I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3800 
To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people 
around the world, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2021 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. PAPPAS, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BASS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. JACOBS of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. POCAN, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Ms. CHU, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. CASE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 
SCANLON, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 
RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. OMAR, Ms. DEAN, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, 
Ms. 
BOURDEAUX, 
Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, 
Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. KILDEE, 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. NEW-
MAN, Ms. MENG, Mr. WELCH, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. CARSON, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. COSTA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LIEU, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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A BILL 
To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for 
LGBTQI people around the world, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Greater Leadership 
Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2021’’ or the 
‘‘GLOBE Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The norms of good governance, human 
rights protections, and the rule of law have been vio-
lated unconscionably with respect to lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) 
peoples in an overwhelming majority of countries 
around the world, where LGBTQI people face vio-
lence, hatred, bigotry, and discrimination because of 
who they are and whom they love. 
(2) In at least 68 countries, or almost 40 per-
cent of the world, same-sex relations and relation-
ships are criminalized. Many countries also crim-
inalize or otherwise prohibit cross-dressing and gen-
der-affirming treatments for transgender individuals. 
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(3) The World Bank has begun to measure the 
macro-economic costs of criminal laws targeting 
LGBTQI individuals through lost productivity, detri-
mental health outcomes and violence, as a step to-
ward mitigating those costs. 
(4) Violence and discrimination based on sexual 
orientation and gender identity are documented in 
the Department of State’s annual Country Human 
Rights Reports to Congress. These reports continue 
to show a clear pattern of human rights violations, 
including murder, rape, torture, death threats, extor-
tion, and imprisonment, in every region of the world 
based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 
many instances police, prison, military, and civilian 
government authorities have been directly complicit 
in abuses aimed at LGBTQI citizens. 
(5) As documented by the State Department, 
LGBTQI individuals are subjected in many coun-
tries to capricious imprisonment, loss of employ-
ment, housing, access to health care, and societal 
stigma and discrimination. LGBTQI-specific restric-
tions on basic freedoms of assembly, press, and 
speech exist in every region of the world. 
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(6) Targeted sanctions are an important tool to 
push for accountability for violations of the human 
rights of LGBTQI people. 
(7) Anti-LGBTQI laws and discrimination pose 
significant risks for LGBTQI youth who come out to 
their family or community and often face rejection, 
homelessness, and limited educational and economic 
opportunities. These factors contribute to increased 
risks of substance abuse, suicide, and HIV infection 
among LGBTQI youth. 
(8) Anti-LGBTQI laws also increase global 
health risks. Studies have shown that when 
LGBTQI people, especially LGBTQI youth, face dis-
crimination, they are less likely to seek HIV testing, 
prevention, and treatment services. 
(9) LGBTQI populations are disproportionately 
impacted by the Mexico City Policy, also widely re-
ferred to as the ‘‘global gag rule’’. LGBTQI people 
often receive much of their health care through re-
productive health clinics, and organizations that can-
not comply with the policy are forced to discontinue 
work on United States-supported global health 
projects that are frequently used by LGBTQI popu-
lations, including HIV prevention and treatment, 
stigma reduction, and research. 
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(10) Because they face tremendous discrimina-
tion in the formal labor sector, many sex workers 
are also LGBTQI individuals, and many sex-worker- 
led programs and clinics serve the LGBTQI commu-
nity with safe, non-stigmatizing, medical and social 
care. USAID has also referred to sex workers as a 
‘‘most-at-risk population’’. The anti-prostitution loy-
alty oath that health care providers receiving United 
States assistance must take isolates sex-worker-led 
and serving groups from programs and reinforces 
stigma, undermining both the global AIDS response 
and human rights. The Supreme Court found this 
requirement unconstitutional as it applies to United 
States nongovernmental organizations and their for-
eign affiliates in 2013. 
(11) According to the Trans Murder Monitoring 
Project, which monitors homicides of transgender in-
dividuals, there were at least 350 cases of reported 
killings of trans and gender-diverse people between 
October 2019 and September 2020, an increase over 
previous years. 
