Number: RL34027
Title: Honduran-U.S. Relations
Authors: Mark P. Sullivan and Peter J. Meyer, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: U.S. foreign aid to Honduras amounted to almost $46 million in FY2007 and an estimated $43 million in regular FY2008 foreign aid funding. Honduras will also be receiving at least $7.3 million in FY2008 supplemental assistance funding under the Administration's Mérida Initiative designed to boost the region's capabilities to interdict the smuggling of drugs, arms, and people and also support a regional antigang strategy (P.L. 110,252). For FY2009, the Administration has requested almost $53 million in assistance for Honduras, and the country would also receive a portion of the $100 million requested for Central America for continuation of the Mérida Initiative. Beyond traditional foreign assistance, the Millennium Challenge Corporation approved a five-year $215 million compact with Honduras in 2005. In other action in the 110th Congress, the House approved: H.Res. 564 (Engel), in support of expanded U.S. anti-gang cooperation with Central America; H.Res. 642 (Solis) , expressing support for countries in the region afflicted by several hurricanes in 2007; and H.R. 6028 (Berman), authorizing assistance for the Mérida Initiative from FY2008 to FY2010.
Pages: 19
Date: September 25, 2008