119-hr2643

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[H.R. 2643 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2643

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 3, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 AN ACT

 To require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to 
 Congress regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and 
economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic 
 elites involved in such criminal activities.

 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 Criminal Collusion 
Transparency Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 
years, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other Federal 
agencies as appropriate, shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees regarding the ties between criminal gangs and 
political and economic elites in Haiti. The report shall--

    (1) identify and list prominent criminal gangs in Haiti as 
 well as the leaders thereof, and describe their criminal 
 activities including coercive recruitment, and identify their 
 primary geographic areas of operations;

    (2) list Haitian political and economic elites who have 
 direct links to criminal gangs and any organizations or 
 entities controlled by these elites;

    (3) describe in detail the relationship between the 
 individuals listed pursuant to paragraph

    (2) and the criminal 
 gangs identified pursuant to paragraph

    (1) ;

    (4) describe in detail how Haitian political and economic 
 elites use their relationships with criminal gangs to advance 
 their political and economic interests and agenda;

    (5) include a list of each criminal organization assessed 
 to be trafficking Haitians and other individuals to the United 
 States border;

    (6) include an assessment of ties between political and 
 economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, and transnational 
 criminal organizations;

    (7) include an assessment of how the nature and extent of 
 collusion between political and economic elites and criminal 
 gangs threatens the Haitian people and United States national 
 interests and activities in the country; and

    (8) include an assessment of potential actions that the 
 Government of the United States could take to address the 
 findings made pursuant to paragraph

    (6) .

    (b) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection

    (a) shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

SEC. 3. SANCTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the submission of the 
report to the appropriate committees, the President shall impose the 
sanctions described in subsection

    (b) with respect to each foreign 
person identified pursuant to sections 2

    (a)

    (1) and 2

    (a)

    (2) .

    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:

    (1) Property blocking.--Notwithstanding the requirements of 
 

section 202 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
 (50 U.S.C. 1701), the President may exercise of all powers 
 granted to the President by that Act to the extent necessary to 
 block and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
 interests in property of the foreign person if such property 
 and interests in property are in the United States, come within 
 the United States, or are or come within the possession or 
 control of a United States person.

    (2) Visas, admission, or parole.--
        (A) In general.--An alien who the Secretary of 
 State or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a 
 designee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or has 
 reason to believe, is described in subsection

    (a) is--
            (i) inadmissible to the United States;
            (ii) ineligible for a visa or other 
 documentation to enter the United States; and
            (iii) otherwise ineligible to be admitted 
 or paroled into the United States or to receive 
 any other benefit under the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
        (B) Current visas revoked.--
            (i) In general.--The issuing consular 
 officer, the Secretary of State, or the 
 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a designee 
 of one of such Secretaries) shall, in 
 accordance with 

section 221
            (i) of the 
 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
 1201
            (i) ), revoke any visa or other entry 
 documentation issued to an alien described in 
 subsection

    (a) regardless of when the visa or 
 other entry documentation is issued.
            (ii) Effect of revocation.--A revocation 
 under clause
            (i) shall take effect immediately 
 and shall automatically cancel any other valid 
 visa or entry documentation that is in the 
 alien's possession.
            (c) Exceptions.--

    (1) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
 Sanctions under this section shall not apply with respect to 
 the admission of an alien if admitting or paroling the alien 
 into the United States is necessary to permit the United States 
 to comply with the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
 United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
 Nations and the United States, or other applicable 
 international obligations.

    (2) Exception relating to the provision of humanitarian 
 assistance.--Sanctions under this section may not be imposed 
 with respect to transactions or the facilitation of 
 transactions for--
        (A) the sale of agricultural commodities, food, 
 medicine, or medical devices to Haiti;
        (B) the provision of humanitarian assistance to the 
 people of Haiti;
            (C) financial transactions relating to humanitarian 
 assistance or for humanitarian purposes in Haiti; or
            (D) transporting goods or services that are 
 necessary to carry out operations relating to 
 humanitarian assistance or humanitarian purposes in 
 Haiti.
            (d) Implementation; Penalties.--

    (1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all 
 authorities provided to the President under sections 203 and 
 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out this subtitle.

    (2) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in of 

section 206

    (b) and
            (c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 
 Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
 attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 
 violation of regulations promulgated to carry out this section 
 to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 
 commits an unlawful act described in 

section 206

    (a) of that 
 Act.

    (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions 
or restrictions imposed with respect to a foreign person under this 
section if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the waiver is important to the national interests of 
the United States.

    (f) Exception Relating to Importation of Goods.--

    (1) In general.--The authorities and requirements to impose 
 sanctions authorized under this section shall not include the 
 authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation 
 of goods.

    (2) Good defined.--In this subsection, the term ``good'' 
 means any article, natural or man-made substance, material, 
 supply or manufactured product, including inspection and test 
 equipment, and excluding technical data.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
 of Representatives;
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
 Senate;
            (C) the Committee on Financial Services of the 
 House of Representatives;
            (D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
 Affairs of the Senate;
        (E) the House Permanent Select Committee on 
 Intelligence;
        (F) the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;
        (G) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
 Representatives; and
        (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

    (1) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means an 
 individual or entity that is not a United States person.

    (2) United states person.--The term ``United States 
 person'' means--
        (A) a United States citizen;
        (B) a permanent resident alien of the United 
 States; or
            (C) an entity organized under the laws of the 
 United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
 States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

    (3) Economic elites.--The term ``economic elites'' means 
 board members, officers, and executives of groups, committees, 
 corporations, or other entities that exert substantial 
 influence or control over Haiti's economy, infrastructure, or 
 particular industries.

    (4) Political elites.--The term ``political elites'' means 
 current and former government officials and their high-level 
 staff, political party leaders, and political committee 
 leaders.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

 The authorities provided by this Act shall cease to have effect on 
the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

 Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.