To require the Secretary of State to withhold certain assistance for Honduras until the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Honduras has settled all known commercial disputes with United States citizens.

Bill: 115-hr-3237
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2017-07-13
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign property

Government liability

Honduras

Latin America
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of State from obligating or expending a specified amount of the funds made available for assistance for Honduras for FY2017 until the President certifies to Congress that the government of Honduras has settled all commercial disputes with U.S. citizens that were filed before enactment of this bill, including disputes related to the confiscation of real property. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3237 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2017 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To require the Secretary of State to withhold certain assistance for Honduras until the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Honduras has settled all known commercial disputes with United States citizens.

1. Limitation on assistance to Honduras (a) In general Of the amounts made available to the Secretary of State for assistance for Honduras for fiscal year 2017, $50,000,000 may not be obligated or expended by the Secretary until the date on which the President certifies to Congress that the Government of Honduras has settled all commercial disputes with United States citizens that were filed before the date of enactment of this Act, including disputes relating to the confiscation of real property. (b) Commercial dispute; confiscation of real property For purposes of subsection (a), the terms commercial dispute and confiscation of real property have the meanings given those terms for purposes of the certification required under section 7045(a)(4)(B)(xii) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ).