(ix) is authorized to represent the 
United States in bilateral and multilateral 
fora on matters relevant to the human 
rights of LGBTI people internationally, in-
cluding criminalization, discrimination, and 
violence against LGBTI people internation-
ally. 
(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 LGBTI people, including through 
specialized courses highlighting best practices in the docu-
mentation, investigation and prosecution of bias-motivated 
hate crimes targeting persons based on actual or perceived 
sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST 
LGBTI 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-
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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; 
(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 
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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 
(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). 
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(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-
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 
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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 
(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-
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