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Union Calendar No. 166 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3485 

[Report No. 117–224, Part I] 

To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, 

transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 25, 2021 

Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. COOPER, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BASS, Mr. WELCH, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. LOIS

FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 

GARCIA of Texas, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. WASSERMAN

SCHULTZ, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. OMAR, Ms. TITUS, 

Mr. TONKO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SOTO, Ms. 

MANNING, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. MENG, Ms. DEAN, Mr. 

SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. CARSON, 

Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. 

PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; which was 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 

JANUARY 10, 2022 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JANUARY 10, 2022 

Referral to the Committee on the Judiciary extended for a period ending not 

later than February 4, 2022 


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JANUARY 21, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 

DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. STANTON, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WILD, Mr. 

SIRES, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. KIND, Mr. KEATING, Mr. LIEU, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. CHU, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, and Ms. LEGER

FERNANDEZ

JANUARY 21, 2022 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 25, 2021] 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against 

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex 

(LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Respect Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The dignity, freedom, and equality of all 

8 human beings are fundamental to a thriving global 

9 community. 

10 (2) The rights to life, liberty, and security of the 

11 person, the right to privacy, and the right to freedom 

12 of expression and association are fundamental human 

13 rights. 

14 (3) An alarming trend of violence directed at 

15 LGBTQI individuals around the world continues. 

16 (4) Approximately one-third of all countries have 

17 laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations, and 

18 many have enacted policies or laws that would fur19 ther target LGBTQI individuals. 

20 (5) Every year thousands of individuals around 

21 the world are targeted for harassment, attack, arrest, 

22 and murder on the basis of their sexual orientation 

23 or gender identity. 


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1 (6) Those who commit crimes against LGBTQI 

2 individuals often do so with impunity, and are not 

3 held accountable for their crimes. 

4 (7) In many instances police, prison, military, 

5 and civilian government authorities have been di6 rectly complicit in abuses aimed at LGBTQI citizens, 

7 including arbitrary arrest, torture, and sexual abuse. 

8 (8) Celebrations of LGBTQI individuals and 

9 communities, such as film festivals, Pride events, and 

10 demonstrations are often forced underground due to 

11 inaction on the part of, or harassment by, local law 

12 enforcement and government officials, in violation of 

13 freedoms of assembly and expression. 

14 (9) Laws criminalizing consensual same-sex re15 lations severely hinder access to HIV/AIDS treatment, 

16 information, and preventive measures for LGBTQI 

17 individuals and families. 

18 (10) Many countries are making positive devel19 opments in the protection of the basic human rights 

20 of LGBTQI individuals. 

21 SEC. 3. SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 

22 VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST 

23 LGBTQI PEOPLE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act and biannually thereafter, 


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1 the President shall transmit to the appropriate congres2 sional committees a list of each foreign person the President 

3 determines, based on credible information, including infor4 mation obtained by other countries or by nongovernmental 

5 organizations that monitor violations of human rights— 

6 (1) is responsible for or complicit in, with re7 spect to persons based on actual or perceived sexual 

8 orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics— 

9 (A) cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment 

10 or punishment; 

11 (B) prolonged detention without charges 

12 and trial; 

13 (C) causing the disappearance of such per14 sons by the abduction and clandestine detention 

15 of such persons; or 

16 (D) other flagrant denial of the right to life, 

17 liberty, or the security of such persons; 

18 (2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign 

19 person in a matter relating to an activity described 

20 in paragraph (1); or 

21 (3) is responsible for or complicit in inciting a 

22 foreign person to engage in an activity described in 

23 paragraph (1). 

24 (b) FORM; UPDATES; REMOVAL.— 


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1 (1) FORM.—The list required by subsection (a) 

2 shall be transmitted in unclassified form and pub3 lished in the Federal Register without regard to the 

4 requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and 

5 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to 

6 confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance 

7 or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

8 States, except that the President may include a for9 eign person in a classified, unpublished annex to such 

10 list if the President— 

11 (A) determines that— 

12 (i) it is vital for the national security 

13 interests of the United States to do so; and 

14 (ii) the use of such annex, and the in15 clusion of such person in such annex, would 

16 not undermine the overall purpose of this 

17 section to publicly identify foreign persons 

18 engaging in the conduct described in sub19 section (a) in order to increase account20 ability for such conduct; and 

21 (B) not later than 15 days before including 

22 such person in a classified annex, provides to the 

23 appropriate congressional committees notice of, 

24 and a justification for, including or continuing 

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1 spite the existence of any publicly available cred2 ible information indicating that each such for3 eign person engaged in an activity described in 

4 subsection (a). 

5 (2) UPDATES.—The President shall transmit to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees an update 

7 of the list required by subsection (a) as new informa8 tion becomes available. 

9 (3) REMOVAL.—A foreign person may be re10 moved from the list required by subsection (a) if the 

11 President determines and reports to the appropriate 

12 congressional committees not later than 15 days be13 fore the removal of such person from such list that— 

14 (A) credible information exists that such 

15 person did not engage in the activity for which 

16 the person was included in such list; 

17 (B) such person has been prosecuted appro18 priately for the activity in which such person en19 gaged; or 

20 (C) such person has credibly demonstrated a 

21 significant change in behavior, has paid an ap22 propriate consequence for the activities in which 

23 such person engaged, and has credibly committed 

24 to not engage in an activity described in sub25 section (a). 


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1 (c) PUBLIC SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The 

2 President shall issue public guidance, including through 

3 United States diplomatic and consular posts, setting forth 

4 the manner by which the names of foreign persons that may 

5 meet the criteria to be included on the list required by sub6 section (a) may be submitted to the Department of State 

7 for evaluation. 

