3.0.0 388 2023-01-11T13:46:33Z 2023-01-11T13:46:33Z Senate S 2021-02-23 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-23T21:18:03Z Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021 117 2716 HR 2021-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2021-02-23 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-02-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-02-23 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2021-02-23 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2021-02-23 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2021-02-23 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2021-02-23 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2021-02-23 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2021-02-23 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2021-03-25 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2021-04-27 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2021-05-12 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2021-07-28 False International Affairs Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Drug trafficking and controlled substances Foreign aid and international relief Foreign loans and debt Foreign property Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Honduras Human rights International organizations and cooperation Judicial procedure and administration Labor-management relations Land use and conservation Latin America Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers Licensing and registrations Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military command and structure Militias and paramilitary groups Multilateral development programs News media and reporting Protest and dissent Rule of law and government transparency Sanctions Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Trade restrictions United Nations Violent crime Visas and passports Women's rights International Affairs 00 2021-02-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-11-03T13:26:12Z Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

This bill temporarily imposes sanctions and other penalties on Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez and the government of Honduras for systemic corruption and human rights violations, with particular focus on the Honduran police and military.

Specifically, the President must impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez due to his corrupt practices, including the use of the state apparatus to protect and facilitate drug trafficking.

Additionally, the President must prohibit, within 30 days, the issuance of licenses to export defense articles and services and specified munitions to the Honduran police or military. The bill also (1) makes Honduras ineligible for security assistance to equip and train police and military, and (2) requires U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to oppose any loans for Honduran police or military.

Furthermore, the Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to promote human rights due diligence and risk management in any loan, grant, policy, or strategy related to Honduras.

The sanctions and other penalties put in place under this bill terminate in five years but may be lifted earlier if specified conditions are met.

]]> Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021 Display Title Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to suspend certain United States assistance for the Government of Honduras until corruption, impunity, and human rights violations are no longer systemic, and the perpetrators of these crimes are being brought to justice. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s388is/xml/BILLS-117s388is.xml 2021-02-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.