In the Senate of the United States, 
January 13 (legislative day, January 10), 2022. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2471) entitled ‘‘An Act to measure the progress 
of post-disaster recovery and efforts to address corruption, 
governance, rule of law, and media freedoms in Haiti.’’, do 
pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Development, Ac-
countability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to support the sus-
tainable rebuilding and development of Haiti in a manner 
that—
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(1) recognizes Haitian independence, self-reli-
ance, and sovereignty; 
(2) promotes efforts that are led by and support 
the people and Government of Haiti at all levels so 
that Haitians lead the course of reconstruction and 
development of Haiti; 
(3) contributes to international efforts to facili-
tate conditions for broad, inclusive, and sustained po-
litical dialogue among the different actors in Haiti to 
restore democratic legitimacy and institutions in 
Haiti; 
(4) builds the long-term capacity of the Govern-
ment of Haiti, civil society, and the private sector to 
foster economic opportunities in Haiti; 
(5) fosters collaboration between the Haitian di-
aspora in the United States, including dual citizens 
of Haiti and the United States, and the Government 
of Haiti and the business community in Haiti; 
(6) supports anticorruption efforts, promotes 
press freedom, and addresses human rights concerns, 
including through the enforcement of sanctions im-
posed in accordance with the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title 
XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note) on
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individuals implicated in human rights violations 
and corruption; 
(7) respects and helps restore the natural re-
sources of Haiti and strengthens community-level re-
silience to environmental and weather-related im-
pacts; 
(8) promotes political stability through the hold-
ing of free, fair, transparent, and timely elections in 
accordance with democratic principles and the Con-
stitution of Haiti; 
(9) provides timely and comprehensive reporting 
on the goals and progress of the Government of Haiti 
and the United States Government, and transparent 
post-program evaluations and contracting data; and 
(10) promotes the participation of Haitian 
women and youth in governmental and nongovern-
mental institutions and in economic development and 
governance assistance programs funded by the United 
States. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 
4. 
STRENGTHENING 
HUMAN 
RIGHTS 
AND 
ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN HAITI AND 
HOLDING PERPETRATORS OF THE LA SALINE 
MASSACRE ACCOUNTABLE. 
(a) PRIORITIZATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE.—The 
Secretary of State shall prioritize the protection of human 
rights and anticorruption efforts in Haiti through the fol-
lowing methods: 
(1) Fostering strong relationships with inde-
pendent civil society groups focused on monitoring 
corruption and human rights abuses and promoting 
democracy in Haiti. 
(2) Supporting the efforts of the Government of 
Haiti to identify persons involved in human rights 
violations and significant acts of corruption in Haiti, 
including public and private sector actors, and hold 
them accountable for their actions. 
(3) Addressing concerns of impunity for the al-
leged perpetrators of and the individuals who orga-
nized and planned the massacre in La Saline that 
took place on November 13, 2018.
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(4) Urging authorities to continue to investigate 
attacks in the neighborhoods of La Saline and Bel Air 
in 2018 and 2019 that left dozens dead in order to 
bring the perpetrators to justice. 
(b) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 
on the events that took place on November 13, 2018, 
in the neighborhood of La Saline, in Port-au-Prince, 
Haiti, and the aftermath of those events. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) An examination of any links between 
the massacre in La Saline and mass protests 
that occurred concurrently in Haiti. 
(B) An analysis of the reports on the mas-
sacre in La Saline authored by the United Na-
tions, the European Union, and the Government 
of Haiti. 
(C) A detailed description of all known per-
petrators of and the individuals who organized 
and planned the massacre. 
(D) An overview of efforts of the Govern-
ment of Haiti to bring the perpetrators of and
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the individuals who organized and planned the 
massacre in La Saline to justice and to prevent 
other similar attacks. 
(E) An assessment of the ensuing treatment 
and displacement of the survivors of the mas-
sacre in La Saline. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall consult with nongovernmental 
organizations in Haiti and the United States. 
SEC. 5. PROMOTING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND ASSEM-
BLY IN HAITI. 
The Secretary of State shall prioritize the promotion 
of freedom of the press and freedom of assembly and the 
protection of journalists in Haiti through the following 
methods: 
(1) Advocating to Haitian authorities for in-
creased protection for journalists and the press and 
for the freedom to peacefully assemble or protest in 
Haiti. 
