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 Calendar No. 233
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1854

 To required the imposition of sanctions with respect to political and 
 economic elites in Haiti, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 21, 2025

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Curtis, 
 Mr. Coons, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations

 October 30, 2025

 Reported by Mr. Risch, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
 in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To required the imposition of sanctions with respect to political and 
 economic elites in Haiti, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Haiti Criminal Collusion 
Transparency Act of 2025''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>

SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>

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

    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection

    (a) shall 
include--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (1) a list identifying prominent criminal gangs in 
 Haiti, including--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (A) the leaders of each gang;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) a description of the criminal 
 activities of each gang, including coercive 
 recruitment; and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (C) the primary geographic area of 
 operations for each gang;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (2) a list of political elites and economic elites 
 in Haiti who knowingly have direct and significant links to 
 criminal gangs and any organizations or entities controlled by 
 such political elites and economic elites;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (3) a detailed description of the relationship 
 between the political elites and economic elites listed 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (2) and the criminal gangs identified 
 pursuant to paragraph

    (1) ;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (4) a detailed description of how political elites 
 and economic elites in Haiti use relationships with criminal 
 gangs to advance political and economic interests and 
 agendas;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

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

    (6) an assessment of connections between political 
 elites and economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, and 
 transnational criminal organizations;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (7) an assessment of how the nature and extent of 
 collusion between political elites and economic elites and 
 criminal gangs threatens the people of Haiti and the national 
 interests and activities of the United States in Haiti; 
 and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

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

    (6) .</DELETED>
<DELETED>
            (c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection

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

<DELETED>

SEC. 3. SANCTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date the 
report required by 

section 2 is submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees, the President shall impose sanctions 
described in subsection

    (b) with respect to each foreign person 
identified pursuant to paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of 

section 2

    (b) .</DELETED>
<DELETED>

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

    (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 any foreign person 
 described in subsection

    (a) 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.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (2) Aliens inadmissible for visas, admission, or 
 parole.--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (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--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (i) inadmissible to the United 
 States;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (ii) ineligible for a visa or 
 other documentation to enter the United States; 
 and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (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.).</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) Current visas revoked.--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (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 was issued.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (ii) Effect of revocation.--A 
 revocation under clause
            (i) --</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (I) shall take effect 
 immediately; and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (II) shall automatically 
 cancel any other valid visa or entry 
 documentation that is in the possession 
 of the alien.</DELETED>
<DELETED>
            (c) Exceptions.--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (1) Exception to comply with international 
 obligations.--Sanctions under subsection

    (b)

    (2) 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 of the United 
 States.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (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--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 
 food, medicine, or medical devices to Haiti;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) the provision of humanitarian 
 assistance to the people of Haiti;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (C) financial transactions relating to 
 humanitarian assistance or for humanitarian purposes in 
 Haiti; or</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (D) transporting goods or services that 
 are necessary to carry out operations relating to 
 humanitarian assistance or humanitarian purposes in 
 Haiti.</DELETED>
<DELETED>
            (d) Implementation; Penalties.--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (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 section.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

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

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 206 of the International 
 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to 
 any person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
 violate, or causes a violation of any prohibition of this 
 section, or an order or regulation prescribed under this 
 section, to the same extent that such penalties apply to a 
 person that commits an unlawful act described in 

section 206

    (a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1705

    (a) ).</DELETED>
<DELETED>

    (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
sanctions imposed with respect to a foreign person under this section 
if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, 
not later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that the waiver 
is vital to the national security interests of the United 
States.</DELETED>

<DELETED>

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (1) Admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for 
 permanent residence.--The terms ``admitted'', ``alien'', and 
 ``lawfully admitted for permanent residence'' have the meanings 
 given those terms in 

section 101 of the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The 
 term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
 the Senate; and</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
 the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
 Representatives.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' 
 means an individual or entity that is not a United States 
 person.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (4) Economic elite.--The term ``economic elite'' 
 means a board member, officer, or executive of a group, 
 committee, corporation, or other entity that exerts substantial 
 influence or control over the economy, infrastructure, or a 
 particular industry of Haiti.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (5) Political elite.--The term ``political elite'' 
 means a current or former government official, or the high-
 level staff of any such government official, a political party 
 leader, or a political committee leader of Haiti.</DELETED>
 <DELETED>

