and other methods; 
(D) significant contributions to a multilat-
eral trust fund that will be established to en-
hance the reconstruction and rebuilding of 
Haiti; and 
(E) a Haitian government budget that is 
appropriately sized to fulfill the functions ex-
pected of the budget for the delivery of essential 
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public services, including arrangements to en-
sure transparency and accountability for the 
funds provided to the budget of the Haitian 
government; and 
(4) promote development and rebuilding efforts 
in Haiti that are led by, and in support of, all levels 
of government in Haiti, including national and local 
governments, so that— 
(A) the Government and people of Haiti 
lead the vision for reconstruction and rebuilding 
of Haiti; 
(B) resources are channeled in concrete 
and specific ways toward key sectoral objectives 
identified by the Government of Haiti and its 
people; 
(C) feasible steps are taken to recognize 
and rectify the social injustice of poverty and 
gender inequality and to decrease the vulner-
ability of the poor, through job creation, access 
to education, the provision of health care, the 
provision of safe shelter and settlements, and 
food security; 
(D) communities are placed at the center 
of the rebuilding process, by employing local 
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labor and consulting local leaders and commu-
nities for their experience and vision; 
(E) rebuilding and development programs 
are environmentally sustainable and respectful 
and restorative of Haiti’s natural resources; and 
(F) the Haiti Rebuilding and Development 
Strategy builds from and supports— 
(i) existing assessments for Haiti, in-
cluding the Post Disaster Needs Assess-
ment; 
(ii) the Government of Haiti’s Action 
Plan for the Reconstruction and National 
Development of Haiti; 
(iii) other existing development plans 
for Haiti, including the Poverty Reduction 
Strategy Paper for Haiti; and 
(iv) shared principles in the Paris 
Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the 
Accra Agenda for Action. 
SEC. 5. SENIOR HAITI COORDINATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be established within 
the Department of State a Senior Coordinator of the 
United States Government for Haiti, who— 
(1) shall be appointed by the President; and 
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(2) shall report directly to the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Senior Haiti Coordi-
nator shall advise, oversee, and coordinate all poli-
cies of the United States Government related to 
Haiti. 
(2) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The Senior Haiti Coor-
dinator shall— 
(A) ensure interagency program and policy 
coordination towards Haiti among relevant 
agencies; 
(B) help devise, promote and participate 
in, in coordination with the Chief of Mission, ef-
fective international donor coordination mecha-
nisms; 
(C) ensure that each relevant agency un-
dertakes programs primarily in those areas in 
which the agency has the greatest expertise, 
technical capabilities, and potential for success; 
and 
(D) provide input to the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International De-
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velopment in the design of the Haiti Rebuilding 
and Development Strategy. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effective 
during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. HAITI REBUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, with input 
provided by the Senior Haiti Coordinator, shall prepare 
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a multi-year strategy to provide assistance in support of 
the reconstruction and rebuilding of Haiti. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The Haiti Rebuilding and Devel-
opment Strategy shall— 
(1) include— 
(A) specific and measurable goals; 
(B) benchmarks and time frames; 
(C) an implementation plan to achieve the 
policy objectives set forth in section 4; and 
(D) a detailed monitoring and evaluation 
plan tied to measurable indicators addressing 
progress toward achieving those policy objec-
tives, including impact evaluations of United 
States assistance to Haiti; and 
(2) to the greatest extent possible— 
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(A) 
leverage 
private 
sector 
resources 
through different agencies, including assistance 
that allows Haiti to make greater use of the 
trade preferences provided under section 213A 
of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2703a) (as added by the Haitian 
Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership 
Act of 2006 (title V of division D of Public Law 
109–432; 120 Stat. 3181) (commonly known as 
the ‘‘HOPE Act’’) and amended by the Haitian 
Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership 
Act of 2008 (part I of subtitle D of title XV of 
Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2289) (com-
monly known as the ‘‘HOPE II Act’’)); 
(B) consult with the academic and re-
search communities, nonprofit organizations, 
foundations, other implementing partners, the 
Government of Haiti, Haitian civil society, and 
the Haitian diaspora; 
(C) coordinate United States assistance ef-
forts with similar efforts of international orga-
nizations, international financial institutions, 
the governments of developing and developed 
countries, and United States and international 
nongovernmental organizations; 
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(D) promote access to education for all 
children; 
(E) incorporate approaches directed at 
reaching women living in poverty; 
(F) incorporate best practices for improv-
ing child welfare and protection for orphans 
and other vulnerable children; and 
(G) maximize local and regional procure-
ment. 
