Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act

Bill: 109-hr-611
Sponsor: Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2005-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administration of justice
Airports
Americans in foreign countries
Bridges
Building construction
Caribbean area
Clinics
Communicable diseases
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Developing countries
Economic assistance
Economic development
Education
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Energy
Environmental Protection
Federal employees
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign investments
Government Operations and Politics
Haiti
Health
Health education
Health facilities
Health planning
Higher education
Hispanic Americans
Hospitals
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intermodal transportation
Labor and Employment
Latin America
Law
Marine terminals
Mass rapid transit
Medical personnel
Minorities
Nongovernmental organizations
Nurses
Physicians
Pollution control
Potable water
Presidential appointments
Preventive medicine
Public utilities
Recruiting of employees
Refuse and refuse disposal
Road construction
Rule of law
Salaries
School buildings
Secondary education
Sewage treatment
Sewerage
Teacher education
Technical assistance
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
Tunnels
U.S. Agency for International Development
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water treatment plants
Waterways
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: 
Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act - Authorizes the President to establish the Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Program under which recruited U.S. citizens will be deployed to Haiti to provide economic and infrastructure reconstruction and development assistance to the Government of Haiti. Requires: (1) the President to appoint an officer or employee of the Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to serve as the Director of the Reconstruction Program; and (2) the Director to have expertise with Haiti, or with economic, educational, judicial, law enforcement, healthcare, or infrastructure reconstruction efforts in developing countries. 
 
Sets forth program provisions, including: (1) maximum recruitment of Haitian-Americans; and (2) maximum one-year deployment, with a maximum two-year additional stay.
 
Authorizes the President to establish the Haiti Healthcare Assistance Program under which grants may be made to qualified nongovernmental organizations to establish infectious disease prevention programs in Haiti. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2006-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 6.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2005-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-08
text: Introduced in House