This House resolution calls for ending the Monroe Doctrine as part of United States relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. It asks the Department of State to confirm the Monroe Doctrine is no longer U.S. policy. The resolution urges creation of a "New Good Neighbor" approach. The preamble lists many historical U.S. actions in the region and describes harms the sponsors say followed from those actions. The resolution lists specific steps the Federal Government should take, including ending unilateral economic sanctions, pursuing changes to emergency and sanctions laws, declassifying records about past coups and interventions, reforming the Organization of American States, supporting climate finance (including the Amazon Fund and a Loss and Damage Trust), and pressing international financial institutions to change lending and conditionality practices.
If adopted by the House and followed by the executive branch, the resolution would ask U.S. agencies to stop treating the Monroe Doctrine as guiding policy and to work with Congress and regional governments on a new set of actions. The listed actions include: terminating certain unilateral sanctions, asking Congress to change laws that allow sanctions and national emergencies, creating rules for reviewing aid after coups, declassifying historical U.S. records about interventions, supporting changes at the OAS, increasing climate and development funding, and pushing for different IMF and international bank policies. The resolution itself does not change law; it expresses the House's view and requests work by agencies and Congress.
No publicly available information on costs or funding levels is included in the resolution. The text calls for major, recurrent contributions to funds like the Amazon Fund and a Loss and Damage Trust, and it asks Congress to consider legislation, but it does not provide cost estimates or specific budget language.
The resolution's sponsors argue the Monroe Doctrine led to long periods of U.S. political and military interference in the region. They say those actions harmed democracy, human rights, and economic development in many countries. Supporters call for a break with that past, respect for sovereignty, expanded development and climate finance, reforms to international financial institutions, declassification of historical records, and stronger regional cooperation.
No publicly available information on opponents' views is included in the text of this resolution or the provided metadata.