en’s economic opportunities are severely limited be-
cause of discrimination in employment, property 
rights, and access to resources. These inequalities 
work to limit women’s independence and make them 
more vulnerable to further discrimination, including 
violence. 
(5) Violence against women is a form of dis-
crimination which is pervasive throughout all parts 
of the world. In many countries, governments con-
done or perpetrate violence against women. Women 
are subject to various manifestations of brutal vio-
lence, including female genital mutilation, honor 
killings, domestic violence, gender-based murders, 
rape, trafficking, forced early marriage, and the mal-
treatment of widows. Perpetration of violence by the 
country can include custodial violence, forced steri-
lization, sexual violence during armed conflict, and 
policies on forced pregnancy and forced abortion. Vi-
olence against women has consequences for their 
health and well-being, their economic security, and 
the economic development of their communities and 
countries. 
(6) Though not confined to a particular region 
or regime, violations of women’s rights are often 
particularly widespread, systematic, and heinous 
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under totalitarian governments and in countries with 
militant, politicized religious majorities or with 
strong tribal traditions. 
(7) Congress has recognized and denounced 
international violations of women’s rights through 
the adoption of the following resolutions: 
(A) Senate Resolution 68 of the 106th 
Congress, expressing the sense of the Senate re-
garding the treatment of women and girls by 
the Taliban in Afghanistan. 
(B) Senate Concurrent Resolution 42 of 
the 107th Congress, condemning the Taliban 
for their discriminatory policies towards women. 
(C) Senate Concurrent Resolution 86 of 
the 107th Congress, expressing the sense of 
Congress that women from all ethnic groups in 
Afghanistan should participate in the economic 
and political reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
(D) House Resolution 393 of the 108th 
Congress, commending Afghan women for their 
participation in Afghan government and civil 
society, encouraging the inclusion of Afghan 
women in the political and economic life of Af-
ghanistan, and advocating the protection of the 
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human rights of all Afghans, particularly 
women, in the Afghanistan Constitution. 
(E) Senate Resolution 74 of the 109th 
Congress, designating March 8, 2005, as Inter-
national Women’s Day. 
(b) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United 
States to do the following: 
(1) To condemn violations of women’s rights, 
and to promote, and to assist other governments in 
promoting, the fundamental human rights of women. 
(2) To seek to channel United States security 
and development assistance to governments other 
than those found to be engaged in gross violations 
of the rights of women, as set forth in the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, in the International Finan-
cial Institutions Act, and in other formulations of 
United States human rights policy. 
(3) To be vigorous and flexible, reflecting both 
the unwavering commitment of the United States to 
women’s rights and the desire of the United States 
for the most effective and principled response, in 
light of the range of violations of women’s rights by 
a variety of persecuting regimes, and the status of 
the relations of the United States with different na-
tions. 
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(4) To work with foreign governments that af-
firm and protect women’s rights, in order to develop 
multilateral documents and initiatives to combat vio-
lations of women’s rights and promote the right of 
women to enjoy their human rights abroad. 
(5) Standing for liberty and standing with the 
disadvantaged, to use and implement appropriate 
tools in the United States foreign policy apparatus, 
including diplomatic, political, commercial, chari-
table, educational, and cultural channels, to promote 
respect for women’s rights by all governments and 
peoples. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AMBASSADOR AT LARGE.—The term ‘‘Am-
bassador at Large’’ means the Ambassador at Large 
for International Women’s Rights appointed under 
section 101(b). 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The term ‘‘Annual Re-
port’’ means the Annual Report on International 
Women’s Rights described in section 102(b). 
(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’— 
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(A) means the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(B) includes, in the case of any determina-
tion made with respect to the taking of Presi-
dent action under paragraphs (9) through (15) 
of section 405(a), the committees described in 
subparagraph (A) and, where appropriate, the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(4) COMMENSURATE ACTION.—The term ‘‘com-
mensurate action’’ means action taken by the Presi-
dent under section 405(b). 
(5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States Commission on Inter-
national Women’s Rights established in section 
201(a). 
(6) COUNTRY
REPORTS
ON
HUMAN
RIGHTS 
PRACTICES.—The 
term 
‘‘Country 
Reports 
on 
Human Rights Practices’’ means the annual report 
required to be submitted by the Secretary of State 
to Congress under sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
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(7) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.—The term ‘‘Execu-
tive Summary’’ means the Executive Summary to 
the 
Annual 
Report, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
102(b)(1)(F). 
(8) 
GOVERNMENT
OR
FOREIGN
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘‘government’’ or ‘‘foreign govern-
ment’’ includes any agency or instrumentality of the 
government. 
(9) HUMAN
RIGHTS
REPORTS.—The term 
‘‘Human Rights Reports’’ means all reports sub-
mitted by the Secretary of State to Congress under 
sections 116 and 502B of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961. 
(10) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
Office on International Women’s Rights established 
in section 101(a). 
(11) PARTICULARLY
SEVERE
VIOLATIONS
OF 
WOMEN’S
RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘particularly severe 
violations of women’s rights’’ means systematic, on-
going, egregious violations of women’s rights, includ-
ing violations such as— 
(A) denying women freedoms that are 
guaranteed for men; 
(B) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrad-
ing treatment or punishment; 
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(C) government-sponsored or tolerated vio-
lence such as gender-based murder, rape, tradi-
tional practices such as honor killings and fe-
male genital mutilation, abduction, trafficking, 
forced sterilization or forced abortion, and cus-
todial violence; 
(D) limiting or denying access to health 
care and health education; or 
(E) other flagrant denials to women or 
girls of the right to life, liberty, or the security 
of persons. 
(12) SPECIAL
ADVISER.—The term ‘‘Special 
Adviser’’ means the Special Adviser to the President 
on International Women’s Rights described in sec-
tion 101(m) of the National Security Act of 1947, 
as added by section 301 of this Act. 
(13) VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—The 
term ‘‘violations of women’s rights’’ means violations 
of the internationally recognized human rights of 
women, as set forth in the international instruments 
referred to in section 2(a)(2) and as described in 
section 2(a)(3), including violations such as— 
(A) arbitrary prohibitions on, restrictions 
on, or punishment for— 
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(i) women engaging in activities in 
which men are permitted to engage; 
(ii) travel, employment, or education 
for girls or women; 
(iii) clothing for girls or women; 
(iv) political participation and voting 
for women; and 
(v) possession and distribution of lit-
erature pertaining to women’s human 
rights; 
(B) discriminatory laws or customary prac-
tices that deprive women of equal rights, such 
as those pertaining to marriage and family rela-
tions, nationality and citizenship, legal capacity, 
and access to economic resources; or 
(C) any of the following acts if committed 
because an individual is a girl or woman: deten-
tion, forced labor or prostitution, imprisonment, 
forced mass resettlement, beating, torture, mu-
tilation, sexual assault and rape, enslavement, 
murder, and execution. 
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 101. OFFICE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS; 
AMBASSADOR 
AT 
LARGE 
FOR 
INTER-
NATIONAL WOMEN’S RIGHTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab-
lished within the Department of State an Office on Inter-
national Women’s Rights that shall be headed by the Am-
bassador at Large for International Women’s Rights ap-
pointed under subsection (b). 
