(1) According to a United Nations estimate, ap-
proximately 167 criminal gangs operated in Haiti in 
October 2021, exerting territorial control over as 
much as two-thirds of the country. 
(2) Haitian armed criminal gangs, the most 
prominent of which are the G9 Family and Allies 
and 400 Mawozo gangs, conduct violent crimes, in-
cluding murder, rape, arms and drug trafficking, 
racketeering, kidnapping, and blockades of fuel and 
aid deliveries. These crimes have perpetuated the on-
going security and humanitarian crises in Haiti, 
which have worsened since the assassination of 
President Jovenel Moise on July 7, 2021. 
(3) The United Nations Office of the High 
Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human 
Rights Service jointly found a 333 percent increase 
in human rights violations and abuses against the 
rights to life and security in Haiti between July 
2018 and December 2019. 
(4) At least 19,000 Haitians were forcibly dis-
placed during 2021 due to rising criminal violence. 
(5) At least 803 kidnappings were reported in 
Haiti during the first 10 months of 2021, including 
the kidnapping of more than 16 United States citi-
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zens, giving Haiti having the highest per capita kid-
napping rate of any country in the world. 
(6) There is significant evidence of collusion be-
tween criminal gangs and economic and political 
elites in Haiti, including members of the Haitian 
National Police, which has resulted in widespread 
impunity and directly contributed to Haiti’s current 
security crisis. 
(7) On December 10, 2020, the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treas-
ury designated former Haitian National Police offi-
cer Jimmy Cherizier, former Director General of the 
Ministry of the Interior Fednel Monchery, and 
former Departmental Delegate Joseph Pierre Rich-
ard Duplan under the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act for their connections to 
armed criminal gangs, including organizing the No-
vember 2018 La Saline massacre. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
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(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the intelligence community, shall sub-
mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political 
and economic elites in Haiti. The report shall— 
(1) identify prominent criminal gangs in Haiti, 
describe their criminal activities, and identify their 
primary geographic areas of operations; 
(2) list Haitian political and economic elites 
who have links to criminal gangs; 
(3) describe in detail the relationship between 
the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (2) and 
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the criminal gangs identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1); 
(4) describe in detail how Haitian political and 
economic elites use their relationships with criminal 
gangs to advance their political and economic inter-
ests and agenda; 
(5) include an assessment of how the nature 
and extent of collusion between political and eco-
nomic elites and criminal gangs threatens the Hai-
tian people and United States national interests and 
activities in the country, including the provision of 
security assistance to the Haitian government; and 
(6) include an assessment of potential actions 
that the Government of the United States and the 
Government of Haiti could take to address the find-
ings made pursuant to paragraph (5). 
(c) DESIGNATIONS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC 
ELITES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with other relevant Federal agencies 
and departments, shall identify persons identified 
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) who may be subjected 
to visa restrictions and sanctions under— 
(A) section 7031(c) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
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grams Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of 
Public Law 117–103; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note); or 
(B) section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of 
title XII of division A of Public Law 114–328; 
22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The list of persons 
identified pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be 
posted on a publicly accessible website of the De-
partment of State on the date on which the report 
required under subsection (b) is submitted to Con-
gress. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
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