Expressing the need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding the social conditions and need for poverty reduction in Haiti, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hconres-78
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2003-03-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Conferences
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional-executive relations
Department of State
Development credit institutions
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti
Haiti compilation
Health
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International agencies
International relief
Latin America
Poverty
Public health
Refuse and refuse disposal
Social Welfare
Transportation and Public Works
Water Resources Development
Water supply

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Reaffirms Congress' support for the mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Haiti and calls on the President to urge that the mission work closely with the Haitian Government and people to advance their goals and not the objectives of other governments or international organizations.
Calls on certain international financial institutions to convene a meeting of donors to Haiti with the objective of launching a new humanitarian initiative, including a lending program to bolster Haiti's economic and infrastructure bases. Calls specifically on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reevaluate current stall monitoring program conditions outlined for Haiti and work in the long-term toward a poverty reduction agreement for Haiti.
Urges the President to: (1) direct the Secretary of State to conduct a review of U.S. policy toward Haiti, including appropriate consultations with relevant congressional committees; and (2) instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to release the four social sector and development loans for health, education, water and sanitation, and transportation that have been approved by the Board of Executive Directors of the Bank and ratified by the Haitian Parliament.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H748)
action_date: 2003-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-05
text: Introduced in House