(b) APPOINTMENT.—The Ambassador at Large shall 
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Ambassador at Large shall have 
the following responsibilities: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility 
of the Ambassador at Large shall be to advance 
women’s rights abroad, to denounce the violation of 
those rights, and to recommend appropriate re-
sponses by the United States Government when 
those rights are violated. 
(2) ADVISORY
ROLE.—The Ambassador at 
Large shall be a principal adviser to the President 
and the Secretary of State regarding matters affect-
ing women’s rights abroad and, with advice from the 
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Commission, shall make recommendations regard-
ing— 
(A) the policies of the United States Gov-
ernment toward governments that violate wom-
en’s rights or that fail to ensure the rights of 
individual women; and 
(B) policies to advance women’s rights 
abroad. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 
the direction of the President and the Secretary of 
State, the Ambassador at Large is authorized to 
represent the United States in matters and cases 
relevant to women’s rights abroad in— 
(A) contacts with foreign governments, 
intergovernmental 
organizations, 
specialized 
agencies of the United Nations, the Organiza-
tion on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 
and other international organizations of which 
the United States is a member; and 
(B) multilateral conferences and meetings 
relevant to women’s rights abroad. 
(4) REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Am-
bassador at Large shall have the reporting respon-
sibilities described in section 102. 
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(5) SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL 
WOMEN’S ISSUES.—The Ambassador at Large shall, 
in addition to his or her other duties, assume the 
duties of the Senior Coordinator for International 
Women’s Issues of the Department of State. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall provide 
the Ambassador at Large with such funds as may be nec-
essary for the hiring of staff for the Office, for the conduct 
of investigations by the Office, and for necessary travel 
to carry out the provisions of this section. 
SEC. 102. REPORTS. 
(a) PORTIONS
OF ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS RE-
PORTS.—The Ambassador at Large shall assist the Sec-
retary of State in preparing those portions of the Human 
Rights Reports that relate to women’s rights and freedom 
from discrimination based on gender and those portions 
of other information provided to the Congress under sec-
tions 116 and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(1)) that relate to the right to freedom 
from discrimination based on sex. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS.— 
(1) DEADLINE
FOR
SUBMISSION.—On Sep-
tember 1 of each year or the first day thereafter on 
which the appropriate House of Congress is in ses-
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sion, the Secretary of State, with the assistance of 
the Ambassador at Large, and taking into consider-
ation the recommendations of the Commission, shall 
prepare and transmit to the Congress an Annual Re-
port 
on 
International 
Women’s 
Rights 
supplementing the most recent Human Rights Re-
ports by providing additional detailed information 
with respect to matters involving international wom-
en’s rights. Each Annual Report shall contain the 
following: 
(A) STATUS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—A de-
scription of the status of women’s rights in 
each foreign country, including— 
(i) trends toward improvement in the 
respect and protection of women’s rights 
and trends toward deterioration of such 
rights; 
(ii) violations of women’s rights en-
gaged in or tolerated by the government of 
that country; and 
(iii) particularly severe violations of 
women’s rights engaged in or tolerated by 
the government of that country. 
(B) VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.— 
An assessment and description of the nature 
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and extent of violations of women’s rights in 
each foreign country, including gender-based 
discrimination by governmental and nongovern-
mental entities, discrimination targeted at indi-
viduals or particular groups of women, and the 
existence of government policies violating wom-
en’s rights. 
(C) UNITED STATES POLICIES.—A descrip-
tion of United States actions and policies in 
support of women’s rights in each foreign coun-
try engaging in or tolerating violations of wom-
en’s rights, including a description of the meas-
ures and policies implemented during the pre-
ceding 12 months by the United States under 
this title and titles IV and V in opposition to 
violations of women’s rights and in support of 
international women’s rights. 
(D) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN EF-
FECT.—A description of any binding agreement 
with a foreign government entered into by the 
United States under section 401(b) or 402(c). 
(E) TRAINING AND GUIDELINES OF GOV-
ERNMENT PERSONNEL.—A description of— 
(i) the training described in the last 
sentence of section 708(a) of the Foreign 
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Service Act of 1980 (as amended by sec-
tion 104 of this Act), and sections 208(f) 
and 240(f) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (as amended by section 603 of 
this Act), on violations of women’s rights 
that is provided to immigration judges and 
consular, refugee, immigration, and asylum 
officers; and 
(ii) the development and implementa-
tion of the guidelines described in sub-
sections (f)(3) and (g) of section 207 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (as 
amended by section 602 of this Act). 
(F) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.—An executive 
summary to the annual report highlighting the 
status of women’s rights in certain foreign 
countries and including the following: 
(i) 
COUNTRIES
IN
WHICH
THE 
UNITED STATES IS ACTIVELY PROMOTING 
WOMEN’S
RIGHTS.—An identification of 
foreign countries in which the United 
States is actively promoting women’s 
rights. This section of the report shall in-
clude a description of actions taken by the 
United States to promote the internation-
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ally recognized human rights of women 
and oppose violations of such rights under 
title IV and title V of this Act during the 
period covered by the Annual Report. Any 
country designated as a country of par-
ticular concern for women’s rights under 
section 402(b)(1) shall be included in this 
section of the report. 
(ii) COUNTRIES OF SIGNIFICANT IM-
PROVEMENT
IN
WOMEN’S
RIGHTS.—An 
identification of foreign countries the gov-
ernments of which have demonstrated sig-
nificant improvement in the protection and 
promotion of the internationally recognized 
human rights of women during the period 
covered by the Annual Report. This section 
of the report shall include a description of 
the nature of the improvement and an 
analysis of the factors contributing to such 
improvement, including actions taken by 
the United States under this Act. 
(2) CLASSIFIED ADDENDUM.—If the Secretary 
of State determines that it is in the national security 
interests of the United States or is necessary for the 
safety of individuals to be identified in the Annual 
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Report or is necessary to further the purposes of 
this Act, any information required by paragraph (1), 
including measures or actions taken by the United 
States, may be summarized in the Annual Report or 
the Executive Summary and submitted in more de-
tail in a classified addendum to the Annual Report 
or the Executive Summary. 
(c) PREPARATION OF REPORTS REGARDING VIOLA-
TIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.— 
(1) STANDARDS
AND
INVESTIGATIONS.—The 
Secretary of State shall ensure that United States 
missions abroad maintain a consistent reporting 
standard and thoroughly investigate reports of viola-
tions of the internationally recognized human rights 
of women. 
(2) CONTACTS WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL OR-
GANIZATIONS.—In compiling data and assessing the 
respect of women’s rights for the Human Rights Re-
ports, the Annual Report, and the Executive Sum-
mary, United States mission personnel shall, as ap-
propriate, seek out and maintain contacts with wom-
en’s and human rights nongovernmental organiza-
tions, with the consent of those organizations, in-
cluding receiving reports and updates from such or-
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ganizations and, when appropriate, investigating 
such reports. 
(d) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
ACT OF 1961.— 
(1) CONTENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS FOR 
COUNTRIES
RECEIVING
ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (10); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) wherever applicable, violations of women’s 
rights, including particularly severe violations of 
women’s rights (as defined in section 3 of the Inter-
national Women’s Freedom Act of 2009).’’. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
HUMAN
RIGHTS
REPORTS 
FOR
COUNTRIES
RECEIVING
SECURITY
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 
the Ambassador at Large for International 
Women’s Rights’’ after ‘‘Religious Freedom’’; 
and 
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(B) in the fourth sentence by inserting 
after ‘‘1998)’’ the following: ‘‘, and information 
on violations of women’s rights, including par-
ticularly severe violations of women’s rights (as 
defined in section 3 of the International Wom-
en’s Freedom Act of 2009)’’. 
