I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3874 
To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTI people around 
the world, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2019 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. KEATING, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. SPEIER, 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. RASKIN, 
Mr. POCAN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. TRONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
HIMES, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
GOMEZ, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 
SIRES, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Mr. 
DELGADO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for 
LGBTI 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Greater Leadership 
Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘GLOBE Act of 2019’’. 
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, and intersex (LGBTI) peoples 
in an overwhelming majority of countries around the 
world, where LGBTI people face violence, 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. 
(3) The World Bank has begun to measure the 
macro-economic costs of criminal laws targeting 
LGBTI 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 
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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 LGBTI citizens. 
(5) As documented by the State Department, 
LGBTI individuals are subjected in many countries 
to capricious imprisonment, loss of employment, 
housing, access to health care, and societal stigma 
and discrimination. LGBTI-specific restrictions on 
basic freedoms of assembly, press, and speech exist 
in every region of the world. 
(6) Targeted sanctions are an important tool to 
push for accountability for violations of the human 
rights of LGBTI people. 
(7) Anti-LGBTI laws and discrimination pose 
significant risks for LGBTI 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 
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