US Congress Senate Bill 1252 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2019

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

SB3430 (Related) 2020-03-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1252/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1252/BILLS-116s1252is.pdf