SEC. 103. ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOMEN’S RIGHTS INTER-
NET SITE. 
In order to facilitate access by nongovernmental orga-
nizations and by the public around the world to inter-
national documents on the protection of women’s rights, 
the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambas-
sador at Large, shall establish and maintain an Internet 
site containing major international documents relating to 
women’s rights, the Annual Report, the Executive Sum-
mary, and any other documentation or references to other 
sites as deemed appropriate or relevant by the Ambas-
sador at Large. 
SEC. 104. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following flush sentence: 
‘‘After January 1, 2008, such training shall include in-
struction on the internationally recognized rights of 
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women and the various aspects and manifestations of vio-
lations of women’s rights.’’. 
SEC. 105. HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH NONGOVERN-
MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
United States chiefs of mission shall seek out and 
contact any women’s nongovernmental organizations to 
provide high-level meetings with such nongovernmental or-
ganizations where appropriate and beneficial. United 
States chiefs of mission and Foreign Service officers 
abroad shall seek to meet with imprisoned women’s rights 
advocates where appropriate and beneficial. 
SEC. 106. PROGRAMS AND ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS BY 
UNITED STATES MISSIONS ABROAD. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) United States diplomatic missions in coun-
tries the governments of which engage in or tolerate 
violations of the internationally recognized human 
rights of women should develop, as part of annual 
program planning, a strategy to promote respect for 
the internationally recognized human rights of 
women; and 
(2) in allocating or recommending the allocation 
of funds or recommending candidates for programs 
and grants funded by the United States Govern-
ment, United States diplomatic missions should give 
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particular consideration to those programs and can-
didates deemed to assist in the promotion of wom-
en’s rights. 
SEC. 107. PRISONER LISTS AND ISSUE BRIEFS ON WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS CONCERNS. 
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—To encourage in-
volvement with women’s rights concerns at every possible 
opportunity and by all appropriate representatives of the 
United States Government, it is the sense of the Congress 
that officials of the executive branch of the United States 
Government should promote increased advocacy on such 
issues during meetings between foreign dignitaries and ex-
ecutive branch officials or Members of Congress. 
(b) PRISONER
LISTS
AND
ISSUE
BRIEFS
ON 
WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONCERNS.—The Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Ambassador at Large, the Under 
Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, the 
Assistant Secretaries of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, United States chiefs of mission 
abroad, regional experts, and nongovernmental human 
rights groups, shall prepare and maintain issue briefs on 
women’s rights, on a country-by-country basis, consisting 
of lists of persons believed to be imprisoned, detained, or 
placed under house arrest because of their gender, to-
gether with brief evaluations and critiques of the policies 
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of the respective country restricting women’s rights. In 
considering the inclusion of names of prisoners on such 
lists, the Secretary of State shall exercise appropriate dis-
cretion, including concerns regarding the safety, security, 
and benefit to such prisoners. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 
shall, as appropriate, provide women’s rights issue briefs 
under subsection (b) to executive branch officials and 
Members of Congress in anticipation of bilateral contacts 
with foreign leaders, both in the United States and 
abroad. 
TITLE 
II—COMMISSION 
ON 
INTERNATIONAL 
WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the United 
States Commission on International Women’s Rights. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be 
composed of— 
(A) the Ambassador at Large, who shall 
serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the 
Commission; and 
(B) nine other members, who shall be 
United States citizens who are not being paid 
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as officers or employees of the United States, 
and who shall be appointed as follows: 
(i) Three members of the Commission 
shall be appointed by the President. 
(ii) Three members of the Commission 
shall be appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, of which two of the 
members shall be appointed upon the rec-
ommendation of the leader in the Senate of 
the political party that is not the political 
party of the President, and of which one of 
the members shall be appointed upon the 
recommendation of the leader in the Sen-
ate of the other political party. 
(iii) Three members of the Commis-
sion shall be appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, of which two 
of the members shall be appointed upon 
the recommendation of the leader in the 
House of the political party that is not the 
political party of the President, and of 
which one of the members shall be ap-
pointed upon the recommendation of the 
leader in the House of the other political 
party. 
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(2) SELECTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Com-
mission shall be selected from among distin-
guished individuals noted for their knowledge 
and experience in fields relevant to the issue of 
international women’s rights, including foreign 
affairs, direct experience abroad, human rights, 
and international law. 
(B) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—Each mem-
ber of the Commission shall be required to ob-
tain a security clearance. 
(3) TIME
OF
APPOINTMENT.—The appoint-
ments required by paragraph (1) shall be made not 
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) TERMS.—The term of office of each member of 
the Commission shall be 2 years, beginning on the date 
of the initial appointment of all of the members of the 
Commission. Members of the Commission shall be eligible 
for reappointment. 
(d) ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON.—At the first meet-
ing of the Commission in each calendar year, a majority 
of the members of the Commission present and voting 
shall elect the Chairperson of the Commission. 
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(e) QUORUM.—Six voting members of the Commis-
sion shall constitute a quorum for purposes of transacting 
business. 
(f) MEETINGS.—Each year, within 15 days, or as 
soon as practicable, after the issuance of the Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices, the Commission shall 
convene. The Commission shall otherwise meet at the call 
of the Chairperson or, if no Chairperson has been elected 
for that calendar year, at the call of six voting members 
of the Commission. 
(g) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy of the Commission 
shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the manner 
in which the original appointment was made. 
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Administrator 
of General Services shall provide to the Commission on 
a reimbursable basis (or, in the discretion of the Adminis-
trator, on a nonreimbursable basis) such administrative 
support services as the Commission may request to carry 
out the provisions of this title. 
(i) FUNDING.—Members of the Commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
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business in the performance of services for the Commis-
sion. 
SEC. 202. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall have as its 
primary responsibility— 
(1) the annual and ongoing review of the facts 
and circumstances of violations of women’s rights 
presented in the Country Reports on Human Rights 
Practices, the Annual Report, and the Executive 
Summary, as well as information from other sources 
as appropriate; and 
(2) the making of policy recommendations to 
the President, the Secretary of State, and the Con-
gress with respect to matters involving international 
women’s rights. 
(b) POLICY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO VIOLATIONS.—The Commission, in evaluating 
United States Government policies in response to viola-
tions of women’s rights, shall consider and recommend op-
tions for policies of the United States Government with 
respect to each foreign country the government of which 
has engaged in or tolerated violations of women’s rights, 
including particularly severe violations of women’s rights. 
Such options include diplomatic inquiry, diplomatic pro-
test, official public demarche, condemnation within multi-
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lateral fora, delay or cancellation of cultural or scientific 
exchanges, delay or cancellation of working, official, or 
state visits, reduction of certain assistance funds, termi-
nation of certain assistance funds, imposition of targeted 
trade sanctions, imposition of broad trade sanctions, and 
withdrawal of the chief of mission. 
(c) POLICY REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN RE-
SPONSE TO PROGRESS.—The Commission, in evaluating 
the United States Government policies with respect to 
countries found to be taking deliberate steps and making 
significant improvement with respect to women’s rights, 
shall consider and recommend policy options, including 
private commendation, diplomatic commendation, official 
public commendation, commendation within multilateral 
fora, an increase in cultural or scientific exchanges, or 
both, termination or reduction of existing Presidential ac-
tions, an increase in certain assistance funds, and invita-
tions for working, official, or state visits. 
