HR 2643
Passed a chamber
Requires the State Department to report to Congress annually for five years on ties between Haitian gangs and political and economic elites, and authorizes sanctions such as asset blocking and visa bans against those elites identified in the reports.
Official title: Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-APR-2025
Referred
03-APR-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Passed
02-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
03-SEP-2025
- Requires the Secretary of State to submit an unclassified report, with an optional classified annex, within 180 days of enactment and annually for five years, listing gang leaders, elites with direct gang links, and trafficking organizations
- Requires the President to impose sanctions within 90 days after the report on each foreign person identified, including blocking property under IEEPA and revoking or barring visas
- Exempts humanitarian transactions such as food, medicine, and medical devices to Haiti from sanctions, and allows presidential waivers certified as important to national interests
- Expires five years after enactment
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 02-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Foreign Relations Committee (Senate)
International Affairs
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