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SRES 616 · 119th Congress · SenateIn committee

A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

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People affected—Not determinable from the text provided. The resolution names no population, benefit, program or eligibility group; it asks for a document to be sent to two congressional committees.
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • the Senate and House foreign affairs committeesThe two committees would receive a written record they do not have today, including the Secretary's assessment of whether United States security assistance to Honduras was used to support drug trafficking (Sec. 1(a), 1(b)(3)(A)).provisional

Who it burdens

  • the State DepartmentThe Secretary of State, the bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, and the Office of the Legal Adviser must gather the information and produce the statement within 30 days of adoption, including two written assessments by the Secretary (Sec. 1(a), 1(b)(3)).provisional

Who opposes it

  • Honduran officials alleged to be tied to drug traffickingThe text asks the government to compile credible information about their alleged crimes by name and rank and to report what the United States is doing to bring them to justice (Sec. 1(b)(1), 1(b)(2), 1(b)(3)(B)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Asks the Secretary of State to send the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee a formal statement on Honduras's human rights record within 30 days of the resolution's adoption, written together with the State Department's democracy, human rights and labor bureau and its Office of the Legal Adviser.

    Sec. 1(a)provisional

  2. The requested statement must lay out all credible information the government has about alleged human rights violations by the Honduran government under former President Juan Orlando Hernandez, including links between senior officials and drug trafficking groups such as the Sinaloa Cartel, corruption tied to trafficking such as money laundering and bribery, torture, rape, illegal detention, witness tampering and murder connected to drug cartels, and efforts to block police reforms and drug investigations.

    Sec. 1(b)(1)provisional

  3. The statement must also describe what the United States government has done to promote respect for human rights in Honduras, to bring Honduran officials involved in drug trafficking to justice, to discourage abusive practices, and to publicly or privately separate the United States and any security assistance it provides Honduras from those practices.

    Sec. 1(b)(2)provisional

  4. The statement must include the Secretary of State's assessment of how likely it is that United States security assistance given to Honduras has been used to support activities that facilitate drug trafficking and related crimes.

    Sec. 1(b)(3)(A)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jun 17, 2026Motion to discharge Senate Committee on Foreign Relations rejected by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 50. Record Vote Number: 179.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Submitted in Senate

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