(d) EFFECTS ON WOMEN.—Together with specific 
policy recommendations provided under subsections (b) 
and (c), the Commission shall also indicate its evaluation 
of the potential effects of those policies, if implemented, 
on women in the country in question. 
(e) MONITORING.—The Commission shall, on an on-
going basis, monitor facts and circumstances of violations 
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of women’s rights, in consultation with independent 
human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations, 
including churches and other religious communities, and 
make such recommendations as may be necessary to the 
appropriate officials and offices of the United States Gov-
ernment. 
SEC. 203. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS
AND SESSIONS.—The Commission 
may, for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this 
title, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places in the 
United States, take testimony, and receive evidence as the 
Commission considers advisable to carry out the purposes 
of this title. 
(b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the 
head of such department or agency shall furnish such in-
formation to the Commission, subject to applicable law. 
(c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government. 
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(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.—The Commis-
sion may adopt such regulations relating to administrative 
procedure as may be reasonably necessary to enable it to 
carry out this title. 
(e) VIEWS OF THE COMMISSION.—The Members of 
the Commission may speak in their capacity as private 
citizens. Statements on behalf of the Commission shall be 
issued in writing over the names of the Members. The 
Commission shall in its written statements clearly describe 
its statutory authority, distinguishing that authority from 
that of appointed or elected officials of the United States 
Government. Oral statements, if practicable, shall include 
a similar description. 
(f) TRAVEL.—The Members of the Commission may, 
with the approval of the Commission, conduct such travel 
as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. Each 
trip must be approved by a majority of the Commission. 
This subsection shall not apply to the Ambassador at 
Large, whose travel shall not require approval by the Com-
mission. 
SEC. 204. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may, without re-
gard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and 
terminate an Executive Director and such other additional 
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission 
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to perform its duties. The decision to employ or terminate 
an Executive Director shall be made by an affirmative vote 
of at least 6 of the 9 members of the Commission. 
(b) COMPENSATION.—The Commission may fix the 
compensation of the Executive Director and other per-
sonnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, relating to classification of positions and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the 
Executive Director and other personnel may not exceed 
the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title. 
(c) PROFESSIONAL STAFF.—The Commission and 
the Executive Director shall hire Commission staff on the 
basis of professional and nonpartisan qualifications. Com-
missioners may not individually hire staff of the Commis-
sion. Staff shall serve the Commission as a whole and may 
not be assigned to the particular service of a single Com-
missioner or a specified group of Commissioners. This 
subsection does not prohibit staff personnel from assisting 
individual members of the Commission with particular 
needs related to their duties. 
(d) STAFF
AND SERVICES
OF OTHER FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.— 
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(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The Secretary of 
State shall assist the Commission by providing on a 
reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis to the Com-
mission such staff and administrative services as 
may be necessary and appropriate to perform its 
functions. 
(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the re-
quest of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
or nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of 
that department or agency to the Commission to as-
sist it in carrying out its functions under this title. 
The detail of any such personnel shall be without 
interruption or loss of civil service or Foreign Serv-
ice status or privilege. 
(e) SECURITY CLEARANCES.—The Executive Direc-
tor shall be required to obtain a security clearance. The 
Executive Director may request, on a needs-only basis and 
in order to perform the duties of the Commission, that 
other personnel of the Commission be required to obtain 
a security clearance. The level of clearance shall be the 
lowest necessary to appropriately perform the duties of the 
Commission. 
(f) COST.—The Commission shall reimburse all ap-
propriate Government agencies for the cost of obtaining 
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clearances for members of the Commission, for the Execu-
tive Director, and for any other personnel. 
SEC. 205. REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1 of each 
year, the Commission shall submit a report to the Presi-
dent, the Secretary of State, and the Congress setting 
forth its recommendations for United States policy options 
based on its evaluations under section 202. 
(b) CLASSIFIED FORM OF REPORT.—The report may 
be submitted in classified form, together with a public 
summary of recommendations, if the classification of in-
formation in the report would further the purposes of this 
Act. 
(c) INDIVIDUAL
OR
DISSENTING
VIEWS.—Each 
member of the Commission may include the individual or 
dissenting views of the member. 
(d) FINANCIAL REPORT.—The Commission shall, not 
later than January 1 of each year, submit to the Com-
mittee on International Relations and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and to 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, a report detailing and 
identifying the expenditures of the Commission in the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
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SEC. 206. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the Commission. 
SEC. 207. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND DISCLOSURE. 
(a) COOPERATION WITH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE, AND CON-
GRESS.—The Commission shall, in performing the Com-
mission’s duties under this title, seek to effectively and 
freely cooperate with all governmental and nongovern-
mental entities engaged in the promotion of women’s 
rights abroad. 
(b) CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ANTINEPOTISM.— 
(1) MEMBER
AFFILIATIONS.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), in order to ensure the inde-
pendence and integrity of the Commission, the Com-
mission may not compensate any nongovernmental 
agency, project, or person related to or affiliated 
with any member of the Commission, whether in 
that member’s direct employ or not. Staff employed 
by the Commission may not serve in the employ of 
any nongovernmental agency, project, or person re-
lated to or affiliated with any member of the Com-
mission while employed by the Commission. 
(2) STAFF COMPENSATION.—Staff of the Com-
mission may not receive compensation from any 
other source for work performed in carrying out the 
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duties of the Commission while employed by the 
Commission. 
(3) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
payments made for items such as conference 
fees or the purchase of periodicals or other 
similar expenses, if such payments would not 
cause the aggregate value paid to any agency, 
project, or person for a fiscal year to exceed 
$250. 
(B) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), the Commission shall not give 
special preference to any agency, project, or 
person related to or affiliated with any member 
of the Commission. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘affiliated’’ means the relationship between a mem-
ber of the Commission and— 
(A) an individual who holds the position of 
officer, trustee, partner, director, or employee 
of an agency, project, or person of which that 
member, or relative of that member of, the 
Commission is an officer, trustee, partner, di-
rector, or employee; or 
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(B) a nongovernmental agency or project 
of which that member, or a relative of that 
member, of the Commission is an officer, trust-
ee, partner, director, or employee. 
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Commission may contract with 
and compensate Government agencies or persons for 
the conduct of activities necessary to the discharge 
of its functions under this title. Any such person 
shall be hired without interruption or loss of civil 
service or Foreign Service status or privilege. The 
Commission may not procure temporary and inter-
mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, or under other contracting au-
thority other than that allowed under this title. 
(2) EXPERT STUDY.—In the case of a study re-
quested under section 605 of this Act, the Commis-
sion may, subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, contract with experts and shall provide the 
funds for such a study. The Commission shall not be 
required to provide the funds for that part of the 
study conducted by the Comptroller General of the 
United States. 
(d) GIFTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve its inde-
pendence, the Commission may not accept, use, or 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
An individual Commissioner or employee of the 
Commission may not, in his or her capacity as a 
Commissioner or employee, knowingly accept, use, or 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property, 
unless he or she in good faith believes such gifts or 
donations to have a value of less than $50 and a cu-
mulative value during a calendar year of less than 
$100. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection shall not 
apply to the following: 
(A) Gifts provided on the basis of a per-
sonal friendship with a Commissioner or em-
ployee, unless the Commissioner or employee 
has reason to believe that the gift was provided 
because of the Commissioner’s position and not 
because of the personal friendship. 
