119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643
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,
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
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-
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