LGBTQI people and those who provide services to 
them; 
(10) to exert sustained international leadership, 
including in bilateral and multilateral fora, to pre-
vent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, 
and violence against LGBTQI people internationally; 
(11) to fully implement and expand upon the 
policies 
outlined 
in 
the 
‘‘Presidential 
Memo-
randum—International Initiatives to Advance the 
Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and 
Transgender Persons’’; 
(12) to ensure that international efforts to com-
bat HIV/AIDS take all appropriate measures to sup-
port at-risk communities, including LGBTQI people, 
and to create enabling legal environments for these 
communities; 
(13) to work with governments and nongovern-
mental partners around the world to develop and im-
plement regional strategies to decriminalize homo-
sexuality and to counteract the prohibition of public 
support of LGBTQI people; and 
(14) to ensure that those who have a well- 
founded fear of persecution on account of being 
LGBTQI or supporting LGBTQI rights have the op-
portunity to seek protection in the United States. 
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SEC. 5. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF 
LGBTQI PEOPLE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor (DRL) of the Department of 
State a permanent Special Envoy for the Human 
Rights of LGBTQI Peoples (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Special Envoy’’), who shall be appointed 
by the President. The Special Envoy shall report di-
rectly to the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor. 
(2) RANK.—The Special Envoy may be ap-
pointed at the rank of Ambassador. 
(b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 
subsection (c) and those duties determined by the Sec-
retary of State, the Special Envoy shall direct efforts of 
the United States Government relating to United States 
foreign policy, as directed by the Secretary, regarding 
human rights abuses against LGBTQI people and commu-
nities internationally and the advancement of human 
rights for LGBTQI people, and shall represent the United 
States internationally in bilateral and multilateral engage-
ment on such matters. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Envoy— 
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(A) shall serve as the principal advisor to 
the Secretary of State regarding human rights 
for LGBTQI people internationally; 
(B) shall, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, direct activities, policies, programs, 
and funding relating to the human rights of 
LGBTQI people and the advancement of 
LGBTQI equality initiatives internationally, for 
all bureaus and offices of the Department of 
State, and shall lead the coordination of rel-
evant international programs for all other Fed-
eral agencies relating to such matters; 
(C) shall represent the United States in 
diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights 
of LGBTQI people, including criminalization, 
discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI 
people internationally; 
(D) shall direct, as appropriate, United 
States Government resources to respond to 
needs for protection, integration, resettlement, 
and empowerment of LGBTQI people in United 
States Government policies and international 
programs, including to prevent and respond to 
criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
against LGBTQI people internationally; 
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(E) shall design, support, and implement 
activities regarding support, education, resettle-
ment, and empowerment of LGBTQI people 
internationally, including for the prevention and 
response to criminalization, discrimination, and 
violence against LGBTQI people internation-
ally; 
(F) shall lead interagency coordination be-
tween the foreign policy priorities related to the 
human rights of LGBTQI people and the devel-
opment assistance priorities of the LGBTQI 
Coordinator of the United States Agency for 
International Development; 
(G) shall conduct regular consultation with 
nongovernmental organizations working to pre-
vent and respond to criminalization, discrimina-
tion, and violence against LGBTQI people 
internationally; 
(H) shall ensure that programs, projects, 
and activities of the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment designed to prevent and respond to 
criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
against LGBTQI people internationally are sub-
ject to rigorous monitoring and evaluation, and 
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that there is a uniform set of indicators and 
standards for such monitoring and evaluation 
that is used across international programs in 
Federal agencies; and 
(I) is authorized to represent the United 
States in bilateral and multilateral fora on mat-
ters relevant to the human rights of LGBTQI 
people internationally, including criminalization, 
discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI 
people internationally. 
(2) DATA
REPOSITORY.—The Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall— 
(A) be the central repository of data on all 
United States programs, projects, and activities 
that relate to prevention and response to crim-
inalization, discrimination, and violence against 
LGBTQI people internationally; and 
(B) produce— 
(i) a full accounting of United States 
Government spending on such programs, 
projects, and activities; and 
(ii) evaluations of the effectiveness of 
such programs, projects, and activities. 
