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H.R. 5474: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

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H.R. 5474: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-14 · International Affairs · Latest: 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.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: 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. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

Plain summary

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police and military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to vote against multilateral loans to Honduras for its police and military, 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journalists, human rights defenders, government critics, and civil society activists to operate without interference; withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and brought to trial and obtained verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the attack on Felix Molina and the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.

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Official text

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] · 51 cosponsors

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Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), William R. Keating (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] reported raising $514,399 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr5474 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114