[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1160 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1160

  Calling for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee to 
     coordinate aid and development initiatives from multilateral 
development banks, international financial institutions, United States 
     bilateral aid programs, and major international charities and 
nongovernmental organizations in response to the earthquake that struck 
     Haiti on January 12, 2010, and encouraging them to work in a 
coordinated manner and to do even more to support Haiti as it recovers 
and rebuilds following the greatest natural disaster to hit this nation 
                           in over 200 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2010

 Mr. Meeks of New York (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Towns, Ms. Lee 
   of California, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. 
Butterfield, Ms. Norton, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Payne, 
Mr. Honda, Mr. Kingston, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, 
      Mr. Cummings, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Watson, Mr. Clay, Mr. Frank of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Faleomavaega, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. 
  Woolsey, Mr. Bachus, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, and Mr. Engel) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
 Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Calling for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee to 
     coordinate aid and development initiatives from multilateral 
development banks, international financial institutions, United States 
     bilateral aid programs, and major international charities and 
nongovernmental organizations in response to the earthquake that struck 
     Haiti on January 12, 2010, and encouraging them to work in a 
coordinated manner and to do even more to support Haiti as it recovers 
and rebuilds following the greatest natural disaster to hit this nation 
                           in over 200 years.

Whereas Haiti was devastated by an earthquake on January 12, 2010;
Whereas the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan Committee to coordinate aid 
        and development initiatives from multilateral development banks, 
        international financial institutions, United States bilateral aid 
        programs, and major international charities and nongovernmental 
        organizations will help Haiti rebuild, avert an economic and 
        humanitarian catastrophe, and sustain a long-term reconstruction effort;
Whereas the nation of Haiti suffered widespread destruction caused by 4 major 
        hurricanes in 2008, further putting pressure on the nation's 
        infrastructure and resources;
Whereas the major multilateral development banks and international financial 
        institutions hold the majority of Haiti's external debt and have been 
        working with the nation on debt relief and infrastructure development;
Whereas the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the 
        International Monetary Fund forgave $1,200,000,000 of Haiti's debts in 
        2009 following the country's completion of the Heavily Indebted Poor 
        Countries (HIPC) process;
Whereas the United States is a major shareholder of the World Bank, the Inter-
        American Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, to which 
        the United States board representation is managed by the Department of 
        the Treasury;
Whereas the majority of United States bilateral aid is managed by and delivered 
        through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 
        and the Department of State;
Whereas the Department of Defense has worked in close collaboration with USAID 
        to deliver emergency humanitarian relief to the people of Haiti;
Whereas major international charities and nongovernmental organizations can help 
        channel the donations of United States citizens to the people of Haiti;
Whereas the International Monetary Fund has announced plans to provide at least 
        $100,000,000 in emergency financing to Haiti in response to the 
        earthquake devastation;
Whereas the Inter-American Development Bank has announced plans to expeditiously 
        approve $128,000,000 in new grants to Haiti, in addition to redirecting 
        $330,000,000 in existing program resources to earthquake relief and 
        reconstruction efforts;
Whereas the World Bank has announced plans to expeditiously approve $100,000,000 
        in new grants to Haiti, in addition to existing interest-free loans and 
        grant facilities already provided to Haiti; and
Whereas a failure to effectively coordinate efforts between these various 
        initiatives is likely to lead to waste, replication of work, and 
        significant delays in the recovery and reconstruction efforts in Haiti: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) extends heartfelt condolences to the millions in Haiti, 
        the United States, and around the world who have lost family 
        and loved ones in the devastation of the January 12, 2010, 
        earthquake;
            (2) calls for the establishment of a Haiti Marshall Plan 
        Committee to include representatives from the Department of the 
        Treasury, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, 
        the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 
        the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
        International Monetary Fund, and selected members of civil 
        society to develop and propose a coordinated strategy for the 
        recovery and reconstruction of Haiti that prevents the 
        duplication of effort and uses all available resources;
            (3) encourages the World Bank, the Inter-American 
        Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund to seek 
        to provide additional resources to Haiti through the various 
        facilities at their disposal to relieve the great financial 
        strain which the country now faces without adding to the 
        nation's existing debt burden;
            (4) encourages the World Bank, the Inter-American 
        Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund to seek 
        to provide additional resources to Haiti through the various 
        facilities at their disposal to enable the reconstruction of 
        the nation's infrastructure and economic and governance 
        capacity; and
            (5) encourages the World Bank, the Inter-American 
        Development Bank, and the International Monetary Fund to 
        explore further options for Haiti debt relief in light of the 
        catastrophic damage inflicted by the January 12, 2010, 
        earthquake.
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