(12) In many countries, intersex individuals ex-
perience prejudice and discrimination because their 
bodies do not conform to general expectations about 
sex and gender. Because of these expectations, medi-
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cally unnecessary interventions are often performed 
in infancy without the consent or approval of 
intersex individuals, in violation of international 
human rights standards. 
(13) Asylum and refugee protection are critical 
last-resort protections for LGBTQI individuals, but 
those who seek such protections face ostracization 
and abuse in refugee camps and detention facilities. 
They are frequently targeted for violence, including 
sexual assault, in refugee camps and in immigration 
detention. LGBTQI individuals may be segregated 
against their will for long periods in solitary confine-
ment, in an effort to protect them from such vio-
lence, but prolonged solitary confinement itself rep-
resents an additional form of abuse that is pro-
foundly damaging to the social and psychological 
well-being of any individual. 
(14) The global COVID–19 pandemic has exac-
erbated inequalities that LGBTQI individuals face, 
including access to health care, stigma, and discrimi-
nation, undermining LGBTQI rights around the 
world. 
(15) In December 2011, President Barack 
Obama directed all Federal foreign affairs agencies 
to ensure that their diplomatic, humanitarian, health 
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and foreign assistance programs take into account 
the needs of marginalized LGBTQI communities 
and persons. 
(16) In 2015, the Department of State estab-
lished the position of Special Envoy for the Human 
Rights of LGBTQI Persons. 
(17) In 2021, President Joseph Biden issued 
the Memorandum on Advancing the Human Rights 
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and 
Intersex Persons Around the World, which stated 
that it is the policy of the United States to pursue 
an end to violence and discrimination on the basis 
of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, 
or sex characteristics and called for United States 
global leadership on LGBTQI rights. 
(18) In Bostock v. Clayton County, the Su-
preme Court held that title VII of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of 
gender identity and sexual orientation. On January 
20, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 
13988 to enforce Bostock, which orders all agency 
heads to determine the additional steps they should 
take to ensure that administration policies are fully 
implemented consistent with Bostock, including the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of USAID. 
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(19) The use of United States diplomatic tools, 
including the Department of State’s exchange and 
speaker programs, to address the human rights 
needs of marginalized communities has helped in-
form public debates in many countries regarding the 
protective responsibilities of any democratic govern-
ment. 
(20) Inclusion of human rights protections for 
LGBTQI individuals in United States trade agree-
ments, as in the United States-Mexico-Canada 
Agreement, and trade preference programs is in-
tended both to ensure a level playing field for United 
States business and to provide greater workplace 
protections overseas, compatible with those of the 
United States. 
(21) Engaging multilateral fora and inter-
national institutions is critical to impacting global 
norms and to broadening global commitments to 
fairer standards for the treatment of all people, in-
cluding LGBTQI. The United States must remain a 
leader in the United Nations system and has a vest-
ed interest in the success of that multilateral en-
gagement. 
(22) Ongoing United States participation in the 
Equal Rights Coalition, which is a new intergovern-
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mental coalition of more than 40 governments and 
leading civil society organizations that work together 
to protect the human rights of LGBTQI people 
around the world, remains vital to international ef-
forts to respond to violence and impunity. 
(23) Those who represent the United States 
abroad, including our diplomats, development spe-
cialists and military, should reflect the diversity of 
our country and honor America’s call to equality, in-
cluding through proud and open service abroad by 
LGBTQI Americans and those living with HIV. 
SEC. 3. DOCUMENTING AND RESPONDING TO BIAS-MOTI-
VATED VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQI PEOPLE 
ABROAD. 
(a) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRAC-
TICES.— 
(1) SECTION 116.—Section 116(d) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex-
tent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in-
cluding an identification of those countries that have 
adopted laws or constitutional provisions that crim-
inalize or discriminate based on sexual orientation or 
gender identity, including detailed descriptions of 
such laws and provisions.’’. 
