[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2531-S2532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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