To establish a commission to address the fundamental repercussions of misguided interventions by the United States in multiple sovereign Western Hemisphere nations over the course of the twentieth century, including to study and consider an apology and proposals for the repairment of relations and reconciliation with the peoples of said nations, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · April 26, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This bill establishes a commission to investigate and document past U.S. military interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean, including occupations of Nicaragua, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Grenada, and Panama. The commission would examine the justifications for these interventions, their impact on local populations, the regimes installed by U.S. forces, and long-term consequences for affected nations. Within four years of the bill's enactment, the commission must submit recommendations to Congress on how to address these historical wrongs, including whether the United States should offer formal apologies and what remedies or reparations policies might be appropriate under international law. The commission would consist of approximately twelve members, including the State Department's Under Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. ambassadors to the affected nations, and appointed representatives from the President and Congress, with the possibility of including ambassadors from the studied nations. The bill authorizes $20 million in funding for the commission's operations and requires it to hold at least four meetings per year over its roughly four-and-a-half year lifespan.
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