(2) SECTION 502B.—Section 502B of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second subsection 
(i) (relating to child marriage status) as sub-
section (j); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(k) SEXUAL ORIENTATION
AND GENDER IDEN-
TITY.—The report required under subsection (b) shall in-
clude, wherever applicable, the nature and extent of crim-
inalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual 
orientation and gender identity, including an identification 
of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional 
provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on sexual 
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orientation or gender identity, including detailed descrip-
tions of such laws and provisions.’’. 
(b) REVIEW
AT
DIPLOMATIC
AND
CONSULAR 
POSTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In preparing the annual 
country reports on human rights practices required 
by section 116 or 502B of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State shall obtain information from each 
diplomatic and consular post with respect to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Incidents of violence against LGBTQI 
people in the country in which such post is lo-
cated. 
(B) An analysis of the factors enabling or 
aggravating such incidents, such as government 
policy, societal pressure, or external actors. 
(C) The response, whether public or pri-
vate, of the personnel of such post with respect 
to such incidents. 
(2) ADDRESSING BIAS-MOTIVATED VIOLENCE.— 
The Secretary shall include in the annual strategic 
plans of the regional bureaus concrete diplomatic 
strategies, programs, and policies to address bias- 
motivated violence using information obtained pursu-
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ant to paragraph (1), such as programs to build ca-
pacity among civil society or governmental entities to 
document, investigate, and prosecute instances of 
such violence and provide support to victims of such 
violence. 
(c) INTERAGENCY GROUP.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an 
interagency group on responses to urgent threats to 
LGBTQI people in foreign countries (in this sub-
section referred to as the ‘‘interagency group’’), that 
shall be chaired by the Secretary of State and in-
clude the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Attorney 
General, and the head of each other Federal depart-
ment or agency the President determines is relevant 
to the duties of the interagency group. 
(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the interagency 
group shall be to— 
(A) coordinate the responses of each par-
ticipating agency with respect to threats di-
rected towards LGBTQI populations in other 
countries; 
(B) develop longer-term approaches to pol-
icy developments and incidents negatively im-
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pacting the LGBTQI populations in specific 
countries; 
(C) advise the President on the designation 
of foreign persons for sanctions pursuant to 
section 4; 
(D) identify United States laws and poli-
cies, at the Federal, State, and local levels, that 
affirm the equality of LGBTQI persons; and 
(E) use such identified laws and policies to 
develop diplomatic strategies to share the exper-
tise obtained from the implementation of such 
laws and policies with appropriate officials of 
countries where LGBTQI persons do not enjoy 
equal protection under the law. 
(d) SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF 
LGBTQI PEOPLES.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a per-
manent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of 
LGBTQI Peoples (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Special Envoy’’), who shall have the rank of Am-
bassador and shall be appointed by the President. 
The Special Envoy shall report directly to the As-
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sistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor. 
(2) PURPOSE.—The Special Envoy shall direct 
efforts of the United States Government relating to 
United States foreign policy, as directed by the Sec-
retary, regarding human rights abuses against 
LGBTQI people and communities internationally 
and the advancement of human rights for LGBTQI 
people, and shall represent the United States inter-
nationally in bilateral and multilateral engagement 
on such matters. 
(3) DUTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Special Envoy— 
(i) shall serve as the principal advisor 
to the Secretary of State regarding human 
rights for LGBTQI people internationally; 
(ii) shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, direct activities, policies, 
programs, and funding relating to the 
human rights of LGBTQI people and the 
advancement of LGBTQI equality initia-
tives internationally, for all bureaus and 
offices of the Department of State and 
shall lead the coordination of relevant 
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(ix) is authorized to represent the 
United States in bilateral and multilateral 
fora on matters relevant to the human 
rights of LGBTQI people internationally, 
including criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI people inter-
nationally. 
(4) DATA
REPOSITORY.—The Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall— 
(A) be the central repository of data on all 
United States programs, projects, and activities 
that relate to prevention and response to crim-
inalization, discrimination, and violence against 
LGBTQI people internationally; and 
(B) produce— 
(i) a full accounting of United States 
Government spending on such programs, 
projects, and activities; and 
(ii) evaluations of the effectiveness of 
such programs, projects, and activities. 
