3.0.0 1252 2022-02-08T23:21:42Z 2022-02-08T23:21:42Z Senate S 2019-04-30 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-30T21:34:35Z Department of State Inclusivity Act of 2020 116 3430 S 2020-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2019-04-30 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-04-30 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-04-30 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-04-30 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-04-30 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-04-30 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-04-30 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-04-30 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-04-30 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-04-30 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-04-30 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-04-30 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-04-30 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-04-30 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-04-30 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-04-30 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-04-30 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-04-30 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-04-30 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-04-30 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-05-06 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-07-10 False 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 2019-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-28T22:37:42Z Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2019 or the LOVE Act of 2019

This bill offers a formal apology from Congress for encouraging policies at the Department of State such as the Lavender Scare, which resulted in the wrongful termination of at least 1,000 people for alleged homosexuality.

The State Department and Foreign Service shall (1) review all employee terminations since January 1, 1950, to determine who was wrongfully terminated for their real or perceived sexual orientation; and (2) issue a public report on the findings. The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on recommendations for continued actions.

The State Department shall establish an independent Reconciliation Board to contact any employee (or a family member of a deceased employee) improperly terminated during the Lavender Scare and offer to change the employee's record to reflect such a finding. The board shall accept and review grievances from former employees who believe they were terminated due to sexual orientation.

The State Department shall establish a board of senior-level officials to address issues that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) Foreign Service employees and their families face. The board shall report to Congress comments on or recommendations for improving State Department policies to prevent sexual orientation discrimination.

The State Department shall report to Congress on (1) countries that do not issue spousal visas for Foreign Service employee spouses due to sexual orientation, and (2) recommendations on how to address the issue.

]]> LOVE Act of 2019 Display Title LOVE Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced LOVE Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS 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 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1252is/xml/BILLS-116s1252is.xml 2019-04-30 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.