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H.R. 2716: Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

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H.R. 2716: Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-04-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-04-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

Plain summary

Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021 This bill temporarily imposes sanctions and other penalties on Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez and the government of Honduras for systemic corruption and human rights violations, with particular focus on the Honduran police and military. Specifically, the President must impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez due to his corrupt practices, including the use of the state apparatus to protect and facilitate drug trafficking. Additionally, the President must prohibit, within 30 days, the issuance of licenses to export defense articles and services and specified munitions to the Honduran police or military. The bill also (1) makes Honduras ineligible for security assistance to equip and train police and military, and (2) requires U.S. representatives at multilateral development banks to oppose any loans for Honduran police or military. Furthermore, the Department of the Treasury must instruct U.S. leadership of international financial institutions and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to promote human rights due diligence and risk management in any loan, grant, policy, or strategy related to Honduras. The sanctions and other penalties put in place under this bill terminate in five years but may be lifted earlier if specified conditions are met.

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Official text

Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 32 cosponsors

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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2716 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117