US Congress Senate Bill 3004 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations 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 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

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-10	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB3252 (Related) 2019-06-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
HB3874 (Related) 2019-08-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3004/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3004/BILLS-116s3004is.pdf