and vote to oppose any loans for the police or mili-
tary of the Republic of Honduras; and 
(2) instruct the United States Executive Direc-
tor of each international financial institution and the 
Chief Executive Officer of the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation to pro-
mote human rights due diligence and risk manage-
ment in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or 
strategy related to the Republic of Honduras, in ac-
cordance with the criteria specified in subsection 
7029(d) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 
2863) and accompanying report. 
(c) CONDITIONS
FOR LIFTING SUSPENSIONS
AND 
RESTRICTIONS.—The provisions of this section shall ter-
minate on the date on which the Secretary of State deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Foreign Relations 
and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on 
Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Government of Honduras has— 
(1) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial 
and obtain a verdict of all those who ordered, carried 
out, and covered up— 
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(A) the March 2, 2016, murder of Berta 
Ca´ceres; 
(B) the killings of over 100 small-farmer 
activists in the Agua´n Valley; 
(C) the killings of 22 people and forced 
disappearance of 1 person by state security 
forces in the context of the 2017 post-electoral 
crisis; 
(D) the killings of at least 6 people by 
state security forces in the context of anti-gov-
ernment demonstrations between March and 
July of 2019; 
(E) the killings of at least 21 journalists 
and media workers between October 2016 and 
July 2020; 
(F) the July 18, 2020, forced disappear-
ances of 4 Garı´funa community leaders from 
Triunfo de la Cruz; and 
(G) the December 26, 2020, killing of in-
digenous Lenca leader and environmental activ-
ist Fe´lix Va´squez at his home in La Paz, and 
the December 29, 2020, killing of indigenous 
Tolupan leader and environmental activist Adan 
Mejı´a in Yoro; 
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(2) investigated and successfully prosecuted 
members of military and police forces who are 
credibly found to have violated human rights and en-
sured that the military and police cooperated in such 
cases, and that such violations have ceased; 
(3) withdrawn the military from domestic polic-
ing and ensured that all domestic police functions 
are separated from the command and control of the 
Armed Forces of Honduras and are instead directly 
responsible to civilian authority; 
(4) established that it protects effectively the 
rights of trade unionists, journalists, small farmers, 
human rights and environmental defenders, indige-
nous and Afro-indigenous community members and 
rights activists, women’s and LGBTQI rights activ-
ists, critics of the government, and other members of 
civil society to operate without interference or re-
pression; and 
(5) taken effective steps to establish the rule of 
law and to guarantee a judicial system that is capa-
ble of investigating, prosecuting, and bringing to jus-
tice members of the police and military who have 
committed human rights abuses. 
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SEC. 9. SUNSET. 
This Act shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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