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(d) BRIEFINGS AND ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
annually thereafter, the Special Envoy shall— 
(1) brief the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on the status of the human rights of LGBTQI 
people internationally, as well as on the status of 
programs and response strategies to address crim-
inalization, discrimination, and violence against 
LGBTQI people internationally; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an assessment of human and financial 
resources necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties 
of this Act. 
(e) UNITED STATES POLICY TO PREVENT AND RE-
SPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND VIO-
LENCE AGAINST LGBTQI PEOPLE GLOBALLY.— 
(1) GLOBAL
STRATEGY
REQUIREMENT.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for each of the 
following five years, the Special Envoy shall develop 
or update, as the case may be, a United States glob-
al strategy to prevent and respond to criminaliza-
tion, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI 
people internationally. The Special Envoy shall sub-
mit the global strategy to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees and, if practicable, make the glob-
al strategy available to the public. 
(2) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In 
developing the global strategy required under para-
graph (1), the Special Envoy shall consult with— 
(A) mid- and high-level officials of relevant 
Federal agencies; and 
(B) representatives of nongovernmental or-
ganizations with demonstrated experience in ad-
dressing criminalization, discrimination, and vi-
olence against LGBTQI people internationally 
or promoting equal rights for LGBTQI people 
internationally. 
(f) MONITORING THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO 
PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIMINALIZATION, DISCRIMI-
NATION, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBTQI PEOPLE AND 
COMMUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In each global strategy sub-
mitted under subsection (e), the Special Envoy shall 
include an analysis of best practices for preventing 
and addressing criminalization, discrimination, and 
violence against LGBTQI people and communities 
internationally, including— 
(A) a description of successful efforts by 
foreign governments and nongovernmental or-
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ganizations to prevent and respond to criminal-
ization, discrimination, and violence against 
LGBTQI people and communities internation-
ally; 
(B) recommendations related to best prac-
tices, effective strategies, and improvements to 
enhance the impact of such prevention and re-
sponse efforts; and 
(C) the impact of activities funded by the 
global strategy in preventing and reducing 
criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
against LGBTQI people and communities inter-
nationally. 
(2) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED 
IN ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
PRACTICES.— 
(A) SECTION 116.—Section 116(d) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n(d)) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex-
tent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence 
based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in-
cluding an identification of those countries that have 
adopted laws or constitutional provisions that crim-
inalize or discriminate based on sexual orientation or 
gender identity (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 2 of the International Human Rights Defense 
Act of 2018), including detailed descriptions of such 
laws and provisions.’’. 
(B) SECTION 502B.—Section 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304) is amended— 
(i) by redesignating the second sub-
section (i) (relating to child marriage sta-
tus) as subsection (j); and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(k) SEXUAL ORIENTATION
AND GENDER IDEN-
TITY.—The report required under subsection (b) shall in-
clude, wherever applicable, the nature and extent of crim-
inalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual 
orientation and gender identity, including an identification 
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of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional 
provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on sexual 
orientation or gender identity (as those terms are defined 
in section 2 of the International Human Rights Defense 
Act of 2021), including detailed descriptions of such laws 
and provisions.’’. 
SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES STRAT-
EGY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO CRIM-
INALIZATION, 
DISCRIMINATION, 
AND 
VIO-
LENCE AGAINST LGBTQI PEOPLE AND COM-
MUNITIES INTERNATIONALLY. 
The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development are 
authorized to provide assistance to prevent and respond 
to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against 
LGBTQI people internationally. Such assistance may in-
clude the following activities: 
(1) Development and implementation of pro-
grams, such as the Global Equality Fund of the De-
partment of State, that respond to human rights 
abuses and economic exclusion of LGBTQI people in 
the workplace and in public. 
(2) Development and enforcement of civil and 
criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protection, 
training, and capacity. 
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(3) Enhancement of health sector capacity to 
detect, prevent, and respond to violence against 
LGBTQI people and communities internationally, 
and to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQI commu-
nity internationally, in close coordination with the 
Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health 
Diplomacy of the Department of State. 
(4) Development of a leadership program for 
international LGBTQI activists that will foster col-
laboration and knowledge sharing across the world. 
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