S-1104 : Still Just a Bill

Haiti Development, Accountability, and Institutional Transparency Initiative Act

This bill revises reporting and strategy requirements related to recovery and assistance efforts for Haiti.

Specifically, the bill repeals existing reporting and strategy requirements related to earthquake recovery and economic assistance for Haiti. Further, the bill directs the Department of State to undertake specific initiatives that prioritize and assess the protection and preservation of human rights, the promotion of press and assembly freedoms and the protection of journalists, anticorruption efforts, and a strategy of post-disaster and post-pandemic recovery and development efforts.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-10-28CalendarsPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.Senate
2021-10-28CommitteeCommittee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.Senate
2021-10-19CommitteeCommittee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.Senate
2021-04-13IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.Senate
2021-04-13IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

International Affairs
See Subjects
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Caribbean area
  • Congressional oversight
  • Crime victims
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Detention of persons
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Economic development
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Haiti
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Human rights
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Infrastructure development
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • International organizations and cooperation
  • Judges
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence
  • Latin America
  • Natural disasters
  • News media and reporting
  • Performance measurement
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Protest and dissent
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Reconstruction and stabilization
  • Rule of law and government transparency
  • Small business
  • Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
  • Terrorism
  • Violent crime
  • Water use and supply
  • Women's rights

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