Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025
A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors
Last activity — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233.
Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote
A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.
This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- On Calendar
What this bill would do
The Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025 requires the Secretary of State to submit reports regarding the connections between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti. These reports must identify prominent gangs, their activities, and the specific elites linked to them. Following these reports, the President is directed to impose sanctions on identified individuals. Sanctions include blocking property and denying entry or visas to the United States. The Act includes exceptions to ensure humanitarian assistance can still reach the people of Haiti.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +5
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill expands presidential authority to impose sanctions on specific foreign persons.
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill mandates reporting on the connections between criminal gangs and political/economic elites.
- Scored +5
Does this tighten control of the border?
The bill targets criminal organizations that traffic individuals to the U.S. border.
The opposite
- Scored -8
Would people with substantial wealth be better off under this?
The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions.
- Scored -8
Would the very wealthiest people be better off under this?
The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions.
- Scored -8
Would billionaires be better off under this?
The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Targeting Criminal Links: The bill requires a report on the connections between criminal gangs and political or economic elites in Haiti (Section 2(a)). This aims to uncover how these groups use their relationships to advance specific interests.
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Addressing Human Trafficking: The reporting process includes identifying criminal organizations that are trafficking Haitians and other individuals to the United States border (Section 2(b)(5)).
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Fighting Illicit Weapons Trade: The report must assess how connections between elites and gangs facilitate illicit firearms trafficking from the United States, which fuels violence and instability in Haiti (Section 2(b)(8)).
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Protecting Humanitarian Aid: The bill includes specific exceptions to ensure that sanctions do not prevent the sale of agricultural commodities, food, medicine, or medical devices to Haiti (Section 3(c)(2)).
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Ensuring Humanitarian Support: Sanctions are prohibited from interfering with the provision of humanitarian assistance, financial transactions for humanitarian purposes, or the transport of necessary goods and services for such purposes in Haiti (Section 3(c)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Financial Restrictions: The President is authorized to block and prohibit all transactions in property and interests of identified foreign persons if that property is in the United States or controlled by a United States person (Section 3(b)(1)).
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Travel and Entry Restrictions: Individuals identified in the reports may be deemed inadmissible to the United States, ineligible for visas, and ineligible for parole (Section 3(b)(2)(A)).
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Immediate Loss of Legal Status: The bill mandates that any visa or entry documentation held by the identified individuals must be revoked immediately, which also cancels any other valid documentation they currently possess (Section 3(b)(2)(B)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill helps protect humanitarian aid and stability which can benefit low-income populations in Haiti. Would immigrants be better off under this? — The bill attempts to combat human trafficking of individuals to the U.S. border. Would billionaires be better off under this? — The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions. Would people with substantial wealth be better off under this? — The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions. Would the very wealthiest people be better off under this? — The bill targets high-level economic elites in Haiti with property-blocking sanctions.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill mandates reporting on the connections between criminal gangs and political/economic elites. Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands presidential authority to impose sanctions on specific foreign persons.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this tighten control of the border? — The bill targets criminal organizations that traffic individuals to the U.S. border.
- 10/30/2025
- Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Risch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 233.
- 10/22/2025
- Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 10/8/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 5/21/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- 4 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
Richard BlumenthalDemocrat · Connecticut
Cory BookerDemocrat · New Jersey
Christopher CoonsDemocrat · Delaware
John CurtisRepublican · Utah
Timothy KaineDemocrat · Virginia
Rick ScottRepublican · Florida