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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4202 
To direct the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for monitoring the 
general elections in the Republic of Honduras to take place on November 
30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2025 
Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. LAWLER, and Mr. GREEN of Tennessee) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State to establish a strategy 
for monitoring the general elections in the Republic of 
Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025, 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 ‘‘Protect Honduran De-
mocracy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the 2025 election process in the Republic of 
Honduras raises serious concerns about the fairness 
of the electoral process, including irregularities with 
the March 2025 primary election, violence against 
candidates and the actions undertaken by security 
and defense forces under the ongoing state of emer-
gency, including serious human rights violations 
which undermine the conditions of the election; 
(2) there is a need for the United States to 
support efforts to ensure elections in the Republic of 
Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025, are 
free and fair; and 
(3) the Armed Forces of Honduras and other 
relevant institutions with a role in the electoral proc-
ess should respect their role within the confines of 
the constitution of Honduras and protect the demo-
cratic process. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es-
tablish a strategy to promote free and fair elections in 
Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include support for moni-
toring the elections by credible and internationally recog-
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nized elections monitoring bodies, such as the Organiza-
tion of American States, the European Union, the United 
Nations, and experienced civil society observers and others 
to achieve the following: 
(1) Ensure that candidates to public office are 
not subject to harassment, undue legal persecution 
or other efforts to misuse State resources to dis-
suade them or undermine their candidacies. 
(2) Avoid the misuse of State resources aimed 
at influencing voter preferences. 
(3) Avoid the use of violence and intimidation, 
including by transnational criminal organizations, 
local gangs, or political parties and their proxies. 
(4) Guarantee freedom of speech and assembly. 
(5) Ensure transparent and credible trans-
mission of elections results. 
SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE. 
The President, acting through the Secretary of State, 
is authorized to provide assistance on a grant basis to non-
governmental organizations for activities— 
(1) to monitor the national elections in Hon-
duras to take place on November 30, 2025; and 
(2) to assess the extent to which these elections 
are held on a free and fair basis. 
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SEC. 5. SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to any 
foreign person, including any current or former official of 
the Government of Honduras or any person acting on be-
half of that Government, that the President determines— 
(1) has unduly prevented, or is responsible for 
ordering or otherwise directing the undue prevention 
of, any candidate, or prospective candidate, in the 
general elections in Honduras to take place on No-
vember 30, 2025; 
(2) has knowingly materially assisted, spon-
sored, or provided significant financial, material, or 
technological support for, or goods or services in 
support of, the commission of the acts described in 
paragraph (1); or 
(3) has carried out acts of intimidation or har-
assment toward candidates, election officials, or elec-
tion observers, including through the use of spurious 
legal action. 
(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are, in the case of an alien deter-
mined by the President to be subject to subsection 
(a), denial of a visa to, and exclusion from the 
United States of, the alien, and revocation in accord-
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ance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other 
documentation of the alien. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The sanctions described in 
paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a for-
eign person that— 
(A) the President determines is the subject 
of other sanctions equivalent to those described 
in paragraph (1); or 
(B) is an alien, if admitting the alien into 
the United States is necessary to permit the 
United States to comply with the Agreement re-
garding the Headquarters of the United Na-
tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, 
and entered into force November 21, 1947, be-
tween the United Nations and the United 
States, or other applicable international obliga-
tions. 
(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a 
foreign person if the President— 
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the na-
tional interest of the United States; and 
(2) on or before the date on which the waiver 
takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign 
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