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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H. Res. 929 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 929
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 Hernandez.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Stanton,
Ms. Titus, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and Ms.
Wasserman Schultz) submitted the following resolution; which was
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
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RESOLUTION
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 Hernandez.
Whereas Honduras has long been a close and important partner of the United
States in Central America;
Whereas Juan Orlando Hernandez was elected President of Honduras in 2013 and
began serving his first term as President in 2014;
Whereas Honduras has a clear one term limit for all Presidents, but Juan Orlando
Hernandez attacked the rule of law in Honduras and replaced judges until
a cherry-picked Honduran Supreme Court permitted him to run for
reelection;
Whereas Juan Orlando Hernandez's brother was convicted on drug trafficking
charges in the United States during Hernandez's second Presidential
term;
Whereas United States prosecutors, in an indictment unsealed April 21, 2022,
established that from 2004 through 2022, Juan Orlando Hernandez
participated in a corrupt and violent drug-trafficking conspiracy to
import hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United
States, using his public office to facilitate the operation;
Whereas Juan Orlando Hernandez, former President of Honduras, was arrested,
extradited to the United States, and prosecuted in the Southern District
of New York on serious narcotics trafficking and related firearms
charges;
Whereas the evidence presented at trial showed that Hernandez accepted millions
of dollars in bribes from major cocaine trafficking networks, and
directed Honduran law enforcement and military forces to protect
shipments destined for the United States and evidence at trial indicated
Hernandez stated to fellow narcotraffickers that ``together they were
going to shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos'';
Whereas, on June 26, 2024, a United States District Court Judge sentenced
Hernandez to 45 years in prison, recognizing that the scheme constituted
one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the
world, and that his abuse of power inflicted harm on both Honduran and
American communities;
Whereas the Trump administration has brought the United States military to the
brink of war with Venezuela to stop ``narcoterrorist'' Nicolas Maduro;
Whereas Secretary of State Marco Rubio has described international drug cartels
as ``narcoterrorists'' and warned that transnational criminal
organizations undermine governance, sovereignty, and stability across
Latin America;
Whereas Secretary of State Marco Rubio has used the indictment of Nicolas Maduro
in the Southern District of New York on drug trafficking charges as a
justification to advocate for reckless military action in Venezuela
without congressional approval;
Whereas the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez undermines the administration's
claims it sees drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere as an imminent
threat to the United States, and jeopardizes cooperation between the
United States and partner nations in anticorruption efforts, emboldens
criminal syndicates, and signals that political influence can override
the rule of law;
Whereas victims of narcotics trafficking in both the United States and Honduras,
including families affected by addiction, violence, displacement, and
intimidation, have been denied the full measure of justice they are
afforded;
Whereas the pardon of Juan Orlando Hernandez damages the United States
credibility as a leader for anticorruption, counter narcotics
cooperation, and democratic accountability abroad;
Whereas Honduras had an election on November 30, 2025, and the winner remains
undetermined; and
Whereas the Trump administration continues to unlawfully target alleged
narcoterrorists in boat strikes resulting in 83 deaths as of the date of
introduction of this resolution: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) emphasizes the importance of a fair vote count and a
free and fair election in Honduras;
(2) underscores the importance of the United States
continuing its partnership with Honduras to promote security,
counter illegal narcotics, address migration, and promote
economic development, regardless of the ultimate winner of the
November 30, 2025, election;
(3) urges the Department of State to strengthen efforts to
combat corruption and narcotics trafficking in Honduras and
throughout Central America through Magnitsky sanctions and
coordinated law-enforcement cooperation;
(4) condemns the decision of the President of the United
States to grant a pardon to former Honduran President Juan
Orlando Hernandez;
(5) expresses solidarity with victims of drug trafficking,
corruption, and violence in both the United States and
Honduras, and recognizes the courage of those who have risked
their safety to expose wrongdoing by powerful political and
criminal actors; and
(6) rejects the unauthorized by Congress use of military
force to kill individuals without the possibility of
interdiction, trial, and conviction, while pardoning high level
individuals that have been convicted after a fair trial in
United States courts.
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Submitted in House
Submitted in 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.
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.
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