(e) TRAINING AT INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACADEMIES.—The President shall ensure that any 
international law enforcement academy supported by 
United States assistance shall provide training with re-
spect to the rights of LGBTQI people, including through 
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specialized courses highlighting best practices in the docu-
mentation, investigation, and prosecution of bias-moti-
vated hate crimes targeting persons based on actual or 
perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex char-
acteristics. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST 
LGBTQI PEOPLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and biannually there-
after, the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of each foreign person the 
President determines, based on credible information, in-
cluding information obtained by other countries or by non-
governmental organizations that monitor violations of 
human rights— 
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, with re-
spect to persons based on actual or perceived sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics— 
(A) cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
ment or punishment; 
(B) prolonged detention without charges 
and trial; 
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(C) causing the disappearance of such per-
sons by the abduction and clandestine detention 
of such persons; or 
(D) other flagrant denial of the right to 
life, liberty, or the security of such persons; 
(2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of a for-
eign person in a matter relating to an activity de-
scribed in paragraph (1); or 
(3) is responsible for or complicit in inciting a 
foreign person to engage in an activity described in 
paragraph (1). 
(b) FORM; UPDATES; REMOVAL.— 
(1) FORM.—The list required by subsection (a) 
shall be transmitted in unclassified form and pub-
lished in the Federal Register without regard to the 
requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect 
to confidentiality of records pertaining to the 
issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the 
United States, except that the President may include 
a foreign person in a classified, unpublished annex 
to such list if the President— 
(A) determines that— 
(i) it is vital for the national security 
interests of the United States to do so; and 
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(ii) the use of such annex, and the in-
clusion of such person in such annex, 
would not undermine the overall purpose of 
this section to publicly identify foreign per-
sons engaging in the conduct described in 
subsection (a) in order to increase account-
ability for such conduct; and 
(B) not later than 15 days before including 
such person in a classified annex, provides to 
the appropriate congressional committees notice 
of, and a justification for, including or con-
tinuing to include each foreign person in such 
annex despite the existence of any publicly 
available credible information indicating that 
each such foreign person engaged in an activity 
described in subsection (a). 
(2) UPDATES.—The President shall transmit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an update 
of the list required by subsection (a) as new infor-
mation becomes available. 
(3) REMOVAL.—A foreign person may be re-
moved from the list required by subsection (a) if the 
President determines and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees not later than 15 days be-
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fore the removal of such person from such list 
that— 
(A) credible information exists that such 
person did not engage in the activity for which 
the person was included in such list; 
(B) such person has been prosecuted ap-
propriately for the activity in which such person 
engaged; or 
(C) such person has credibly demonstrated 
a significant change in behavior, has paid an 
appropriate consequence for the activities in 
which such person engaged, and has credibly 
committed to not engage in an activity de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(c) PUBLIC SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.—The 
President shall issue public guidance, including through 
United States diplomatic and consular posts, setting forth 
the manner by which the names of foreign persons that 
may meet the criteria to be included on the list required 
by subsection (a) may be submitted to the Department 
of State for evaluation. 
(d) REQUESTS FROM CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER 
OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION.—In ad-
dition to the guidance issued pursuant to subsection 
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(c), the President shall also consider information 
provided by the Chair or Ranking Member of each 
of the appropriate congressional committees in de-
termining whether to include a foreign person in the 
list required by subsection (a). 
(2) REQUESTS.—Not later than 120 days after 
receiving a written request from the Chair or Rank-
ing Member of one of the appropriate congressional 
committees with respect to whether a foreign person 
meets the criteria for being included in the list re-
quired by subsection (a), the President shall trans-
mit a response to such Chair or Ranking Member, 
as the case may be, with respect to the President’s 
determination relating to such foreign person. 
