[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2531-S2532]
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SA 344. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1282. REPORT ON ARMS TRAFFICKING IN HAITI.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney
General, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on arms trafficking in Haiti.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report shall include the
following:
(1) The number and category of United States-origin weapons
in Haiti, including those in possession of the Haitian
National Police or other state authorities and diverted
outside of their control and the number of United States-
origin weapons believed to be illegally trafficked from the
United States since 1991.
(2) The major routes by which illegal arms are trafficked
into Haiti.
(3) The major Haitian seaports, airports, and other border
crossings where illegal arms are trafficked.
(4) An accounting of the ways individuals trafficking arms
to Haiti evade Haitian and United States law enforcement and
customs officials.
(5) A description of networks among Haitian government
officials, Haitian customs officials, and gangs and others
illegally involved in arms trafficking.
(6) Whether any end-use agreements between the United
States and Haiti in the issuance of United States-origin
weapons have been violated.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
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(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives.
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