SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to promote and facili-
tate— 
(1) development of the Haitian private sector, 
particularly micro, small, and medium businesses, 
the agriculture, biodiversity, construction, energy, fi-
nance, manufacturing, and tourism industries, and 
U.S.-Haitian joint ventures, including the Haitian- 
American diaspora; 
(2) policies and practices conducive to Haitian 
private sector development through equity invest-
ments, feasibility studies, grants, guarantees, insur-
ance, loans, technical assistance, and training; 
(3) an economic environment conducive for an 
accountable, transparent, and sustained democratic 
system of governance in Haiti, inclusive for its peo-
ple, in coordination with the Global Fragility Act of 
2019 (section 501 of title V of division J of Public 
Law 116–94; Stat. 3060); and 
(4) policies that engender conditions for an in-
dustrialized Haiti sufficient to ensure work at full 
employment levels meeting United Nations medium 
to high human development from human develop-
ment index indicators for the people of Haiti, there-
by reducing irregular migration flows from the coun-
try, a United States national security concern. 
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SEC. 4. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to support the 
sustainable rebuilding and development of Haiti in a man-
ner that— 
(1) recognizes that the United States has long-
standing historical, economic, and cultural ties to 
Haiti, with millions of Americans tracing their herit-
age to the country, and has a vested interest in Hai-
ti’s stability and development; 
(2) recognizes Haitian independence, self-reli-
ance, and sovereignty; 
(3) acknowledges that it is in the United States 
national and regional security interest to assist a 
stable, democratic and prosperous Haiti that will 
consequently reduce irregular migration, regional 
crime, narcotics proliferation, and insecurity; 
(4) supports the restoration of democratic gov-
ernance in Haiti through free, fair, and transparent 
elections as an essential condition for reestablishing 
lasting security, economic development, and the na-
tional interests of Haiti and the United States by— 
(A) supporting the self-determination of 
the Haitian people and recognizing that the 
sovereign and national right of the citizens of 
Haiti must be exercised free of interference; 
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(B) acknowledging that any political tran-
sition must come from a Haitian-led solution; 
and 
(C) opposing any efforts to destabilize the 
state of Haiti; 
(5) 
supports 
democratic 
transition, 
the 
strengthening of institutions, good governance, and 
the rule of law in Haiti by— 
(A) assisting in strengthening Haiti’s insti-
tutions, judiciary system, governance structures 
and mechanisms to better respond to the needs 
of Haitians; 
(B) supporting anticorruption efforts; 
(C) promoting press freedom; 
(D) supporting the empowerment of Hai-
tian civil society; 
(E) improving transparency and the inde-
pendence of the media; 
(F) preventing favorable treatment or in-
fluence on behalf of any individual, entity, or 
party in the selection by the Haitian people of 
their future government; and 
(G) reducing violence against women and 
children and addressing human rights concerns, 
including through the enforcement of sanctions 
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imposed 
in 
accordance 
with 
the 
Global 
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2656 note) on individuals implicated 
in human rights violations and corruption; 
(6) improves Haiti’s security by— 
(A) supporting the goals of the U.S. Strat-
egy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability 
10-Year Plan for Haiti report, a derivative of 
the Global Fragility Act of 2019; 
(B) supporting continued funding of the 
Haitian National Police; 
(C) supporting Haiti’s and international 
efforts to assist the Haitian National Police in 
combating internal insecurity, including gang 
violence; 
(D) stemming the flow of illicit firearms 
trafficking from the United States to the Carib-
bean, including Haiti; 
(E) encouraging the development of civil-
ian oversight of the Haitian National Police; 
(F) encouraging the Haitian National Po-
lice to respect human rights and uphold anti- 
corruption measures in its practices; and 
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(G) encouraging a Disarmaments, Demobi-
lization, and Reinsertion program to reduce 
criminality and protect the youth; 
(7) addresses humanitarian needs by providing 
appropriate forms of assistance, such as humani-
tarian assistance, to the people of Haiti by address-
ing urgent food security, health, and education needs 
as well as protecting women and children; 
(8) spurs economic development by— 
(A) leveraging public and private source 
funding to address Haiti’s long term develop-
ment goal and achieving United Nations Sus-
tainable Development Goals; 
(B) helping, creating, and enabling an en-
vironment that facilitates trade and investment 
in Haiti; 
(C) assisting in building the resilient and 
supportive physical infrastructure sector re-
quired for a stable and prosperous country, in-
cluding country-wide access to reliable elec-
tricity, passable roads, ports, railroads, water, 
sanitation and health programs and digital in-
frastructure; 
(D) reducing poverty and building pros-
perity by providing capacity building support to 
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