3.0.0 1023 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z 2022-03-02T15:36:55Z Senate S S 2011-05-18 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-05-15T21:39:30Z Markup by 2012-02-14T18:34:26Z Referred to 2011-05-18T22:48:13Z S. Rept. 112-165 2012-05-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 399. Calendars 2012-05-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment. With written report No. 112-165. Committee 2012-05-15 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment. With written report No. 112-165. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2012-02-14 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2011-05-18 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3110-3112) IntroReferral 2011-05-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3163) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-05-18 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-05-18 True L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2011-05-19 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-05-19 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2011-05-19 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-05-19 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-19 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-05-19 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2011-05-23 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-06-14 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2012-01-30 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2012-01-31 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2012-02-02 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2012-02-02 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2012-02-14 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2012-02-14 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2012-02-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-02-15 False International Affairs Caribbean area Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt Forests, forestry, trees Haiti Latin America Watersheds International Affairs 00 2011-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2011-05-25T15:16:46Z Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 - Authorizes the President to: (1) offer to enter into agreements with the government of Haiti to provide financial assistance, technology transfers, or capacity building assistance to reduce deforestation and increase reforestation in Haiti; and (2) establish a grant program to carry out such activities.

Amends the the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) direct the President to invite the government of Haiti to submit a list of areas in which tropical forests are seriously degraded or threatened, and (2) authorize the President to make grants to nongovernmental organizations to purchase discounted commercial debt of the government of Haiti in exchange for government commitments to restore identified forests or to develop plans for their sustainable use.

]]> 80 2012-05-15 Reported to Senate without amendment 2012-06-14T21:11:29Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 - Title I: Forestation and Watershed Management Assistance to Government of Haiti - (Sec.101) Authorizes the President to provide the government of Haiti with financial assistance, technology transfers, or capacity building assistance to reduce deforestation and increase reforestation in Haiti.

Includes among eligible activities fire reduction, forest monitoring, market-based reforestation, and watershed restoration.

Directs the President, if assistance is provided and in cooperation with the government of Haiti, to develop performance metrics to verify: (1) the conduct of policies and initiatives to be carried out by the government of Haiti, and (2) their impact on tropical forests and on local communities.

Authorizes the President to provide financial and other assistance to the government of Haiti, local government bodies, or nongovernmental organizations to: (1) inform local communities about policies and initiatives to be carried out by the government of Haiti; (2) promote local participation in the design, implementation, and independent monitoring of policies and initiatives; and (3) promote enhanced watershed governance, national planning, and community action programs.

Title II: Grants for Reforestation - (Sec. 201) Authorizes the President to establish a grant program to carry out the purposes of this Act, including reversing deforestation and improving reforestation and afforestation in Haiti.

Includes among eligible activities: (1) providing financial incentives to protect trees, (2) promoting sustainable income-generating growth, (3) promoting improved cooking stove technologies, and (4) securing local community involvement in protecting existing forests and carrying out afforestation and reforestation activities.

(Sec. 202) Amends the the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to: (1) direct the President to invite the government of Haiti to submit a list of areas in which tropical forests are seriously degraded or threatened, and (2) authorize the President to make grants to nongovernmental organizations to purchase discounted commercial debt of the government of Haiti in exchange for government commitments to restore identified forests or to develop plans for their sustainable use.

Title III: Administration Provision - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the President, or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the Secretary of State as the President's delegee, to draw on the expertise of the United States Forest Service in designing and implementing programs pursuant to this Act.

]]> Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 S Senate Display Title Haiti Reforestation Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the President to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1023rs/xml/BILLS-112s1023rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1023is/xml/BILLS-112s1023is.xml 2012-05-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 399. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.