(B) Gifts provided on the basis of a family 
relationship. 
(C) The acceptance of training, invitations 
to attend or participate in conferences or such 
other events as are related to the conduct of the 
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duties of the Commission, or food or refresh-
ment associated with such activities. 
(D) Items of nominal value or gifts of esti-
mated value of $10 or less. 
(E) De minimis gifts provided by a foreign 
leader or state, not exceeding a value of $260. 
Gifts believed by Commissioners to be in excess 
of $260, but which would create offense or em-
barrassment to the United States Government 
if refused, shall be accepted and turned over to 
the United States Government in accordance 
with the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 
1966 and the rules and regulations governing 
such gifts provided to Members of Congress. 
(F) Informational materials such as docu-
ments, books, videotapes, periodicals, or other 
forms of communications. 
(G) Goods or services provided by any 
agency or component of the Government of the 
United States, including any commission estab-
lished under the authority of the Government. 
SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out this title. 
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized 
to be appropriated under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until expended, but not later than the 
date on which the Commission terminates. 
SEC. 209. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate 12 years after the 
date of the initial appointment of all of the members of 
the Commission. 
TITLE III—NATIONAL SECURITY 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 301. SPECIAL ADVISER ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 402) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(l) It is the sense of the Congress that there should 
be within the staff of the National Security Council a Spe-
cial Adviser to the President on International Women’s 
Rights, whose position should be comparable to that of 
a director within the Executive Office of the President. 
The Special Adviser should serve as a resource for execu-
tive branch officials, compiling and maintaining informa-
tion on the facts and circumstances of violations of wom-
en’s rights (as defined in section 3 of the International 
Women’s Freedom Act of 2009), and making policy rec-
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ommendations. The Special Adviser should serve as liaison 
with the Ambassador at Large for International Women’s 
Rights, the United States Commission on International 
Women’s Rights, the Congress, and, as advisable, women’s 
nongovernmental organizations.’’. 
TITLE IV—PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTIONS 
Subtitle A—Targeted Responses to 
Violations of Women’s Rights 
Abroad 
SEC. 401. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO VIOLA-
TIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS. 
(a) RESPONSE
TO
VIOLATIONS
OF
WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It shall be 
the policy of the United States— 
(i) to oppose violations of women’s 
rights that are or have been engaged in or 
tolerated by the governments of foreign 
countries; and 
(ii) to promote women’s rights in 
those countries through the actions de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
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(B) REQUIREMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL AC-
TION.—For each foreign country the govern-
ment of which engages in or tolerates violations 
of women’s rights, the President shall oppose 
such violations and promote the human rights 
of women in that country through the actions 
described in subsection (b). 
(2) BASIS
OF
ACTIONS.—Each action taken 
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be based upon infor-
mation regarding violations of women’s rights, as de-
scribed in the latest Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices, the Annual Report and Executive 
Summary, and on any other evidence available, and 
shall take into account any findings or recommenda-
tions by the Commission with respect to the foreign 
country. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), the President, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, the Ambassador at Large, the Spe-
cial Adviser, and the Commission, shall, as expedi-
tiously as practicable in response to the violations 
described in subsection (a) by the government of a 
foreign country— 
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(A) take one or more of the actions de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (15) of sec-
tion 405(a) (or commensurate action in substi-
tution therefor) with respect to that country; or 
(B) negotiate and enter into a binding 
agreement with the government of that country, 
as described in section 405(c). 
(2) DEADLINE FOR ACTIONS.—Not later than 
September 1 of each year, the President shall take 
action under any of paragraphs (1) through (15) of 
section 405(a) (or commensurate action in substi-
tution therefor) with respect to each foreign country 
the government of which has engaged in or tolerated 
violations of women’s rights at any time since Sep-
tember 1 of the preceding year, except that in the 
case of action under any of paragraphs (9) through 
(15) of section 405(a) (or commensurate action in 
substitution therefor)— 
(A) the action may only be taken after the 
requirements of sections 403 and 404 have been 
satisfied; and 
(B) the September 1 limitation shall not 
apply. 
(3) AUTHORITY FOR DELAY OF PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTIONS.—The President may delay action that is 
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described in any of paragraphs (9) through (15) of 
section 405(a) (or commensurate action in substi-
tution therefor)— 
(A) if the President determines and cer-
tifies to the Congress that a single, additional 
period of time, not to exceed 90 days, is nec-
essary for any of the purposes set forth in sec-
tion 402(c)(3); and 
(B) only until the expiration of that addi-
tional period. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(b), the President shall— 
(A) take the action or actions that most 
appropriately respond to the nature and sever-
ity of the violations of women’s rights; 
(B) seek to the fullest extent possible to 
target action as narrowly as practicable with re-
spect to the agency or instrumentality of the 
foreign government, or specific officials thereof, 
that are responsible for such violations; and 
(C) when appropriate, make every reason-
able effort to conclude a binding agreement 
concerning the cessation of such violations in 
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countries with which the United States has dip-
lomatic relations. 
(2) 
GUIDELINES
FOR
PRESIDENTIAL
AC-
TIONS.—In addition to the guidelines under para-
graph (1), the President, in determining whether to 
take a Presidential action under paragraphs (9) 
through (15) of section 405(a) (or commensurate ac-
tion in substitution therefor), shall seek to minimize 
any adverse effects on— 
(A) the population of the country whose 
government is targeted by the Presidential ac-
tion or actions; and 
(B) the humanitarian activities of United 
States and foreign nongovernmental organiza-
tions in that country. 
SEC. 402. PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO PAR-
TICULARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOM-
EN’S RIGHTS. 
(a) RESPONSE TO PARTICULARLY SEVERE VIOLA-
TIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.— 
(1) UNITED STATES POLICY.—It shall be the 
policy of the United States— 
(A) to oppose particularly severe violations 
of women’s rights that are or have been en-
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gaged in or tolerated by the governments of for-
eign countries; and 
(B) to promote the rights of women in 
those countries through the actions described in 
subsection (c). 
(2) REQUIREMENT
OF
PRESIDENTIAL
AC-
TION.—Whenever the President determines that the 
government of a foreign country has engaged in or 
tolerated particularly severe violations of women’s 
rights, the President shall oppose such violations 
and promote women’s rights through one or more of 
the actions described in subsection (c). 
(b) DESIGNATIONS OF COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR 
CONCERN FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS.— 
(1) ANNUAL REVIEW.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than Sep-
tember 1 of each year, the President shall re-
view the status of women’s rights in each for-
eign country to determine whether the govern-
ment of that country has engaged in or toler-
ated particularly severe violations of women’s 
rights in that country during the preceding 12 
months or since the date of the last review of 
that country under this subparagraph, which-
ever period is longer. The President shall des-
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ignate each country the government of which 
has engaged in or tolerated violations described 
in this subparagraph as a country of particular 
concern for women’s rights. 
(B) BASIS OF REVIEW.—Each review con-
ducted under subparagraph (A) shall be based 
upon information contained in the latest Coun-
try Reports on Human Rights Practices, the 
Annual Report, and on any other evidence 
available, and shall take into account any find-
ings or recommendations of the Commission 
with respect to the foreign country. 
