Haiti Recovery Act
Latest action · Mar 9, 2010 Held at the desk.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2010
- Passed SenateMar 5, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on February 25, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Haiti Recovery Act - Urges the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director to each international financial institution to advocate: (1) the cancellation of all remaining debt obligations of Haiti, including obligations incurred before the date of enactment of this Act; (2) the provision of debt service relief for all payments of Haiti remaining on the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) that through February 1, 2012, new assistance to Haiti should be primarily grants.
Expresses the sense of the Senate that international financial institutions should cancel any debt incurred by Haiti after the date of enactment of this Act and before February 1, 2012, so that Haiti can rebuild after the devastation of the January 2010 earthquake.
Urges the Secretary to: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advocate the use of certain proceeds to provide debt stock relief, debt service relief, loan subsidies, and grants for Haiti; (2) support the creation of a multilateral trust fund for Haiti that would leverage U.S. contributions and promote bilateral donations for investing in Haiti's future; and (3) require the U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank to seek to increase earnings transfer to the Fund for Special Operations and to a trust fund or grant facility for Haiti.
Urges the Secretary and the Secretary of State to use all appropriate diplomatic influence to secure cancellation of all remaining bilateral debt of Haiti.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2010 to Mar 1, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Jan 28, 2010 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jan 29, 2010 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Mar 1, 2010 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2010Markup Feb 24, 2010Reported Feb 26, 2010 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 9, 2010Received in the House.
- Mar 9, 2010Held at the desk.
- Mar 5, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1239-1240; text as reported in Senate: CR S1239; text as passed Senate: CR S1239-1240)
- Mar 5, 2010Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Feb 25, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with amendments. With written report No. 111-128.
- Feb 25, 2010Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
- Feb 24, 2010Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 28, 2010Introduced in Senate
- Jan 28, 2010Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1239Text printed S1239Amendments S1239 | Harry Reid D-NV | Mar 5, 2010 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 3, 2010S. 2961, Haiti Recovery Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 24, 2010</p>
- Mar 3, 2010S. 2961, Haiti Recovery ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on February 24, 2010
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide debt relief to Haiti, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Haiti Recovery Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Haiti Recovery Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Haiti Recovery Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2010Engrossed in Senate
- Feb 25, 2010Reported to Senate
- Jan 28, 2010Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
