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.

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Introduced 2025-12-04Topic: criminal justice · governance ethics · veterans military

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This House resolution states the House's views on the United States' relationship with Honduras and on the presidential pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted in a U.S. court of drug trafficking and firearms charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. It condemns the President's decision to grant him a pardon. It stresses the importance of a fair vote count in Honduras's November 30, 2025, election and calls for the U.S. partnership with Honduras on security, drugs, migration, and economic development to continue no matter who wins. It urges the State Department to use Magnitsky sanctions and law-enforcement cooperation against corruption and drug trafficking in Central America. It also rejects the use of military force, not authorized by Congress, to kill people without the possibility of interdiction, trial, and conviction.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2025-12-04	House	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.	refer
2025-12-04	House	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.	refer
2025-12-04		Submitted in House	refer
2025-12-04		Submitted in House	introduce

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