H.R. 1857 (IH) - International Human Rights Defense Act of 2019 - BILLS-116hr1857ih | Content Details

Category

Bills and Statutes

Collection

Congressional Bills

SuDoc Class Number

Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:

Congress Number

116th Congress

Congress Session

1st Session

Last Action Date Listed

March 25, 2019

Action

Mr. Lowenthal (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Norton, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Foster, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Moore, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Barragán, Mr. O'Halleran, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Soto, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Morelle, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Peters, Ms. Speier, Ms. Meng, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Rush, Mr. Welch, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Omar, Ms. Jayapal, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Shalala, Ms. Wild, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Higgins of New York, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Swalwell of California, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Schneider, Mrs. Murphy, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Titus, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Himes, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Sherman, Ms. Scanlon, and Mr. McEachin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Bill Number

H.R. 1857

Bill Version

Introduced in House (IH)

Short Title

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2019

Full Title

To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Alan S. Lowenthal(CA)

Cosponsors

Gerald E. Connolly (VA); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bill Foster (IL); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Mark Pocan (WI); Gwen Moore (WI); Anna G. Eshoo (CA); Tony Cardenas (CA); John Garamendi (CA); Adriano Espaillat (NY); James P. McGovern (MA); Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Tom O'Halleran (AZ); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Darren Soto (FL); Norma J. Torres (CA); Raul M. Grijalva (AZ); Chris Pappas (NH); Adam B. Schiff (CA); Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ); Peter A. DeFazio (OR); Anthony G. Brown (MD); Jim Cooper (TN); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Joseph D. Morelle (NY); Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ); Debbie Dingell (MI); Pete Aguilar (CA); Betty McCollum (MN); Gregory W. Meeks (NY); Jamie Raskin (MD); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Brendan F. Boyle (PA); Sean Patrick Maloney (NY); Scott H. Peters (CA); Jackie Speier (CA); Grace Meng (NY); Tim Ryan (OH); Jimmy Panetta (CA); Derek Kilmer (WA); Alcee L. Hastings (FL); Bobby L. Rush (IL); Peter Welch (VT); Seth Moulton (MA); Ilhan Omar (MN); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Susan A. Davis (CA); Barbara Lee (CA); Paul Tonko (NY); Donna E. Shalala (FL); Susan Wild (PA); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Brian Higgins (NY); Thomas R. Suozzi (NY); Jose E. Serrano (NY); Matt Cartwright (PA); Eric Swalwell (CA); Chrissy Houlahan (PA); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Stephanie N. Murphy (FL); Debra A. Haaland (NM); Dina Titus (NV); Al Lawson, Jr. (FL); Jared Huffman (CA); Joyce Beatty (OH); Mike Quigley (IL); Zoe Lofgren (CA); James A. Himes (CT); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Veronica Escobar (TX); Brad Sherman (CA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); A. Donald McEachin (VA)

Committees

Committee on Foreign Affairs (Standing)

United States Code Reference

22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304