(3) REMOVAL.—If the President removes from 
the list required by subsection (a) a foreign person 
that had been included in such list pursuant to a re-
quest under paragraph (2), the President shall pro-
vide to the relevant Chair or Ranking Member of 
one of the appropriate congressional committees any 
information that contributed to such decision. 
(4) FORM.—The President may transmit a re-
sponse required by paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) 
in classified form if the President determines that it 
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is necessary for the national security interests of the 
United States to do so. 
(e) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION 
TO THE UNITED STATES.—A foreign person on the 
list required by subsection (a), and each immediate 
family member of such person, is— 
(A) inadmissible to the United States; 
(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc-
umentation to enter the United States; and 
(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 
paroled into the United States or to receive any 
other benefit under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The issuing consular 
officer or the Secretary of State (or a designee 
of the Secretary of State) shall, in accordance 
with section 221(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any 
visa or other entry documentation issued to a 
foreign person on the list required by subsection 
(a), and any visa or other entry documentation 
issued to any immediate family member of such 
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person, regardless of when the visa or other 
entry documentation is issued. 
(B) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revoca-
tion under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) take effect immediately; and 
(ii) automatically cancel any other 
valid visa or entry documentation that is in 
the foreign person’s possession. 
(C) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall pre-
scribe such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out this subsection. 
(D) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions under this 
subsection shall not apply with respect to a for-
eign person if admitting or paroling such per-
son into the United States is necessary to per-
mit the United States to comply with the 
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations, signed at Lake Success, June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
1947, between the United Nations and the 
United States, or other applicable international 
obligations. 
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(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO 
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should impose additional 
targeted sanctions with respect to foreign persons on 
the list required by subsection (a) to push for ac-
countability for flagrant denials of the right to life, 
liberty, or the security of the person, through the 
use of designations and targeted sanctions provided 
for such conduct under other existing authorities. 
(4) WAIVERS IN THE INTEREST OF NATIONAL 
SECURITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
waive the application of paragraph (1) or (2) 
with respect to a foreign person included in the 
list required by subsection (a) if the President 
determines and transmits to the appropriate 
congressional committees notice and justifica-
tion, that such a waiver— 
(i) is necessary to permit the United 
States to comply with the Agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the United 
States of America regarding the Head-
quarters of the United Nations, signed 
June 26, 1947, and entered into force No-
vember 21, 1947, or other applicable inter-
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national obligations of the United States; 
or 
(ii) is in the national security interests 
of the United States. 
(B) TIMING
OF
CERTAIN
WAIVERS.—A 
waiver pursuant to a determination under 
clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be trans-
mitted not later than 15 days before the grant-
ing of such waiver. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of 
State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on— 
(1) the actions taken to carry out this section, 
including— 
(A) the number of foreign persons added 
to or removed from the list required by sub-
section (a) during the year preceding each such 
report, the dates on which such persons were so 
added or removed, and the reasons for so add-
ing or removing such persons; and 
(B) an analysis that compares increases or 
decreases in the number of such persons added 
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or removed year-over-year and the reasons 
therefor; and 
(2) any efforts by the President to coordinate 
with the governments of other countries, as appro-
priate, to impose sanctions that are similar to the 
sanctions imposed under this section. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act). 
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(3) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’ has the meaning given 
such term for purposes of section 7031(c) of division 
K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 591.308 of title 
31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 5. COMBATING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALIZATION OF 
LGBTQI STATUS, EXPRESSION, OR CONDUCT. 
(a) ANNUAL STRATEGIC REVIEW.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, shall 
include during the course of annual strategic planning an 
examination of the progress made in countries around the 
world toward the decriminalization of the status, expres-
sion, and conduct of LGBTQI individuals, the obstacles 
that remain toward achieving such decriminalization, and 
the strategies available to the Department and the Agency 
to address such obstacles. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The examination described in sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) An examination of the full range of criminal 
and civil laws of other countries that disproportion-
ately impact communities of LGBTQI individuals or 
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apply with respect to the conduct of LGBTQI indi-
viduals. 
