To require a the Secretary of State to Report to Congress on a Plan for Holding Elections in Haiti in 2005 and 2006.

SA 1305. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Reed, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, An act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 259, at the end of the page add the following new paragraph:

“(c) Funds made available for assistance for Haiti shall be made available to support elections in Haiti after the Secretary of State submits a written report to the Committee on Appropriations, the House International Relations Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee setting forth a detailed plan, in consultation with the Haitian Transitional Government and the United Nations Stabilization Mission (MINUSTAH), which includes an integrated public security strategy to strengthen the rule of law, ensure that acceptable security conditions exist to permit an electoral process with broad based participation by all the political parties, and provide a timetable for the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration of armed groups: Provided, That following the receipt of such report, up to $3,000,000 of the funds made available under subsection (a)(3) should be made available for the demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration of armed groups in Haiti.