117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3485 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for viola-
tions of internationally recognized human rights against 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex 
(LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Respect Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The dignity, freedom, and equality of all 
human beings are fundamental to a thriving global 
community. 
(2) The rights to life, liberty, and security of 
the person, the right to privacy, and the right to 
freedom of expression and association are funda-
mental human rights. 
(3) An alarming trend of violence directed at 
LGBTQI individuals around the world continues. 
(4) Approximately one-third of all countries 
have laws criminalizing consensual same-sex rela-
tions, and many have enacted policies or laws that 
would further target LGBTQI individuals. 
(5) Every year thousands of individuals around 
the world are targeted for harassment, attack, ar-
rest, and murder on the basis of their sexual ori-
entation or gender identity. 
(6) Those who commit crimes against LGBTQI 
individuals often do so with impunity, and are not 
held accountable for their crimes. 
(7) In many instances police, prison, military, 
and civilian government authorities have been di-
rectly complicit in abuses aimed at LGBTQI citi-
zens, including arbitrary arrest, torture, and sexual 
abuse. 
(8) Celebrations of LGBTQI individuals and 
communities, such as film festivals, Pride events, 
and demonstrations are often forced underground 
due to inaction on the part of, or harassment by, 
local law enforcement and government officials, in 
violation of freedoms of assembly and expression. 
(9) Laws criminalizing consensual same-sex re-
lations severely hinder access to HIV/AIDS treat-
ment, information, and preventive measures for 
LGBTQI individuals and families. 
(10) Many countries are making positive devel-
opments in the protection of the basic human rights 
of LGBTQI individuals. 
SEC. 3. SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST 
LGBTQI PEOPLE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and biannually there-
after, the President shall transmit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a list of each foreign person the 
President determines, based on credible information, in-
cluding information obtained by other countries or by non-
governmental organizations that monitor violations of 
human rights— 
(1) is responsible for or complicit in, with re-
spect to persons based on actual or perceived sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics— 
(A) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrad-
ing treatment 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; or 
(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). 
(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, except that the Presi-
dent may include a foreign person in a classified, 
unpublished annex to such list if the President— 
(A) determines that—
congressional committees not later than 15 days be-
fore the removal of such person from such list 
that— 
(A) new, credible information is discovered 
confirming that such person did not in fact en-
gage in the activity for which the person was 
included in such list; 
(B) such person has been prosecuted ap-
propriately for the activity in which such person 
engaged; or 
(C) such person has credibly demonstrated 
a significant change in behavior, has paid an 
appropriate consequence for the activities in 
which such person engaged, and has credibly 
committed to not engage in an activity de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(c) PUBLIC SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.—The 
President shall issue public guidance, including through 
United States diplomatic and consular posts, setting forth 
the manner by which the names of foreign persons that 
may meet the criteria to be included on the list required 
by subsection (a) may be submitted to the Department 
of State for evaluation. 
(d) REQUESTS FROM CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER 
OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—
(1) CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION.—In ad-
dition to the guidance issued pursuant to subsection 
(c), the President shall also consider information 
provided by the Chair or Ranking Member of each 
of the appropriate congressional committees in de-
termining whether to include a foreign person in the 
list required by subsection (a). 
(2) REQUESTS.—Not later than 120 days after 
receiving a written request from the Chair or Rank-
ing Member of one of the appropriate congressional 
committees with respect to whether a foreign person 
meets the criteria for being included in the list re-
quired by subsection (a), the President shall trans-
mit a response to such Chair or Ranking Member, 
as the case may be, with respect to the President’s 
determination relating to such foreign person. 
(3) REMOVAL.—If the President removes from 
the list required by subsection (a) a foreign person 
that had been included in such list pursuant to a re-
quest under paragraph (2), the President shall pro-
vide to the relevant Chair or Ranking Member of the 
appropriate congressional committees any informa-
tion that contributed to such decision. 
(4) FORM.—The President may transmit a re-
sponse required by paragraph (2) or paragraph (3)
in classified form if the President determines that it 
is necessary for the national security interests of the 
United States to do so. 
(e) INADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION 
TO THE UNITED STATES.—A foreign person on the 
list required by subsection (a), and each immediate 
family member of such person, is— 
(A) inadmissible to the United States; 
(B) ineligible to receive a visa or other doc-
umentation to enter the United States; and 
(C) otherwise ineligible to be admitted or 
paroled into the United States or to receive any 
other benefit under the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 
(2) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 
or the Secretary of Homeland Security (or a 
designee of one such Secretaries) shall, in ac-
cordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke 
any visa or other entry documentation issued to 
a foreign person on the list required by sub-
section (a) and to each immediate family mem-
ber of such person regardless of when the visa 
or other entry documentation is issued. 
