IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1160 
Calling for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee to coordi-
nate aid and development initiatives from multilateral development banks, 
international financial institutions, United States bilateral aid programs, 
and major international charities and nongovernmental organizations in 
response to the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, 
and encouraging them to work in a coordinated manner and to do 
even more to support Haiti as it recovers and rebuilds following the 
greatest natural disaster to hit this nation in over 200 years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2010 
Mr. MEEKS of New York (for himself, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. KINGSTON, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK of Michigan, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. WATSON, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. WATERS, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BACHUS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
and Mr. ENGEL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, 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 committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Com-
mittee to coordinate aid and development initiatives from 
multilateral development banks, international financial 
institutions, United States bilateral aid programs, and 
major international charities and nongovernmental orga-
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nizations in response to the earthquake that struck Haiti 
on January 12, 2010, and encouraging them to work 
in a coordinated manner and to do even more to support 
Haiti as it recovers and rebuilds following the greatest 
natural disaster to hit this nation in over 200 years. 
Whereas Haiti was devastated by an earthquake on January 
12, 2010; 
Whereas the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Com-
mittee to coordinate aid and development initiatives from 
multilateral development banks, international financial 
institutions, United States bilateral aid programs, and 
major international charities and nongovernmental orga-
nizations will help Haiti rebuild, avert an economic and 
humanitarian catastrophe, and sustain a long-term recon-
struction effort; 
Whereas the nation of Haiti suffered widespread destruction 
caused by 4 major hurricanes in 2008, further putting 
pressure on the nation’s infrastructure and resources; 
Whereas the major multilateral development banks and inter-
national financial institutions hold the majority of Haiti’s 
external debt and have been working with the nation on 
debt relief and infrastructure development; 
Whereas the World Bank, the Inter-American Development 
Bank, and the International Monetary Fund forgave 
$1,200,000,000 of Haiti’s debts in 2009 following the 
country’s completion of the Heavily Indebted Poor Coun-
tries (HIPC) process; 
Whereas the United States is a major shareholder of the 
World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and 
the International Monetary Fund, to which the United 
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States board representation is managed by the Depart-
ment of the Treasury; 
Whereas the majority of United States bilateral aid is man-
aged by and delivered through the United States Agency 
for International Development (USAID) and the Depart-
ment of State; 
Whereas the Department of Defense has worked in close col-
laboration with USAID to deliver emergency humani-
tarian relief to the people of Haiti; 
Whereas major international charities and nongovernmental 
organizations can help channel the donations of United 
States citizens to the people of Haiti; 
Whereas the International Monetary Fund has announced 
plans to provide at least $100,000,000 in emergency fi-
nancing to Haiti in response to the earthquake devasta-
tion; 
Whereas the Inter-American Development Bank has an-
nounced plans to expeditiously approve $128,000,000 in 
new grants to Haiti, in addition to redirecting 
$330,000,000 in existing program resources to earth-
quake relief and reconstruction efforts; 
Whereas the World Bank has announced plans to expedi-
tiously approve $100,000,000 in new grants to Haiti, in 
addition to existing interest-free loans and grant facilities 
already provided to Haiti; and 
Whereas a failure to effectively coordinate efforts between 
these various initiatives is likely to lead to waste, replica-
tion of work, and significant delays in the recovery and 
reconstruction efforts in Haiti: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) extends heartfelt condolences to the millions 
in Haiti, the United States, and around the world 
who have lost family and loved ones in the devasta-
tion of the January 12, 2010, earthquake; 
(2) calls for the establishment of a Haiti Mar-
shall Plan Committee to include representatives 
from the Department of the Treasury, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID), the World Bank, the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank, the International Monetary Fund, 
and selected members of civil society to develop and 
propose a coordinated strategy for the recovery and 
reconstruction of Haiti that prevents the duplication 
of effort and uses all available resources; 
(3) encourages the World Bank, the Inter- 
American Development Bank, and the International 
Monetary Fund to seek to provide additional re-
sources to Haiti through the various facilities at 
their disposal to relieve the great financial strain 
which the country now faces without adding to the 
nation’s existing debt burden; 
(4) encourages the World Bank, the Inter- 
American Development Bank, and the International 
Monetary Fund to seek to provide additional re-
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sources to Haiti through the various facilities at 
their disposal to enable the reconstruction of the na-
tion’s infrastructure and economic and governance 
capacity; and 
(5) encourages the World Bank, the Inter- 
American Development Bank, and the International 
Monetary Fund to explore further options for Haiti 
debt relief in light of the catastrophic damage in-
flicted by the January 12, 2010, earthquake. 
Æ 
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