Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2716
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Honduras
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Judicial procedure and administration
Labor-management relations
Land use and conservation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military command and structure
Militias and paramilitary groups
Multilateral development programs
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Trade restrictions
United Nations
Violent crime
Visas and passports
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: 

Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily imposes sanctions and other penalties on Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez and the government of Honduras for systemic corruption and human rights violations, with particular focus on the Honduran police and military.
 
Specifically, the President must impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez due to his corrupt practices, including the use of the state apparatus to protect and facilitate drug trafficking.
 
Additionally, the President must prohibit, within 30 days, the issuance of licenses to export defense articles and services and specified munitions to the Honduran police or military. The bill also (1) makes Honduras ineligible for security assistance to equip and train police and military, and (2) requires U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to oppose any loans for Honduran police or military.
 
Furthermore, the Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to promote human rights due diligence and risk management in any loan, grant, policy, or strategy related to Honduras.
 
The sanctions and other penalties put in place under this bill terminate in five years but may be lifted earlier if specified conditions are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Introduced in House