(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any review under 
subparagraph (A) of a foreign country may 
take place singly or jointly with the review of 
one or more countries and may take place at 
any time before September 1 of the respective 
year. 
(2) DETERMINATIONS
OF
RESPONSIBLE
PAR-
TIES.—For the government of each country des-
ignated as a country of particular concern for wom-
en’s rights under paragraph (1)(A), the President 
shall seek to determine the agency or instrumen-
tality and specific officials of the government that 
are responsible for the particularly severe violations 
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of women’s rights engaged in or tolerated by that 
government in order to appropriately target Presi-
dential actions under this section in response to the 
violations. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Whenever 
the President designates a country as a country of 
particular concern for women’s rights under para-
graph (1)(A), the President shall, as soon as prac-
ticable after the designation is made, transmit to the 
appropriate congressional committees— 
(A) the designation of the country, signed 
by the President; and 
(B) the identification, if any, of responsible 
parties determined under paragraph (2). 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO 
COUNTRIES
OF PARTICULAR CONCERN
FOR WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2), 
(3), (4), and (5), with respect to each country of 
particular concern for women’s rights designated 
under subsection (b)(1)(A), the President shall, after 
the requirements of sections 403 and 404 have been 
satisfied, but not later than 90 days after the date 
of designation of the country under that subsection, 
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carry out one or more of the following actions under 
subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B): 
(A) 
PRESIDENTIAL
ACTIONS.—One 
or 
more of the Presidential actions described in 
paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a), 
as determined by the President. 
(B) COMMENSURATE ACTIONS.—Commen-
surate action in substitution for any action de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
BINDING
AGREE-
MENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of carrying out 
action under paragraph (1), the President may 
conclude a binding agreement with the respec-
tive foreign government as described in section 
405(c). The existence of a binding agreement 
under this paragraph with a foreign government 
may be considered by the President before mak-
ing any determination or taking any action 
under this title. 
(B) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph may be construed to author-
ize the entry of the United States into an 
agreement covering matters outside the scope of 
violations of women’s rights. 
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(3) AUTHORITY FOR DELAY OF PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTIONS.—If, on or before the date that the Presi-
dent is required (but for this paragraph) to take ac-
tion under paragraph (1), the President determines 
and certifies to the Congress that a single, addi-
tional period of time not to exceed 90 days is nec-
essary— 
(A) for a continuation of negotiations that 
have been commenced with the government of 
that country to bring about a cessation of the 
violations by the foreign country, 
(B) for a continuation of multilateral nego-
tiations into which the United States has en-
tered to bring about a cessation of the viola-
tions by the foreign country, or 
(C)(i) for a review of corrective action 
taken by the foreign country after designation 
of that country as a country of particular con-
cern, or 
(ii) in anticipation that corrective action 
will be taken by the foreign country during that 
additional period of time, 
then the President shall not be required to take 
action until the expiration of that additional pe-
riod of time. 
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(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
ONGOING
PRESIDENTIAL 
ACTION UNDER THIS ACT.—The President shall not 
be required to take action under this subsection in 
the case of a country of particular concern for wom-
en’s rights, if, with respect to that country— 
(A) the President has taken action pursu-
ant to this Act in a preceding year; 
(B) such action is in effect at the time the 
country is designated as a country of particular 
concern for women’s rights under this section; 
and 
(C) the President reports to the Congress 
the information described in paragraphs (1), 
(2), (3), and (4) of section 404(a) regarding the 
actions in effect with respect to that country. 
(5) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
ONGOING
MULTIPLE 
BROAD-BASED SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO HUMAN 
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.—If, at the time the President 
determines a country to be a country of particular 
concern for women’s rights, that country is already 
subject to multiple, broad-based sanctions imposed 
in significant part in response to human rights 
abuses, and such sanctions are ongoing, the Presi-
dent may determine that one or more of these sanc-
tions also satisfies the requirements of this sub-
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section. In the report to the Congress under section 
404(a), and, as applicable, in the information pub-
lished under section 408, the President shall des-
ignate the specific sanction or sanctions which the 
President determines satisfy the requirements of this 
subsection. The sanctions so designated shall remain 
in effect as provided in section 409. 
(d) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—A determination 
under this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, that 
a foreign country has engaged in or tolerated particularly 
severe violations of women’s rights shall not be construed 
to require the termination of assistance or other activities 
with respect to that country under any other provision of 
law, including section 116 or 502B of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n, 2304). 
SEC. 403. CONSULTATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 
President decides under section 401 to take an action 
under any of paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 
405(a) (or commensurate action in substitution therefor) 
with respect to a country in response to violations of wom-
en’s rights, or not later than 90 days after the President 
designates a country as a country of particular concern 
for women’s rights under section 402, as the case may 
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be, the President shall carry out the consultations required 
in this section. 
(b) DUTY TO CONSULT WITH FOREIGN GOVERN-
MENTS BEFORE TAKING PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall— 
(A) request consultation with the govern-
ment of the country concerned regarding the 
violations giving rise to the designation of that 
country as a country of particular concern for 
women’s rights, or to Presidential action under 
section 401, as the case may be; and 
(B) if agreed to, enter into such consulta-
tions, privately or publicly. 
(2) USE
OF
MULTILATERAL
FORA.—If the 
President determines it to be appropriate, consulta-
tions under paragraph (1) may be sought and may 
occur in a multilateral forum, but, in any event, the 
President shall consult with appropriate foreign gov-
ernments for the purposes of achieving a coordinated 
international policy on actions that may be taken 
with respect to a country described in subsection (a), 
before implementing any such action. 
(3) ELECTION OF NONDISCLOSURE OF NEGO-
TIATIONS
TO
PUBLIC.—If negotiations are under-
taken or an agreement is concluded with a foreign 
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government regarding steps to cease the pattern of 
violations by that government, and if public disclo-
sure of such negotiations or agreement would jeop-
ardize the negotiations or the implementation of 
such agreement, as the case may be, the President 
may refrain from disclosing such negotiations and 
such agreement to the public, except that the Presi-
dent shall inform the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the nature and extent of such negotiations 
and any agreement reached. 
(c) DUTY TO CONSULT WITH HUMANITARIAN ORGA-
NIZATIONS.—The President should consult with appro-
priate humanitarian and human rights organizations con-
cerning the potential impact of United States policies to 
promote women’s rights in countries described in sub-
section (a). 
(d) DUTY TO CONSULT WITH UNITED STATES IN-
TERESTED PARTIES.—The President shall, as appro-
priate, consult with interested parties in the United 
States, including the Commission on International Wom-
en’s Rights, with respect to the potential impact of in-
tended Presidential action or actions in countries de-
scribed in subsection (a) on economic or other interests 
of the United States. 
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SEC. 404. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), not 
later than 90 days after the President decides under sec-
tion 401 to take action under paragraphs (9) through (15) 
of section 405(a) (or commensurate action in substitution 
therefor) with respect to a country, in response to viola-
tions of women’s rights by that country, or not later than 
90 days after the President designates a country as a 
country of particular concern for women’s rights under 
section 402, as the case may be, the President shall submit 
a report to the Congress containing the following: 
(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
PRESIDENTIAL
AC-
TIONS.—An identification of the action or actions 
described in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 
405(a) (or commensurate action in substitution 
therefor) to be taken with respect to the foreign 
country. 