8 (d) REQUESTS FROM CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER

9 OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

10 (1) CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION.—In addi11 tion to the guidance issued pursuant to subsection (c), 

12 the President shall also consider information provided 

13 by the Chair or Ranking Member of each of the ap14 propriate congressional committees in determining 

15 whether to include a foreign person in the list re16 quired by subsection (a). 

17 (2) REQUESTS.—Not later than 120 days after 

18 receiving a written request from the Chair or Rank19 ing Member of one of the appropriate congressional 

20 committees with respect to whether a foreign person 

21 meets the criteria for being included in the list re22 quired by subsection (a), the President shall transmit 

23 a response to such Chair or Ranking Member, as the 

24 case may be, with respect to the President’s deter25 mination relating to such foreign person. 


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1 (3) REMOVAL.—If the President removes from 

2 the list required by subsection (a) a foreign person 

3 that had been included in such list pursuant to a re4 quest under paragraph (2), the President shall pro5 vide to the relevant Chair or Ranking Member of one 

6 of the appropriate congressional committees any in7 formation that contributed to such decision. 

8 (4) FORM.—The President may transmit a re9 sponse required by paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) in 

10 classified form if the President determines that it is 

11 necessary for the national security interests of the 

12 United States to do so. 

13 (e) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.— 

14 (1) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION TO

15 THE UNITED STATES.—A foreign person on the list 

16 required by subsection (a), and each immediate fam17 ily member of such person, is— 

18 (A) inadmissible to the United States; 

19 (B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc20 umentation to enter the United States; and 

21 (C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 

22 paroled into the United States or to receive any 

23 other benefit under the Immigration and Nation24 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

25 (2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The issuing consular of2 ficer or the Secretary of State, (or a designee of 

3 the Secretary of State) shall, in accordance with 

4 section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nation5 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or 

6 other entry documentation issued to a foreign 

7 person on the list required by subsection (a) and 

8 to each immediate family member of such person 

9 regardless of when the visa or other entry docu10 mentation is issued. 

11 (B) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revocation 

12 under subparagraph (A) shall— 

13 (i) take effect immediately; and 

14 (ii) automatically cancel any other 

15 valid visa or entry documentation that is in 

16 the foreign person’s possession. 

17 (C) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 

18 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act, the Secretary of State shall prescribe 

20 such regulations as are necessary to carry out 

21 this subsection. 

22 (3) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO AD23 DITIONAL SANCTIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

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1 quired by subsection (a) to push for accountability for 

2 flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, or the se3 curity of the person, through the use of designations 

4 and targeted sanctions provided for such conduct 

5 under other existing authorities. 

6 (4) WAIVERS IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL SE7 CURITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

9 waive the application of paragraph (1) or (2) 

10 with respect to a foreign person included in the 

11 list required by subsection (a) if the President 

12 determines and transmits to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees notice and justification, 

14 that such a waiver— 

15 (i) is necessary to permit the United 

16 States to comply with the Agreement be17 tween the United Nations and the United 

18 States of America regarding the Head19 quarters of the United Nations, signed June 

20 26, 1947, and entered into force November 

21 21, 1947, or other applicable international 

22 obligations of the United States; or 

23 (ii) is in the national security interests 

24 of the United States. 


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1 (B) TIMING OF CERTAIN WAIVERS.—A 

2 waiver pursuant to a determination under clause 

3 (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be transmitted not 

4 later than 15 days before the granting of such 

5 waiver. 

6 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

8 thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of 

9 State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com10 mittees a report on— 

11 (1) the actions taken to carry out this section, 

12 including— 

13 (A) the number of foreign persons added to 

14 or removed from the list required by subsection 

15 (a) during the year preceding each such report, 

16 the dates on which such persons were so added 

17 or removed, and the reasons for so adding or re18 moving such persons; and 

19 (B) an analysis that compares increases or 

20 decreases in the number of such persons added or 

21 removed year-over-year and the reasons therefor; 

22 and 

23 (2) any efforts by the President to coordinate 

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1 priate, to impose sanctions that are similar to the 

2 sanctions imposed under this section. 

3 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit6 tees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

8 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security, and the Committee on the 

10 Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and 

11 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

13 on Homeland Security and Governmental Af14 fairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

15 Senate. 

16 (2) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 

17 ‘‘immediate family member’’ has the meaning given 

18 such term for purposes of section 7031(c) of division 

19 K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. 

20 SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTA21 TION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEX CHARAC22 TERISTICS. 

23 (a) TRACKING VIOLENCE OR CRIMINALIZATION RE24 LATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.— 

25 The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 


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1 Rights, and Labor shall designate a Bureau-based senior 

2 officer or officers who shall be responsible for tracking vio3 lence, criminalization, and restrictions on the enjoyment of 

4 fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual 

5 or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex char6 acteristics. 

7 (b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

8 PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

11 (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

13 (B) in paragraph (12)— 

14 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by strik17 ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

18 and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, information relating 

22 to violence or discrimination that affects fundamental 

23 freedoms, including widespread or systematic viola24 tion of the freedoms of expression, association, or as25 sembly, of individuals in foreign countries that is 


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1 based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gen2 der identity, or sex characteristics.’’; and 

3 (2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by 

4 inserting after the ninth sentence the following new 

5 sentence: ‘‘Wherever applicable, such report shall also 

6 include information relating to violence or discrimi7 nation that affects the fundamental freedoms, includ8 ing widespread or systematic violation of the freedoms 

9 of expression, association, or assembly, of individuals 

10 in foreign countries that is based on actual or per11 ceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex char12 acteristics.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 166 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3485 

[Report No. 117–224, Part I] 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible 

for other purposes. queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, for violations of internationally recognized human 

JANUARY 21, 2022 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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