Sec. 1347. Report on arms trafficking in Haiti
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney General, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on arms trafficking in Haiti. The report shall include the following: The number and category of United States-origin weapons in Haiti, including those in possession of the Haitian National Police or other state authorities and diverted outside of their control and the number of United States-origin weapons believed to be illegally trafficked from the United States since 1991.
The major routes by which illegal arms are trafficked into Haiti. The major Haitian seaports, airports, and other border crossings where illegal arms are trafficked. An accounting of the ways individuals evade law enforcement and customs officials. A description of networks among Haitian government officials, Haitian customs officials, and gangs and others illegally involved in arms trafficking. Whether any end-use agreements between the United States and Haiti in the issuance of United States-origin weapons have been violated.
In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.