Content Details
S. 424 (IS) - International Human Rights Defense Act of 2021
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/1:
- Congress Number
- 117th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- February 24, 2021
- Action
- Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Coons, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
- Bill Number
- S. 424
- Bill Version
- Introduced in Senate (IS)
- Short Title
- International Human Rights Defense Act of 2021
- 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 LGBTQI Peoples, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Edward J. Markey(MA)
- Cosponsors
- Tammy Baldwin (WI); Richard Blumenthal (CT); Cory A. Booker (NJ); Sherrod Brown (OH); Maria Cantwell (WA); Benjamin L. Cardin (MD); Robert P. Casey Jr. (PA); Christopher A. Coons (DE); Richard J. Durbin (IL); Dianne Feinstein (CA); Mazie K. Hirono (HI); Tim Kaine (VA); Amy Klobuchar (MN); Patrick J. Leahy (VT); Jeff Merkley (OR); Christopher Murphy (CT); Patty Murray (WA); Jack Reed (RI); Jacky Rosen (NV); Bernard Sanders (VT); Charles E. Schumer (NY); Jeanne Shaheen (NH); Kyrsten Sinema (AZ); Tina Smith (MN); Debbie Stabenow (MI); Chris Van Hollen (MD); Mark R. Warner (VA); Elizabeth Warren (MA); Sheldon Whitehouse (RI); Ron Wyden (OR)
- Committees
- Committee on Foreign Relations (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304