La Comisión de las Ocupaciónes Americanos Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6083 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6083 To establish a commission to address the fundamental repercussions of misguided interventions by the United States in multiple sovereign Western Hemisphere nations over the course of the twentieth century, including to study and consider an apology and proposals for the repairment of relations and reconciliation with the peoples of said nations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a commission to address the fundamental repercussions of misguided interventions by the United States in multiple sovereign Western Hemisphere nations over the course of the twentieth century, including to study and consider an apology and proposals for the repairment of relations and reconciliation with the peoples of said nations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on the United States Occupations in the Americas Act'' or the ``La Comision de las Ocupaciones Americanos Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following as it relates to misguided United States military interventions in the following nations: (1) First occupation of nicaragua.--On November 18, 1909, President William Howard Taft sent warships off the coast of Nicaragua to signal United States support for an uprising against Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya, whose Presidency was viewed as unfavorable to the interests of United States businesses operating in Nicaragua. While United States forces