Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake Recovery Act of 2010
PL 111-158 (H.R.4573), enacted 04/26/2010

124 STAT. 1121 
PUBLIC LAW 111–158—APR. 26, 2010 
Public Law 111–158 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To urge the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive 
Directors at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the Inter-American 
Development Bank, and other multilateral development institutions to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States to cancel immediately and com-
pletely Haiti’s debts to such institutions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Haiti Debt Relief and Earthquake 
Recovery Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. DEBT RELIEF FOR HAITI. 
Title XVI of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 
U.S.C. 262p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1628. CANCELLATION OF HAITI’S DEBTS TO INTERNATIONAL 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury should direct 
the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary 
Fund, the International Development Association, the Inter-Amer-
ican Development Bank, the International Fund for Agricultural 
Development, and other multilateral development institutions (as 
defined in section 1701(c)(3)) to use the voice, vote and influence 
of the United States at each such institution to seek to achieve— 
‘‘(1) the immediate and complete cancellation of any and 
all remaining debts owed by Haiti to such institutions; 
‘‘(2) the suspension of Haiti’s debt service payments to 
such institutions until such time as the debts are canceled 
completely; and 
‘‘(3) the provision, before February 1, 2015, of emergency, 
humanitarian and reconstruction assistance from such institu-
tions to Haiti in the form of grants or other assistance such 
that Haiti does not accumulate debt. 
‘‘(b) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE TO HAITI.—The 
Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United States Execu-
tive Director of the International Monetary Fund to advocate the 
use of some of the realized windfall profits that exceed the required 
contribution to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (as ref-
erenced in the IMF Reforms Financial Facilities for Low-Income 
Countries Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 09/94) from the 
ongoing sale of 12,965,649 ounces of gold acquired since the second 
Amendment of the Fund’s Article of Agreement, to provide debt 
Deadline. 
22 USC 262p–12. 
Haiti Debt Relief 
and Earthquake 
Recovery Act of 
2010. 
22 USC 261 note. 
Apr. 26, 2010 
[H.R. 4573] 
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124 STAT. 1122 
PUBLIC LAW 111–158—APR. 26, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4573: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Mar. 10, considered and passed House. 
Mar. 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Apr. 14, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
stock relief and debt service relief for Haiti and, before February 
1, 2015, to provide grants for Haiti. 
‘‘(c) SECURING OTHER RELIEF
FOR HAITI.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury and the Secretary of State should use all appropriate 
diplomatic influence to secure cancellation of any and all remaining 
bilateral, multilateral and private creditor debt owed by Haiti.’’. 
SEC. 3. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. 
(a) TRUST FUND.—The Secretary of the Treasury should support 
the creation and utilization of a multilateral trust fund for Haiti 
that would leverage potential United States contributions and pro-
mote bilateral donations to such a fund for the purpose of making 
investments in Haiti’s future and future generations, including 
efforts to combat soil degradation and promote reforestation and 
infrastructure investments such as electric grids, roads, water and 
sanitation facilities, and other critical infrastructure projects. 
(b) INCREASE IN TRANSFER OF EARNINGS.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury should direct the United States Executive Director 
of the Inter-American Development Bank to seek to increase the 
transfer of its earnings to the Fund for Special Operations and 
to a trust fund or grant facility for Haiti. 
Approved April 26, 2010. 
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