(2) Collaborating with officials of the Govern-
ment of Haiti and representatives of civil society to 
increase legal protections for journalists in Haiti. 
(3) Supporting efforts to strengthen transparency 
in the public and private sectors in Haiti and access 
to information in Haiti.
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(4) Using United States foreign assistance for 
programs to strengthen capacity for independent jour-
nalists and increase support for investigative jour-
nalism in Haiti. 
SEC. 6. SUPPORTING POST-EARTHQUAKE, POST-HURRI-
CANE, AND POST-COVID–19 RECOVERY AND 
DEVELOPMENT IN HAITI. 
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall prioritize post-earthquake, post-hurri-
cane, and post-COVID–19 recovery and development efforts 
in Haiti through the following methods: 
(1) Collaborating with the Government of Haiti 
on a detailed and transparent development plan that 
includes clear objectives and benchmarks. 
(2) Building the capacity of Haitian-led public, 
private, and nongovernmental sector institutions in 
Haiti through post-earthquake and post-hurricane re-
covery and development planning. 
(3) Assessing the impact of the recovery efforts of 
the United States and the international community 
in Haiti since January 2010. 
(4) Supporting disaster resilience and recon-
struction efforts.
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(5) Addressing the underlying causes of poverty 
and inequality. 
(6) Improving access to— 
(A) health resources; 
(B) public health technical assistance; and 
(C) clean water, food, and shelter. 
(7) Assessing the impact of the COVID–19 pan-
demic on post-disaster recovery efforts and evaluating 
United States support needed to help with the pan-
demic response in Haiti. 
(8) Supporting— 
(A) the export of additional United States- 
produced COVID–19 vaccine doses to Haiti; and 
(B) the safe storage, transport, and end-to- 
end distribution of United States-produced 
COVID–19 vaccines throughout Haiti, in light of 
ongoing humanitarian access challenges pre-
sented by Haiti’s security environment. 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN HAITI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Administrator’’) and other relevant agen-
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cies and departments, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on developments in Haiti. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A strategy for carrying out sections 4(a), 5, 
and 6, including established baselines, benchmarks, 
and indicators to measure outcomes and impact. 
(2) An assessment of major corruption com-
mitted among the public and private sectors in Haiti, 
including identification of any individual or entity 
that financed corruption activities, and all corruption 
prosecutions investigated by the judiciary of Haiti 
since January 2015. 
(3) An overview of efforts of the Government of 
Haiti to address corruption, including the Petrocaribe 
scandal, and corrective measures to strengthen and re-
store trust in the public institutions of Haiti. 
(4) A description of efforts of the United States 
Government to consult and engage with officials of the 
Government of Haiti and independent civil society 
groups focused on monitoring corruption and human 
rights abuses and promoting democracy and press 
freedom in Haiti since January 2015. 
(5) A description of the response by the Govern-
ment of Haiti to civic protests that have taken place
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since July 2018 and any allegations of human rights 
abuses, including attacks on journalists. 
(6) An assessment of United States security as-
sistance to Haiti, including United States support to 
the Haitian National Police and an assessment of 
compliance with section 620M of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 
of title 10, United States Code (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Leahy Laws’’). 
(7) A description of the efforts of the Government 
of Haiti to support displaced survivors of urban and 
gang violence. 
(8) An assessment of United States interagency 
efforts to counter kidnapping and armed violence in 
Haiti. 
(9) An assessment of the impact of presidential 
decrees on the health of Haiti’s democratic institu-
tions and the safeguarding of human rights, including 
decrees relating to— 
(A) reducing the authority of the Superior 
Court of Accounts and Administrative Litiga-
tion; 
(B) promulgating an antiterrorism law; 
(C) establishing the National Intelligence 
Agency; and
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(D) retiring and subsequently appointing 
judges to the Supreme Court of Haiti. 
(10) A review of the alleged coup against Presi-
dent Moı¨se on February 7, 2021, and subsequent ar-
rest and jailings of alleged perpetrators. 
(11) An analysis, conducted in collaboration 
with the Government of Haiti, of efforts to support 
development goals in Haiti since January 2015, in-
cluding steps taken— 
(A) to strengthen institutions at the na-
tional and local levels; and 
(B) to strengthen democratic governance at 
the national and local levels. 