(B) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.—A revoca-
tion under subparagraph (A) shall— 
(i) take effect immediately; and 
(ii) automatically cancel any other 
valid visa or entry documentation that is in 
the foreign person’s possession. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO 
ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should impose additional 
targeted sanctions with respect to foreign persons on 
the list required by subsection (a) to push for ac-
countability for flagrant denials of the right to life, 
liberty, or the security of the person, through the 
use of designations and targeted sanctions provided 
for such conduct under other existing authorities. 
(4) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) EXCEPTION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
NA-
TIONAL
SECURITY.—This section shall not 
apply with respect to— 
(i) activities subject to the reporting 
requirements under title V of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et 
seq.); or
(ii) any authorized intelligence or law 
enforcement activities of the United States. 
(B) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH INTER-
NATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS.—Sanctions 
under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with re-
spect to a person if admitting or paroling the 
person into the United States is necessary to 
permit the United States to comply with the 
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 
United Nations signed at Lake Success June 
26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 
1947, between the United Nations and the 
United States or other applicable international 
obligations. 
(C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—A covered indi-
vidual shall not be subject to sanctions 
under this section if the President certifies 
to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, in accordance with clause (ii), that 
such individual has a reasonable fear of 
persecution based on—
(I) actual or perceived sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, or sex char-
acteristics; 
(II) race, religion, or nationality; 
or 
(III) political opinion or member-
ship in a particular social group. 
(ii) DETERMINATION
AND
CERTIFI-
CATION.—A certification under clause (i) 
shall be made not later than 30 days after 
the date of the determination required by 
such clause. Any proceedings relating to 
such determination shall not be publicly 
available. 
(iii) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—For pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the term ‘‘cov-
ered individual’’ means an individual who 
is an immediate family member of foreign 
person on the list required by subsection 
(a). 
(5) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap-
plication of sanctions or restrictions imposed with 
respect to a foreign person under this section if the 
President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees, not later than 15 days before such waiv-
er is to take effect, that the waiver is vital to the 
national interest of the United States. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the President, acting through the Secretary of 
State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on— 
(1) the actions taken to carry out this section, 
including— 
(A) the number of foreign persons added 
to or removed from the list required by sub-
section (a) during the year preceding each such 
report, the dates on which such persons were so 
added or removed, and the reasons for so add-
ing or removing such persons; and 
(B) an analysis that compares increases or 
decreases in the number of such persons added 
or removed year-over-year and the reasons 
therefor; and 
(2) any efforts by the President to coordinate 
with the governments of other countries, as appro-
priate, to impose sanctions that are similar to the 
sanctions imposed under this section. 
(g) FORM; PUBLICATION.—The report required by 
subsection (f) shall be submitted in unclassified form but
may include a classified annex. The unclassified portion 
of such report shall be published on a publicly available 
website of the Department of State. 
(h) REPORT ON PREVENTION.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report describing steps the Depart-
ment can take to improve coordination with foreign gov-
ernments, civil society groups, and the private sector, to 
prevent the commission of the human rights violations de-
scribed in section 3(a)(1) against persons based on actual 
or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex 
characteristics. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the Senate. 
(2) IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—The term 
‘‘immediate family member’’ has the meaning given 
such term for purposes of section 7031(c) of division 
K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. 
(j) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to allow the imposition of sanctions 
with respect to, or otherwise authorize any other action 
against, any foreign person based solely upon religious be-
lief. 
SEC. 4. DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTA-
TION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR SEX CHARAC-
TERISTICS. 
(a) TRACKING VIOLENCE OR CRIMINALIZATION RE-
LATED
TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION
OR GENDER IDEN-
TITY.—The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor shall designate one or more 
Bureau-based senior officer or officers who shall be re-
sponsible for tracking violence, criminalization, and re-
strictions on the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms in 
foreign countries based on actual or perceived sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.
(b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 
PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 
(A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (12)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by strik-
ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) wherever applicable, information relating 
to violence or discrimination that affects funda-
mental freedoms, including widespread or systematic 
violation of the freedoms of expression, association, 
or assembly, of individuals in foreign countries that 
is based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, 
gender identity, or sex characteristics.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by 
inserting after the ninth sentence the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Wherever applicable, such report shall 
also include information relating to violence or dis-
crimination that affects the fundamental freedoms, 
including widespread or systematic violation of the 
freedoms of expression, association, or assembly, of 
individuals in foreign countries that is based on ac-
tual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, 
or sex characteristics.’’. 
SEC. 5. STUDY REQUIRED. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Con-
gress a report that comprises of sections from each re-
gional bureau detailing past risks to LGBTQI individuals, 
with a summary on the differences between regions with 
respect to such risks. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 9, 
2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3485 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible 
for violations of internationally recognized human 
rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and 
for other purposes.