IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report 
to Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs 
and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose 
sanctions on political and economic elites involved in 
such criminal activities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Criminal Collu-
sion Transparency Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
for the following 5 years, the Secretary of State, in coordi-
nation with other Federal agencies as appropriate, shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees regarding the ties between criminal gangs and polit-
ical and economic elites in Haiti. The report shall— 
(1) identify and list prominent criminal gangs 
in Haiti as well as the leaders thereof, and describe 
their criminal activities including coercive recruit-
ment, and identify their primary geographic areas of 
operations; 
(2) list Haitian political and economic elites 
who have direct links to criminal gangs and any or-
ganizations or entities controlled by these elites; 
(3) describe in detail the relationship between 
the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (2) and 
the criminal gangs identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1); 
(4) describe in detail how Haitian political and 
economic elites use their relationships with criminal 
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gangs to advance their political and economic inter-
ests and agenda; 
(5) include a list of each criminal organization 
assessed to be trafficking Haitians and other indi-
viduals to the United States border; 
(6) include an assessment of ties between polit-
ical and economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, 
and transnational criminal organizations; 
(7) 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; and 
(8) include an assessment of potential actions 
that the Government of the United States could take 
to address the findings made pursuant to paragraph 
(6). 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may include a classified annex. 
SEC. 3. SANCTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
submission of the report to the appropriate committees, 
the President shall impose the sanctions described in sub-
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section (b) with respect to each foreign person identified 
pursuant to sections 2(a)(1) and 2(a)(2). 
(b) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) PROPERTY
BLOCKING.—Notwithstanding 
the requirements of section 202 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701), 
the President may exercise of all powers granted to 
the President by that Act to the extent necessary to 
block and prohibit all transactions in all property 
and interests in property of the foreign person if 
such property and interests in property are in the 
United States, come within the United States, or are 
or come within the possession or control of a United 
States person. 
(2) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien who the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland 
Security (or a designee of one of such Secre-
taries) knows, or has reason to believe, is de-
scribed in subsection (a) is— 
(i) inadmissible to the United States; 
(ii) ineligible for a visa or other docu-
mentation to enter the United States; and 
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(iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
or paroled into the United States or to re-
ceive any other benefit under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
(B) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing con-
sular officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des-
ignee of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
accordance with section 221(i) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1201(i)), revoke any visa or other entry 
documentation issued to an alien described 
in subsection (a) regardless of when the 
visa or other entry documentation is 
issued. 
(ii) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A rev-
ocation under clause (i) shall take effect 
immediately and shall automatically cancel 
any other valid visa or entry documenta-
tion that is in the alien’s possession. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION
TO
COMPLY
WITH
INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under this sec-
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tion shall not apply with respect to the admission of 
an alien if admitting or paroling the alien into the 
United States is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake 
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, between the United Nations and 
the United States, or other applicable international 
obligations. 
(2) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 
OF
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—Sanctions under 
this section may not be imposed with respect to 
transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 
(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 
food, medicine, or medical devices to Haiti; 
(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-
ance to the people of Haiti; 
(C) financial transactions relating to hu-
manitarian assistance or for humanitarian pur-
poses in Haiti; or 
(D) transporting goods or services that are 
necessary to carry out operations relating to 
humanitarian assistance or humanitarian pur-
poses in Haiti. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
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(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided to the President under 
sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 
1704) to carry out this subtitle. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
of section 206(b) and (c) of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 
apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, 
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of regula-
tions promulgated to carry out this section to the 
same extent that such penalties apply to a person 
that commits an unlawful act described in section 
206(a) of that Act. 
(e) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions or restrictions imposed with respect to 
a foreign person under this section if the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
waiver is important to the national interests of the United 
States. 
(f) EXCEPTION RELATING
TO IMPORTATION
OF 
GOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authorities and require-
ments to impose sanctions authorized under this sec-
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tion shall not include the authority or requirement 
to impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 
(2) GOOD
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘good’’ means any article, natural or man- 
made substance, material, supply or manufactured 
product, including inspection and test equipment, 
and excluding technical data. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Financial Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 
(E) the House Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence; 
(F) the Senate Select Committee on Intel-
ligence; 
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cials and their high-level staff, political party lead-
ers, and political committee leaders. 
SEC. 5. SUNSET. 
The authorities provided by this Act shall cease to 
have effect on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 
2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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