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H.R. 6056 (IH) - International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 119th Congress
- Congress Session
- 1st Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- November 17, 2025
- Action
- Mr. Garcia of California (for himself, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Peters, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Amo, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Doggett, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Costa, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. McBride, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bell, Ms. Titus, Ms. Ross, Mr. Neal, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Craig, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Chu, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Meng, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gottheimer, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Bill Number
- H.R. 6056
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
- Full Title
- To establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Robert Garcia(CA)
- Cosponsors
- Sara Jacobs (CA); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Scott H. Peters (CA); Diana DeGette (CO); Joaquin Castro (TX); Doris O. Matsui (CA); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Chellie Pingree (ME); Paul Tonko (NY); Gabe Amo (RI); Seth Magaziner (RI); Sharice Davids (KS); David Scott (GA); Marc A. Veasey (TX); Mark Pocan (WI); Bradley Scott Schneider (IL); Lauren Underwood (IL); Raul Ruiz (CA); Jared Huffman (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Madeleine Dean (PA); Ted Lieu (CA); Troy A. Carter (LA); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Adam Smith (WA); Steve Cohen (TN); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (VA); Kevin Mullin (CA); Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Jim Costa (CA); Eric Swalwell (CA); Robin L. Kelly (IL); Eric Sorensen (IL); Daniel S. Goldman (NY); Debbie Dingell (MI); Rick Larsen (WA); Sarah McBride (DE); Juan Vargas (CA); Wesley Bell (MO); Dina Titus (NV); Deborah K. Ross (NC); Richard E. Neal (MA); John W. Mannion (NY); Angie Craig (MN); Mark DeSaulnier (CA); Sean Casten (IL); Andre Carson (IN); Jahana Hayes (CT); Judy Chu (CA); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Jennifer L. McClellan (VA); Joyce Beatty (OH); James P. McGovern (MA); Danny K. Davis (IL); Grace Meng (NY); Shri Thanedar (MI); Summer L. Lee (PA); Salud O. Carbajal (CA); Jared Moskowitz (FL); Hillary J. Scholten (MI); Yassamin Ansari (AZ); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL); Brittany Pettersen (CO); Maxine Dexter (OR); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Josh Gottheimer (NJ); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL)
- Committees
- Committee on Foreign Affairs (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304