3.0.0 1420 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z Senate S 2017-06-22 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-06-22T20:12:19Z 2017-06-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2017-06-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-06-22 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2017-06-22 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2017-06-22 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-06-22 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-06-22 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-06-22 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2017-06-22 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-06-22 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-06-22 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2017-06-22 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2017-06-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-06-22 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2017-06-22 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2017-06-22 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2017-06-22 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-06-22 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2017-06-22 True International Affairs Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Marriage and family status Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-13T18:56:00Z Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2017 or the LOVE Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of State to review employee terminations at the State Department in the 1950s and 1960s to determine who was wrongfully terminated due to their actual or perceived sexual orientation (known as the Lavender Scare).

The bill contains an apology from Congress for its role in encouraging the termination of State Department employees based on sexual orientation.

The State Department is required to:

  • create a reconciliation board to change the employment records of those affected, to receive oral testimony of those affected, and to allow former employees to bring a grievance if they believe their termination was due to their sexual orientation;
  • create an advancement board to address employment issues of current LGBTQI Foreign Officers;
  • establish a permanent exhibit about the terminations in the State Department's U.S. Diplomacy Center;
  • report to Congress about countries refusing to issue visas to spouses of Foreign Service personnel because of  their sexual orientation.
]]> LOVE Act of 2017 Display Title LOVE Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department of State who were fired by reason of the sexual orientation of the official, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced LOVE Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1420is/xml/BILLS-115s1420is.xml 2017-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.