(2) In consultation with the Attorney General, 
a list of countries in each geographic region with re-
spect to which— 
(A) the Attorney General, acting through 
the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Develop-
ment Assistance and Training of the Depart-
ment of Justice, shall prioritize programs seek-
ing to— 
(i) decriminalize the status, expres-
sion, and conduct of LGBTQI individuals; 
(ii) monitor the trials of those pros-
ecuted because of such status, expression, 
or conduct; and 
(iii) reform related laws having a dis-
criminatory impact on LGBTQI individ-
uals; and 
(B) applicable speaker or exchange pro-
grams sponsored by the United States Govern-
ment shall bring together civil society and gov-
ernmental leaders to promote the recognition of 
LGBTQI rights through educational exchanges 
in the United States and support better under-
standing of the role that governments and civil 
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societies mutually play in assurance of equal 
treatment of LGBTQI populations abroad. 
SEC. 6. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS 
OF LGBTQI PEOPLE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the full implementation of Executive Order 
13988 and Bostock requires that United States foreign 
assistance and development organizations adopt the policy 
that no contractor, grantee, or implementing partner ad-
ministering United States assistance for any humani-
tarian, development, or global health programs may dis-
criminate against any employee or applicant for employ-
ment because of their gender identity or sexual orienta-
tion. 
(b) GLOBAL EQUALITY FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Global Equal-
ity Fund’’, to be managed by the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights 
and Labor, consisting of such sums as may be ap-
propriated to provide grants, emergency assistance, 
and technical assistance to eligible civil society orga-
nizations and human rights defenders working to ad-
vance and protect human rights for all including 
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LGBTQI persons, by seeking to achieve the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Ensuring the freedoms of assembly, 
association, and expression. 
(B) Protecting persons or groups against 
the threat of violence, including medically un-
necessary interventions performed on intersex 
infants. 
(C) Advocating against laws that crim-
inalize LGBTQI status, expression, or conduct 
or discriminate against individuals on the basis 
of sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex 
characteristics. 
(D) Ending explicit and implicit forms of 
discrimination in the workplace, housing, edu-
cation, and other public institutions or services. 
(E) Building community awareness and 
support for the human rights of LGBTQI per-
sons. 
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may ac-
cept financial and technical contributions from cor-
porations, bilateral donors, foundations, nongovern-
mental organizations, and other entities supporting 
the outcomes described in paragraph (1), through 
the Global Equality Fund. 
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(3) PRIORITIZATION.—In providing assistance 
through the Global Equality Fund, the Secretary 
shall ensure due consideration and appropriate 
prioritization of assistance to groups that have his-
torically been excluded from programs undertaken 
for the outcomes described in paragraph (1). 
(c) LGBTQI GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER-
SHIP.—The Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall establish a partnership, to be 
known as the ‘‘LGBTQI Global Development Partner-
ship’’, to leverage the financial and technical contributions 
of corporations, bilateral donors, foundations, nongovern-
mental organizations, and universities to support the 
human rights and development of LGBTQI persons 
around the world by supporting programs, projects, and 
activities for the following purposes: 
(1) To strengthen the capacity of LGBTQI 
leaders and civil society organizations. 
(2) To train LGBTQI leaders to effectively par-
ticipate in democratic processes and lead civil insti-
tutions. 
(3) To conduct research to inform national, re-
gional, or global policies and programs. 
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(4) To promote economic empowerment through 
enhanced LGBTQI entrepreneurship and business 
development. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In coordinating programs, 
projects, and activities through the Global Equality Fund 
or the Global Development Partnership, the Secretary of 
State shall consult, as appropriate, with the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and the heads of other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies. 
(e) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees an annual re-
port on the work of, successes obtained, and challenges 
faced by the Global Equality Fund and the LGBTQI Glob-
al Development Partnership established in accordance 
with this section. 
(f) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
RELATING
TO 
EQUAL ACCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able to provide United States assistance for any hu-
manitarian, development, or global health programs 
may be made available to any contractor, grantee, or 
implementing partner, unless such recipient— 
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