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US HR1574

US HR1574
Berta Cáceres Human Rights in Honduras Act


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Introduced
03/03/2021
In Committee
03/03/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023

Introduced Session

117th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To suspend United States security assistance with Honduras until such time as human rights violations by Honduran security forces cease and their perpetrators are brought to justice.

AI Summary

This bill would suspend U.S. security assistance to Honduras until the Honduran government investigates and prosecutes human rights violations committed by its security forces, withdraws the military from domestic policing, and protects the rights of civil society activists. The bill cites concerns about corruption, human rights abuses, and impunity within the Honduran military and police, including their involvement in killings of activists, journalists, and Indigenous leaders. The bill outlines specific conditions that must be met before the suspensions and restrictions on assistance can be lifted.

Committee Categories

Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (66)

Hank Johnson (D)* Pete Aguilar (D),  Jake Auchincloss (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Cori Bush (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Emanuel Cleaver (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Bill Foster (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Chuy García (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Marie Newman (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Kathleen Rice (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Lori Trahan (D),  David Trone (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. (on 03/03/2021)

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