# 114-hr-5474: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act

114-hr-5474, Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA); status Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5474
- Congress: 114
- Title: Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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.
- Introduced: 2016-06-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 51
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act This bill prohibits funds from being made available to Honduras for the police and military (including for equipment and training), and directs the Department of the Treasury to vote against multilateral loans to Honduras for its police and military, until the Department of States certifies that the government of Honduras has: prosecuted members of the military and police for human rights violations and ensured that such violations have ceased; established the rule of law and guaranteed a judicial system capable of bringing to justice members of the police and military who have committed human rights abuses; established that it protects the rights of trade unionists, journalists, human rights defenders, government critics, and civil society activists to operate without interference; withdrawn the military from domestic policing; and brought to trial and obtained verdicts against those who ordered and carried out the attack on Felix Molina and the killings of Berta Caceres, Joel Palacios Lino, Elvis Armando Garcia, and over 100 small-farmer activists in the Aguan Valley.

## Cosponsors (51)

- JOHN CONYERS (D-MI), 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2016-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] (D-MN), 2016-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI), 2016-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT), 2016-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] (D-MI), 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2016-07-05T00:00:00.000Z
- SAM FARR (D-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- RICHARD NOLAN (D-MN), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- SUSAN DAVIS (D-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] (D-CA), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2016-07-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- RUBEN HINOJOSA (D-TX), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-CA), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2016-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2016-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2016-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- JIM MCDERMOTT (D-WA), 2016-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18] (D-PA), 2016-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2016-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2016-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2016-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] (D-MA), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2016-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2016-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] (D-IL), 2016-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2016-12-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2016-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2016-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5474 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5474)

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