(2) DESCRIPTION OF VIOLATIONS.—A descrip-
tion of the violations giving rise to the action or ac-
tions to be taken. 
(3) PURPOSE OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—A 
description of the purpose of the action or actions. 
(4) EVALUATION.— 
(A) DESCRIPTION.—An evaluation, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Am-
bassador at Large, the Commission, the Special 
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Adviser, the parties described in subsections (c) 
and (d) of section 403, and whomever else the 
President deems appropriate, of the effects of 
the action or actions on— 
(i) the government of the foreign 
country; 
(ii) the population of the country; and 
(iii) the United States economy and 
other interested parties. 
(B) AUTHORITY
TO
WITHHOLD
DISCLO-
SURE.—The President may withhold part or all 
of such evaluation from the public but shall 
provide the evaluation to the Congress in its en-
tirety. 
(5) STATEMENT OF POLICY OPTIONS.—A state-
ment that noneconomic policy options designed to 
bring about cessation of the violations of women’s 
rights have reasonably been exhausted, including the 
consultations required in section 403. 
(6) DESCRIPTION OF MULTILATERAL NEGOTIA-
TIONS.—A description of multilateral negotiations 
sought or carried out, if appropriate and applicable. 
(b) DELAY IN TRANSMITTAL OF REPORT.—If, on or 
before the date that the President is required (but for this 
subsection) to submit a report under subsection (a) to the 
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Congress, the President determines and certifies to the 
Congress, under section 401(b)(3) or 402(c)(3), that a 
single, additional period of time not to exceed 90 days is 
necessary, then the President shall not be required to sub-
mit the report to the Congress until the expiration of that 
additional period of time. 
SEC. 405. DESCRIPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
(a) DESCRIPTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (d), the Presidential actions 
referred to in this subsection are the following: 
(1) A private demarche. 
(2) An official public demarche. 
(3) A public condemnation. 
(4) A public condemnation within one or more 
multilateral fora. 
(5) The delay or cancellation of one or more 
scientific exchanges. 
(6) The delay or cancellation of one or more 
cultural exchanges. 
(7) The denial of one or more working, official, 
or state visits. 
(8) The delay or cancellation of one or more 
working, official, or state visits. 
(9) The withdrawal, limitation, or suspension of 
United States development assistance in accordance 
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with section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(10) Directing the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration, or the Trade and Development Agency not 
to approve the issuance of any (or a specified num-
ber of) guarantees, insurance, extensions of credit, 
or participations in the extension of credit with re-
spect to the specific government, agency, instrumen-
tality, or official found or determined by the Presi-
dent to be responsible for the violations under sec-
tion 401 or 402. 
(11) The withdrawal, limitation, or suspension 
of United States security assistance in accordance 
with section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961. 
(12) Consistent with section 701 of the Inter-
national Financial Institutions Act, directing the 
United States executive directors of international fi-
nancial institutions to oppose and vote against loans 
primarily benefitting the specific foreign govern-
ment, agency, instrumentality, or official found or 
determined by the President to be responsible for 
the violations under section 401 or 402. 
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(13) Ordering the heads of the appropriate 
United States agencies not to issue any (or a speci-
fied number of) specific licenses, and not to grant 
any other specific authority (or a specified number 
of authorities), to export any goods or technology to 
the specific foreign government, agency, instrumen-
tality, or official found or determined by the Presi-
dent to be responsible for the violations under sec-
tion 401 or 402, under— 
(A) the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(as continued in effect under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act); 
(B) the Arms Export Control Act; 
(C) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or 
(D) any other statute that requires the 
prior review and approval of the United States 
Government as a condition for the export or re-
export of goods or services. 
(14) Prohibiting any United States financial in-
stitution from making loans or providing credits to-
taling more than $10,000,000 in any 12-month pe-
riod to the specific foreign government, agency, in-
strumentality, or official found or determined by the 
President to be responsible for the violations under 
section 401 or 402. 
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(15) Prohibiting the United States Government 
from procuring, or entering into any contract for the 
procurement of, any goods or services from the for-
eign government, agency, instrumentality, or official 
found or determined by the President to be respon-
sible for the violations under section 401 or 402. 
(b) COMMENSURATE ACTION.—Except as provided in 
subsection (d), the President may substitute any other ac-
tion authorized by law for any action described in para-
graphs (1) through (15) of subsection (a) if such action 
is commensurate in effect to the action substituted and 
if the action would further the policy of the United States 
set forth in section 2(b) of this Act. The President shall 
seek to take all appropriate and feasible actions authorized 
by law to obtain the cessation of the violations. If commen-
surate action is taken, the President shall report such ac-
tion, together with an explanation for taking such action, 
to the appropriate congressional committees. 
(c) BINDING AGREEMENTS.—The President may ne-
gotiate and enter into a binding agreement with a foreign 
government against which sanctions would otherwise be 
imposed that obligates that government to cease, or take 
substantial steps to address and phase out, the act, policy, 
or practice constituting the violation or violations of wom-
en’s rights. The entry into force of a binding agreement 
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for the cessation of the violations shall be a primary objec-
tive for the President in responding to a foreign govern-
ment that has engaged in or tolerated particularly severe 
violations of women’s rights. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.—Any action taken pursuant to 
subsection (a) or (b) may not prohibit or restrict the provi-
sion of medicine, medical equipment or supplies, food, or 
other humanitarian assistance. 
SEC. 406. EFFECTS ON EXISTING CONTRACTS. 
The President shall not be required to apply or main-
tain any Presidential action under this subtitle— 
(1) in the case of procurement of defense arti-
cles or defense services— 
(A) under existing contracts or sub-
contracts, including the exercise of options for 
production quantities, to satisfy requirements 
essential to the national security of the United 
States; 
(B) if the President determines in writing 
and so reports to the Congress that the person 
or other entity to which the Presidential action 
would otherwise be applied is a sole source sup-
plier of the defense articles or services, that the 
defense articles or services are essential, and 
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that alternative sources are not readily or rea-
sonably available; or 
(C) if the President determines in writing 
and so reports to the Congress that such arti-
cles or services are essential to the national se-
curity under defense coproduction agreements; 
or 
(2) to products or services provided under con-
tracts entered into before the date on which the 
President publishes his intention to take the Presi-
dential action. 
SEC. 407. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President may waive the application of any of the actions 
described in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a) 
(or commensurate action in substitution therefor) with re-
spect to a country, if the President determines and so re-
ports to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) the government of that country has ceased 
the violations giving rise to the Presidential action; 
(2) the exercise of such waiver authority would 
further the purposes of this Act; or 
(3) the important national interest of the 
United States requires the exercise of such waiver 
authority. 
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(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), 
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the 
waiver, together with a detailed justification therefor. 
SEC. 408. PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President shall cause to be published in the Federal Reg-
ister the following: 
(1) DETERMINATIONS OF GOVERNMENTS, OFFI-
CIALS, AND ENTITIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.— 
Any designation of a country of particular concern 
for women’s rights under section 402(b)(1), together 
with, when applicable and to the extent practicable, 
the identities of the officials or entities determined 
to be responsible for the violations under section 
402(b)(2). 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—A description of 
any Presidential action under paragraphs (9) 
through (15) of section 405(a) (or commensurate ac-
tion in substitution therefor) and the effective date 
of the Presidential action. 
