3.0.0 1825 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z Senate S 2019-06-13 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-13T14:21:27Z Global Respect Act 116 3252 HR 2019-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS 2019-06-13 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2019-06-13 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-06-13 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2019-06-13 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-06-13 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2019-06-13 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-06-13 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-06-13 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-13 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-09-12 False International Affairs Assault and harassment offenses Congressional oversight Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government information and archives Human rights Sanctions Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Violent crime Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-03T16:54:33Z Global Respect Act of 2019

This bill imposes visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for or complicit in violating the human rights of individuals due to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The President shall report and periodically update a list of foreign persons responsible for such human rights violations and apply sanctions accordingly.

The Department of State shall designate at least one senior officer who shall be responsible for tracking violence and discrimination against individuals based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in foreign countries.

]]> Global Respect Act of 2019 Display Title Global Respect Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Global Respect Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for violations of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1825is/xml/BILLS-116s1825is.xml 2019-06-13 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.