(c) PRIOR CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days 
before the initial submission of the Haiti Rebuilding and 
Development Strategy, the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, in conjunc-
tion with the Senior Haiti Coordinator, shall consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees on the contents 
of the Strategy. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, in accordance with the normal per-
formance reporting schedule, the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that includes— 
(A) a copy of the Haiti Rebuilding and De-
velopment Strategy, including— 
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(i) any changes made to the Strategy 
during the preceding calendar year; and 
(ii) an explanation of such changes; 
(B) a description, by foreign assistance 
framework objective, of the implementation of 
the Strategy; 
(C) an assessment of progress made during 
the preceding fiscal year toward meeting— 
(i) the policy objectives set forth in 
section 4; and 
(ii) the specific goals, benchmarks, 
and time frames specified in the Strategy; 
(D) a description of all United States Gov-
ernment programs contributing to the achieve-
ment of the policy objectives set forth in section 
4, including the amounts obligated and ex-
pended on such programs during the preceding 
fiscal year; and 
(E) an assessment of United States ef-
forts— 
(i) to encourage and leverage business 
and philanthropic participation toward 
Haiti rebuilding and development; and 
(ii) to coordinate United States Gov-
ernment programs with assistance provided 
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by 
international 
organizations, 
inter-
national financial institutions, the govern-
ments of developing and developed coun-
tries, and United States and international 
nongovernmental organizations. 
(2) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
PORT.—Not later than 270 days after the submis-
sion of each report under paragraph (1), the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees 
that contains— 
(A) a review of, and comments addressing, 
the report submitted under paragraph (1); and 
(B) recommendations relating to any addi-
tional actions the Comptroller General deter-
mines to be important to improve the provision 
of assistance for Haiti to support rebuilding 
and development. 
(3) PROGRAM REVIEW.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Concurrent with the 
submission of the second annual report under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that contains— 
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(i) an assessment of the progress 
made during the preceding 2 years toward 
meeting the policy objectives set forth in 
section 4 and the specific goals, bench-
marks, and time frames specified in the 
Haiti Rebuilding and Development Strat-
egy; 
(ii) an evaluation of the impact during 
the preceding 2 years of United States as-
sistance programs on Haitian rebuilding 
and development; and 
(iii) an assessment of the overall sta-
tus of broader rebuilding and development 
taking place in Haiti, as outlined by the 
Government of Haiti. 
(B) BASIS FOR REPORT.—The report re-
quired under subparagraph (A) shall be based 
on data quality assessments and impact evalua-
tions of quantitative and qualitative indicators. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
The information requested in paragraphs (1) and 
(3) for United States programs contributing to the 
achievement of the policy objectives set forth in sec-
tion 4, including the amounts obligated and ex-
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pended on such programs during preceding fiscal 
years, shall— 
(A) be made publically accessible in a time-
ly manner on a single, consolidated website; and 
(B) be presented in a detailed, program- 
by-program basis. 
(5) UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY.—If detailed in-
formation is classified, an unclassified summary 
shall be posted and the classified details shall be 
submitted separately to the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to provide assistance for Haiti and to 
carry out the other purposes of this Act, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes— 
(1) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(3) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(4) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
(5) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
ACT OF 1961 AND OTHER LAWS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available to 
carry out the purposes of this Act, including 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act— 
(A) shall be considered to be economic as-
sistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) for purposes of 
making available the administrative authorities 
contained in that Act for the use of economic 
assistance; and 
(B) shall be provided in accordance with 
the provisions of, the general authorities con-
tained in, and the limitations of, sections 116, 
491, and 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n, 2292, and 2378d), 
respectively. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of 
part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by redesignating 
section 620J (as added by section 651 of the De-
partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (division J of 
Public Law 110–161; 22 U.S.C. 2378d)) as section 
620M. 
(c) TRANSFERS.—Of the amounts appropriated for 
each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a)— 
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(1) the Department of the Treasury may con-
tribute to a multi-donor trust fund for reconstruc-
tion and recovery expenses related to Haiti following 
the earthquake of January 12, 2010; and 
(2) remaining amounts may be transferred to 
the ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’ account of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
for the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, not-
withstanding the dollar limitations in such account 
on transfers to the account. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for 
each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) shall re-
main available until expended. 
(2) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated for each fiscal year pursuant to sub-
section (a), none of the amounts may be made avail-
able for assistance to Haiti unless the Haiti Rebuild-
ing and Development Strategy reports are being 
submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees in accordance with section 6(d)(1). 
(e) PREFERENCE
FOR BUILDING LOCAL CAPAC-
ITY.—In providing assistance under this Act, the Presi-
dent is encouraged to utilize Haitian firms and community 
and local nongovernmental organizations, as appropriate. 
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(f) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Of the 
amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to sub-
section (a), up to $5,000,000 may be made available to 
the Inspectors General of the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Development, and 
other relevant agencies to provide audits and program re-
views of programs and activities receiving assistance under 
this Act. 
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