(3) DELAYS
IN
TRANSMITTAL
OF
PRESI-
DENTIAL
ACTION
REPORTS.—Any delay in trans-
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mittal of a Presidential action report, as described 
in section 404(b). 
(4) WAIVERS.—Any waiver under section 407. 
(b) LIMITED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—The 
President may limit publication of information under this 
section in the same manner and to the same extent as 
the President may limit the publication of findings and 
determinations described in section 654(c) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2414(c)), if the Presi-
dent determines that the publication of information under 
this section— 
(1) would be harmful to the national security of 
the United States; or 
(2) would not further the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 409. TERMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS. 
Any Presidential action taken under this Act with re-
spect to a foreign country shall terminate on the earlier 
of the following dates: 
(1) TERMINATION DATE.—The date that is 2 
years after the effective date of the Presidential ac-
tion, unless expressly reauthorized by law. 
(2) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
ACTIONS.—The 
date on which the President determines, in consulta-
tion with the Commission, and certifies to the Con-
gress that the government of the foreign country has 
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ceased or taken substantial and verifiable steps to 
cease the particularly severe violations of women’s 
rights. 
SEC. 410. PRECLUSION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
No court shall have jurisdiction to review any Presi-
dential determination or agency action under this Act or 
any amendment made by this Act. 
Subtitle B—Strengthening Existing 
Law 
SEC. 421. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION
ON ECO-
NOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Section 116(c) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘and the Ambassador at Large for Inter-
national Women’s Rights’’ after ‘‘Religious Free-
dom’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) whether the government— 
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‘‘(A) has engaged in or tolerated particu-
larly severe violations of women’s rights, as de-
fined in section 3 of the International Women’s 
Freedom Act of 2009; or 
‘‘(B) has failed to undertake serious and 
sustained efforts to combat particularly severe 
violations of women’s rights (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the International Women’s Freedom 
Act of 2009), when such efforts could have been 
reasonably undertaken.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PROHIBITION ON MILITARY 
ASSISTANCE.—Section 502B(a)(4) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)(i)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’; 
(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B)(i) has engaged in or tolerated particularly 
severe violations of women’s rights, as defined in 
section 3 of the International Women’s Freedom Act 
of 2009; or 
‘‘(ii) has failed to undertake serious and sus-
tained efforts to combat particularly severe viola-
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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: 
‘‘(i) 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 
2009; 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, the Assistant 
Secretary 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 signifi-
cant 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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gender-based discrimination against such refu-
gees in their countries of nationality or last ha-
bitual residence,’’ after ‘‘resettlement during 
the fiscal year’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘the Secretary of State 
and’’ before ‘‘designated’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (6) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) A description of any gender-based dis-
crimination experienced by such refugees in their 
countries of nationality or last habitual residence.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect beginning with the 
first fiscal year that begins after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) GUIDELINES AND TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS AD-
JUDICATING REFUGEE CASES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (f), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall develop and 
implement training guidelines related to nondiscrimination 
in the adjudication of such cases as a result of the gender, 
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular so-
cial group, or political opinion of the alien applying to be 
admitted as a refugee under this section. Such training 
guidelines shall be culturally sensitive and shall provide 
the officials subject to such training with the tools to pro-
vide a nonbiased and nonadversarial atmosphere for the 
purpose of adjudicating such cases.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, shall promulgate 
regulations to ensure— 
‘‘(A) uniform procedures for the establishment 
of agreements between the United States Govern-
ment and designated entities and personnel respon-
sible for the preparation of refugee case files for use 
in refugee adjudications; and 
‘‘(B) uniform procedures regarding the prepara-
tion of such files by such entities and personnel. 
‘‘(2) Such regulations shall ensure that— 
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‘‘(A) such files accurately reflect the informa-
tion provided by the alien seeking admission as a 
refugee under this section; and 
‘‘(B) such aliens are not disadvantaged or de-
nied such admission as a result of faulty case file 
preparation.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect and apply with re-
spect to aliens seeking admission as refugees under 
section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1157) beginning with the first fiscal year 
that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 603. REFORM OF ASYLUM POLICY. 
(a) LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208(d) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall promulgate regulations 
that provide that the United States does not 
use the language translation services of an indi-
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vidual who demonstrates a bias or potential 
bias on the grounds of gender, race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social 
group, or political opinion in connection with 
the giving of testimony by an alien before the 
trier of fact under subsection (b)(1)(B) or an 
asylum officer under section 235(b)(1)(B). 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION
ON
ASSISTANCE
BY 
CERTAIN
INDIVIDUALS.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall promulgate regulations 
to provide that the United States does not use 
the language translation services of an indi-
vidual who is an interpreter for or other em-
ployee of an airline owned by a country the gov-
ernment of which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, has determined has engaged in persecu-
tion on the grounds of gender, race, religion, 
nationality, membership in a particular social 
group, or political opinion in connection with 
the giving of testimony by an alien before the 
trier of fact under subsection (b)(1)(B) or an 
asylum officer under section 235(b)(1)(B).’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to the use of language 
translation services after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS.—Section 208 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TRAINING FOR OFFICIALS.—In addition to the 
training that is provided to officers adjudicating asylum 
cases under this section and asylum officers under section 
235(b)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Ambassador at 
Large for International Women’s Rights of the Depart-
ment of State, the Director of the George P. Shultz Na-
tional Foreign Affairs Training Center (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘Foreign Service Institute’), and other ap-
propriate officials, shall provide to such officers training 
relating to the nature of gender-based discrimination in 
foreign countries (including country-specific conditions), 
instruction concerning internationally recognized women’s 
rights, and information regarding state sponsored and 
non-state sponsored applicable distinctions in a foreign 
country between the treatment of men and women.’’. 
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(c) TRAINING
FOR
IMMIGRATION
JUDGES
CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—Section 240 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) TRAINING
FOR IMMIGRATION JUDGES CON-
DUCTING PROCEEDINGS FOR DECIDING THE INADMIS-
SIBILITY OR DEPORTABILITY OF AN ALIEN.—The Attor-
ney General shall provide to immigration judges training 
related to the nature of gender-based discrimination in 
foreign countries (including country-specific conditions), 
instruction concerning internationally recognized women’s 
rights, and information regarding state sponsored and 
non-state sponsored distinctions in a foreign country be-
tween the treatment of men and women.’’. 
SEC. 604. INADMISSIBILITY OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF-
FICIALS WHO HAVE ENGAGED IN PARTICU-
LARLY SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S 
RIGHTS. 
(a) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION TO 
THE UNITED STATES.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
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‘‘(J) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS 
WHO
HAVE
ENGAGED
IN
PARTICULARLY
SE-
VERE VIOLATIONS OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS.—Any 
alien who, while serving as a foreign govern-
ment official, was responsible for or directly 
carried out, at any time during the preceding 
24-month period, particularly severe violations 
of women’s rights, as defined in section 3 of the 
International Women’s Freedom Act of 2009, 
and the spouse, son, or daughter, if any, of 
such official, is inadmissible.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to determinations of admissi-
bility made on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 605. STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF EXPEDITED REMOVAL 
PROVISIONS ON ASYLUM CLAIMS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General of the United States shall conduct a 
study alone or, upon request by the Commission 
under paragraph (2), in cooperation with experts in-
vited by the Commission, to determine whether im-
migration officers (including asylum officers (as de-
fined in section 235(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration 
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