US Congress House Bill 1299 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 71-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-02 - 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.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police or military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to instruct U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to vote against any loans for the police or military of Honduras, until the Department of States certifies that the government of Honduras has: prosecuted members of the military and police for human rights violations and ensured that such violations have ceased; established the rule of law and guaranteed a judicial system capable of bringing to justice members of the police and military who have committed human rights abuses; established that it protects the rights of trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders, government critics, and civil society activists to operate without interference; withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and brought to trial and obtained verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the attack on Felix Molina and the killings of Berta Caceres, Joel Palacios Lino, Elvis Armando Garcia, and over 100 small-farmer activists in the Aguan Valley.

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-02	House	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.
2017-03-02	House	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.
2017-03-02	House	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.
2017-03-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1299/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1299/BILLS-115hr1299ih.pdf