LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI

LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI Sec. 562. (a) Limitation.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be provided to the Government of Haiti unless the President reports to Congress that the Government of Haiti— (1) is conducting thorough investigations of extrajudicial and political killings; (2) is cooperating with United States authorities in the investigations of political and extrajudicial killings; (3) has substantially completed privatization of (or placed under long-term private management or concession) at least three major public enterprises; and (4) has taken action to remove from the Haitian National Police, national palace and residential guard, ministerial guard, and any other public security entity of Haiti those individuals who are credibly alleged to have engaged in or conspired to conceal gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. (b) Exceptions.—The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply to the provision of humanitarian, electoral, counter-narcotics, or law enforcement assistance. (c) Waiver.—The President may waive the requirements of this section on a semiannual basis if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress that such waiver is in the national interest of the United States. (d) Parastatals Defined.—As used in this section, the term “parastatal” means a government-owned enterprise.