Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

Bill: 117-s-1104
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-04-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Haiti
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Natural disasters
News media and reporting
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Protest and dissent
Public contracts and procurement
Reconstruction and stabilization
Rule of law and government transparency
Small business
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Terrorism
Violent crime
Water use and supply
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: 

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

 
This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.
 
Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.

action_date: 2021-10-28
text: 

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

 
This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.
 
Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.
 
The State Department must also submit a report concerning the July 7, 2021, assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Mo&iuml;se.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-10-28
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Introduced in Senate