(12) An analysis of the effectiveness and sustain-
ability of development projects financed by the United 
States, including the Caracol Industrial Park and 
supporting infrastructure. 
(13) A description of procurement from Haitian 
small- and medium-sized businesses and nongovern-
mental organizations by the Government of the 
United States and the Government of Haiti for devel-
opment and humanitarian activities, disaggregated 
by year since 2015, and a description of efforts to in-
crease local procurement, including food aid.
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(14) A description of United States efforts since 
January 2015 to assist the Haitian people in their 
pursuits for free, fair, and timely democratic elec-
tions. 
(15) An overview of United States efforts to co-
operate with diplomatic partners in Latin America, 
the Caribbean, Canada, and Europe to engage with 
political leaders, civil society, the private sector, and 
underrepresented populations in Haiti to support a 
stable environment conducive to holding free and fair 
elections. 
(16) Quantitative and qualitative indicators to 
assess progress and benchmarks for United States ini-
tiatives focused on sustainable development in Haiti, 
including democracy assistance, economic revitaliza-
tion, natural disaster recovery, pandemic response, 
resilience, energy and infrastructure, health, and food 
security. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary and the Administrator shall 
consult, as appropriate, with— 
(1) nongovernmental organizations and civil so-
ciety groups in Haiti and the United States; and 
(2) the Government of Haiti.
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(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make 
the report required by subsection (a) publicly available on 
the website of the Department of State. 
SEC. 8. REPORT ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT 
JOVENEL MOI¨SE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Central In-
telligence Agency, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the July 
7, 2021, assassination of former President of Haiti Jovenel 
Moı¨se. 
(b) UPDATED REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the submission of the report required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney Gen-
eral, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director 
of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
an updated version of the report that includes any signifi-
cant developments related to the assassination of former 
President of Haiti Jovenel Moı¨se.
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(c) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
and the report required by subsection (b) shall each include 
the following elements: 
(1) A detailed description of the events leading 
up to the assassination of former President Jovenel 
Moı¨se and the subsequent investigation of the assas-
sination, including a description and identification of 
key dates and the names of foreign persons related to 
the assassination and the investigation of the assas-
sination. 
(2) A description of United States support for 
the efforts of Haitian authorities to investigate the as-
sassination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(3) An assessment of the independence and ca-
pacity of Haitian authorities to investigate the assas-
sination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se, including 
analysis of significant advances and deficiencies of 
the investigation. 
(4) A description of any threats and acts of in-
timidation against Haitian law enforcement and ju-
dicial authorities involved in the investigation of the 
assassination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se, in-
cluding the identification of foreign persons involved 
in such threats and acts of intimidation.
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(5) A description of any efforts to interfere in or 
undermine the independence and integrity of the in-
vestigation of the assassination of former President 
Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(6) A description of whether any foreign persons 
previously employed by or who served as a contractor 
or informant for the United States Government were 
involved in the assassination of former President 
Jovenel Moı¨se. 
(7) A description and the identification of for-
eign persons involved in the execution and planning 
of the assassination of former President Jovenel Moı¨se 
and an assessment of the intentions of such foreign 
persons. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) and the updated report required by subsection 
(b) shall each be submitted in an unclassified form, but each 
may include a classified annex. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State shall post 
on the public website of the Department of State— 
(1) the unclassified version of the report required 
by subsection (a) not later than 15 days after the date 
on which the report is submitted under such sub-
section; and
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(2) the unclassified version of the report required 
by subsection (b) not later than 15 days after the date 
on which the report is submitted under such sub-
section. 
(f) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, and the Director of the Central In-
telligence Agency, shall brief the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives on— 
(1) the contents of the report required by sub-
section (a) not later than 15 days after the date on 
which the report is submitted under such subsection; 
and 
(2) the contents of the report required by sub-
section (b) not later than 15 days after the date on 
which the report is submitted under such subsection. 
SEC. 9. REPEAL. 
The Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 note; Public Law 113–162) is repealed.
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SEC. 10. TERMINATION. 
This Act shall terminate on December 31, 2025. 
Attest: 
Secretary.