Senators Reintroduce Haiti Sanctions Bill
A bipartisan group of five senators, including Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., reintroduced a bill May 21 that would mandate sanctions against Haitian criminal gangs and the political and economic elites who support them.
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The Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act, which was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee, is a companion to a House bill that the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved in April (see 2504090052). Along with Shaheen, the Senate measure is sponsored by Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Curtis, R-Utah, and Chris Coons, D-Del.
The legislation is intended to address widespread gang-related violence in Haiti. Shaheen urged the Trump administration May 12 to impose additional sanctions on those fueling unrest in Haiti, which she said is in danger of becoming a failed state (see 2505120070).