US Congress House Bill 3874 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 87-0)
Status: Introduced on July 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-08-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Contains provisions related to (1) the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals globally; and (2) immigration protections for vulnerable individuals. The bill establishes (1) an interagency group to respond to urgent threats to LGBTI people in foreign countries, and (2) a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Department of State. The President shall impose visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violating the human rights of individuals due to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The State Department shall establish the Global Equality Fund to provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations working to advance and protect human rights. The U.S. Agency for International Development shall establish the LGBTI Global Development Partnership to work with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations to support LGBTI rights. The bill removes prohibitions against providing foreign assistance to nongovernmental organizations that offer certain medical services using non-U.S. government funds. The bill contains several immigration-related provisions, such as those (1) establishing that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity may form the basis of an asylum request, (2) removing the general requirement that an asylum claim must be filed within one year of the applicant's arrival in the United States, (3) establishing that a permanent partnership between two partners is a marriage for immigration law purposes, and (4) establishing that indigent aliens have a right to free counsel in certain immigration proceedings.

GLOBE Act of 2019 Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019

Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Jennifer Wexton [D-VA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Sharice Davids [D-KS]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Katie Hill [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Antonio Delgado [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Susan Wild [D-PA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-08-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-07-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-07-22	House	Introduced in House

HB3252 (Related) 2019-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
SB3004 (Related) 2019-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3874/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3874/BILLS-116hr3874ih.pdf