Haitian-American Enterprise Fund Act
Latest action · Aug 30, 2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Haitian-American Enterprise Fund Act - Authorizes the President, after congressional consultation, to designate a private, nonprofit organization as the Haitian-American Enterprise Fund to receive financial assistance and support under this Act.
States that a grant agreement between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Fund shall: (1) require the Fund to end its reinvestment cycle not later than December 31, 2021, unless extended by USAID; (2) provide for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing; and (3) require any remaining Fund assets to be returned to the Treasury for debt reduction purposes.
States that the Fund's Board of Directors should adopt the best practices and procedures used by Enterprise Funds, including those for which funding has been made available pursuant to the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.
Authorizes appropriations.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2011 to May 18, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 17, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | May 18, 2011 |
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 May 11, 2011Markup May 17, 2011Reported Aug 30, 2011 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 30, 2011Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/02/2011 without amendment. With written report No. 112-67.
- Aug 30, 2011Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
- May 17, 2011Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 11, 2011Introduced in Senate
- May 11, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2889)
- May 11, 2011Read 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 S2889 | Richard G. Lugar R-IN | May 11, 2011 |
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 estimate
- May 26, 2011S. 954, Haitian-American Enterprise Fund ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 17, 2011
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 112-71 | REBUILDING HAITI IN THE MARTELLY ERA60 pages | Foreign Relations Committee | Jun 23, 2011 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43565 | Reauthorization Issues for the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Archived | Report | May 22, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to promote the strengthening of the Haitian private sector.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Haitian-American Enterprise Fund Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Haitian-American Enterprise Fund Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Agricultural trade
- Business investment and capital
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Foreign loans and debt
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Haiti
- International Affairs
- Latin America
- Small business
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Terrorism
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 30, 2011Reported to Senate
- May 11, 2011Introduced 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.
