US Congress Senate Bill 861 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 39-2)
Status: Introduced on March 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes in the Department of State a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex) Peoples who shall serve as the principal State Department advisor regarding human rights for LGBTI people and represent the United States in diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights of LGBTI people. The special envoy shall periodically provide Congress with a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTI people. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development may provide assistance to prevent and respond to such activities against LGBTI people. The bill also requires that annual country reports on human rights practices include information on criminalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2019

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB1857 (Same As) 2019-03-25 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/861/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s861/BILLS-116s861is.pdf