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US HR929
Resolution
Status
12/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Meeks
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AI Summary
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Condemns the presidential pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced to 45 years in U.S. prison on June 26, 2024 for participating in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that imported hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States from 2004-2022
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Emphasizes the importance of a fair vote count in Honduras's November 30, 2025 election and continued U.S.-Honduras partnership on security, counter-narcotics, migration, and economic development
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Urges the State Department to strengthen anti-corruption and counter-narcotics efforts in Honduras and Central America through Magnitsky sanctions and law-enforcement cooperation
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Expresses solidarity with victims of drug trafficking, corruption, and violence in both countries and recognizes those who exposed wrongdoing by political and criminal actors
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Rejects unauthorized military force to kill individuals without trial while pardoning high-level individuals convicted in U.S. courts, citing 83 deaths from boat strikes targeting alleged narcoterrorists as of the resolution's introduction
Legislative Description
Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to cooperate and partner with the Government of Honduras to counter narcotics and condemning the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
12/4/2025