tions of women’s rights when such efforts could have 
been reasonably undertaken.’’. 
SEC. 422. MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 701 of the International Financial Institu-
tions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (g) 
as subsection (h); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) In determining whether the government of a 
country engages in a pattern of gross violations of inter-
nationally recognized human rights, as described in sub-
section (a), the President shall give particular consider-
ation to whether a foreign government— 
‘‘(1) has engaged in or tolerated particularly se-
vere violations of women’s rights, as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the International Women’s Freedom Act of 
2007; or 
‘‘(2) has failed to undertake serious and sus-
tained efforts to combat particularly severe viola-
tions of women’s rights when such efforts could have 
been reasonably undertaken.’’. 
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SEC. 423. EXPORTS OF CERTAIN ITEMS USED IN PARTICU-
LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
(a) MANDATORY LICENSING.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Commerce, with 
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall include 
on the list of crime control and detection instruments or 
equipment controlled for export and reexport under sec-
tion 6(n) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
U.S.C. App. 2405(n)) (as continued in effect under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act), or under 
any other provision of law, items being exported or reex-
ported to countries of particular concern for women’s 
rights that the Secretary of Commerce, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, and in consultation with 
appropriate officials including the Under Secretary of 
State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
and the Ambassador at Large, determines are being used 
or are intended for use directly and in significant measure 
to carry out particularly severe violations of women’s 
rights. 
(b) LICENSING
BAN.—The prohibition on the 
issuance of a license for export of crime control and detec-
tion instruments or equipment under section 502B(a)(2) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
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2304(a)(2)) shall apply to the export and reexport of any 
item included under subsection (a) on the list of crime con-
trol instruments. 
TITLE V—PROMOTION OF 
WOMEN’S RIGHTS 
SEC. 501. ASSISTANCE FOR PROMOTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) In many countries where severe violations of 
women’s rights occur, there is insufficient statutory 
legal protection for women, a lack of enforcement of 
the law, or insufficient cultural and social under-
standing of international norms of women’s rights. 
(2) Accordingly, in the provision of foreign as-
sistance, the United States should make a priority of 
promoting and developing legal protections and en-
forcement, as well as cultural respect for women’s 
rights. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED PRO-
MOTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—Section 116(e) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(e)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and the rights of women’’ after 
‘‘free religious belief and practice’’. 
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SEC. 502. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 
Section 303(a)(8) of the United States International 
Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202(a)(8)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights’’ after ‘‘reli-
gion’’. 
SEC. 503. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 
Section 102(b) of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after paragraph (11); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) promoting respect for and guarantees of 
women’s rights abroad by interchanges and visits be-
tween the United States and other nations of lead-
ers, scholars, and legal experts in the field of wom-
en’s rights.’’. 
SEC. 504. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE PAY.—Section 405(d) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d)) is amended 
in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights’’ 
after ‘‘freedom of religion’’. 
(b) FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS.—Section 614 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended 
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in the last sentence by inserting ‘‘and women’s rights,’’ 
after ‘‘freedom of religion’’. 
TITLE VI—REFUGEE, ASYLUM, 
AND CONSULAR MATTERS 
SEC. 601. USE OF ANNUAL REPORT. 
The Annual Report, together with other relevant doc-
umentation, shall serve as a resource for immigration 
judges and consular, refugee, and asylum officers in cases 
involving claims of mistreatment on the grounds of gender. 
Absence of reference by the Annual Report to conditions 
described by the alien shall not constitute the sole grounds 
for a denial of the alien’s claim. 
SEC. 602. REFUGEE TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS.— 
Section 708(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘and on religious 
persecution’’ and inserting ‘‘, on religious persecution, and 
on gender-based discrimination’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS CONCERNING 
ADMISSIONS OF REFUGEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 207 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘, information relating to 
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