    (6) United states person.--The term ``United 
 States person'' means--</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (A) a United States citizen;</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
        (B) a permanent resident alien of the 
 United States; or</DELETED>
 <DELETED>
            (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>

SEC. 5. SUNSET.</DELETED>

<DELETED> This Act shall cease to have any force or effect beginning 
on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.</DELETED>

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 5 years, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with other Federal agencies as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the connections between criminal 
gangs and political elites and economic elites in Haiti.

    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection

    (a) shall 
include--

    (1) a list identifying prominent criminal gangs in Haiti, 
 including--
        (A) the leaders of each gang;
        (B) a description of the criminal activities of 
 each gang, including coercive recruitment; and
            (C) the primary geographic area of operations for 
 each gang;

    (2) a list of political elites and economic elites in Haiti 
 who knowingly have direct and significant links to criminal 
 gangs and any organizations or entities controlled by such 
 political elites and economic elites;

    (3) a detailed description of the relationship between the 
 political elites and economic elites listed pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (2) and the criminal gangs identified pursuant to 
 paragraph

    (1) ;

    (4) a detailed description of how political elites and 
 economic elites in Haiti use relationships with criminal gangs 
 to advance political and economic interests and agendas;

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

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

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

    (8) an assessment of how connections between political 
 elites and economic elites and criminal gangs facilitate 
 illicit firearms trafficking from the United States that fuels 
 violence and instability in Haiti; and

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

    (6) .
            (c) Form of Report.--The report required by 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 date the report 
required by 

section 2 is submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees, the President shall impose sanctions described in 
subsection

    (b) with respect to each foreign person identified pursuant 
to paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of 

section 2

    (b) .

    (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 any foreign person described in 
 subsection

    (a) 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) Aliens inadmissible for 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 was issued.
            (ii) Effect of revocation.--A revocation 
 under clause
            (i) --
            (I) shall take effect immediately; 
 and
            (II) shall automatically cancel any 
 other valid visa or entry documentation 
 that is in the possession of the alien.
            (c) Exceptions.--

    (1) Exception to comply with international obligations.--
 Sanctions under subsection

    (b)

    (2) 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 of the United States.

    (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 section.

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

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 206 of the International Emergency 
 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to any person 
 that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or 
 causes a violation of any prohibition of this section, or an 
 order or regulation prescribed under this section, to the same 
 extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an 
 unlawful act described in 

section 206

    (a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 
 1705

    (a) ).

    (e) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of sanctions 
imposed with respect to a foreign person under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees, not 
later than 15 days before such waiver takes effect, that the waiver is 
vital to the national security interests of the United States.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Admitted; alien; lawfully admitted for permanent 
 residence.--The terms ``admitted'', ``alien'', and ``lawfully 
 admitted for permanent residence'' have the meanings given 
 those terms in 

section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
 Act (8 U.S.C. 1101).

    (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
 Senate; and
        (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
 Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
 Representatives.

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

    (4) Economic elite.--The term ``economic elite'' means a 
 board member, officer, or executive of a group, committee, 
 corporation, or other entity that exerts substantial influence 
 or control over the economy, infrastructure, or a particular 
 industry of Haiti.

    (5) Political elite.--The term ``political elite'' means a 
 current or former government official, or the high-level staff 
 of any such government official, a political party leader, or a 
 political committee leader of Haiti.

    (6) 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.

SEC. 5. SUNSET.

 This Act shall cease to have any force or effect beginning on the 
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
 Calendar No. 233

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 S. 1854

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To required the imposition of sanctions with respect to political and 
 economic elites in Haiti, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 October 30, 2025

 Reported with an amendment