[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 617 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 617

To provide for a program established by a nongovernmental organization 
 under which Haitian Americans would help the people of Haiti recover 
       from the destruction caused by the coup of December 1991.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 1995

  Mr. Rangel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a program established by a nongovernmental organization 
 under which Haitian Americans would help the people of Haiti recover 
       from the destruction caused by the coup of December 1991.

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

SECTION 1. GRANT BY AID.

    (a) Grant for Program.--The Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development shall use funds available for development 
assistance for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1998 to provide a 
grant for each such fiscal year to an appropriate nongovernmental 
organization that has established a program under which Haitian 
Americans would engage in activities in Haiti designed to help the 
people of that country in meeting their needs for trained manpower in 
recovering from the destruction caused by the military coup that 
occurred in Haiti in December 1991 and assist in the reconstruction of 
Haiti since the return of President Aristide. Any such grant may be 
used only for such program.
    (b) Requirements of Program.--The Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development shall ensure that the activities engaged in 
by Haitian Americans in Haiti under a program for which a grant is 
provided under subsection (a) are similar to those activities that 
would be engaged in by Peace Corps volunteers under the Peace Corps 
Act.
    (c) Training.--The Director of the Peace Corps shall provide to 
Haitian Americans participating in a program for which a grant is 
provided under subsection (a) appropriate training in preparation for 
their activities in Haiti under the program. The costs of such training 
shall be reimbursed, from amounts provided in the grant, by the 
nongovernmental organization administering the program.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``Haitian American'' means an 
individual residing in the United States who is of Haitian ancestry and 
whose citizenship or immigration status would make such individual 
eligible to be a Peace Corps volunteer under the Peace Corps Act.
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