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US HR3874

US HR3874
GLOBE Act of 2019 Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019


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Introduced
07/22/2019
In Committee
08/12/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTI people around the world, and for other purposes. This bill contains provisions related to (1) the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) individuals globally; and (2) immigration protections for vulnerable individuals. The bill establishes (1) an interagency group to respond to urgent threats to LGBTI people in foreign countries, and (2) a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the Department of State. The President shall impose visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violating the human rights of individuals due to actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The State Department shall establish the Global Equality Fund to provide assistance to nongovernmental organizations working to advance and protect human rights. The U.S. Agency for International Development shall establish the LGBTI Global Development Partnership to work with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations to support LGBTI rights. The bill removes prohibitions against providing foreign assistance to nongovernmental organizations that offer certain medical services using non-U.S. government funds. The bill contains several immigration-related provisions, such as those (1) establishing that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity may form the basis of an asylum request, (2) removing the general requirement that an asylum claim must be filed within one year of the applicant's arrival in the United States, (3) establishing that a permanent partnership between two partners is a marriage for immigration law purposes, and (4) establishing that indigent aliens have a right to free counsel in certain immigration proceedings.

AI Summary

This bill, the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act of 2019, aims to protect human rights and enhance opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world. Key provisions include: - Expanding the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices to include information on violence or discrimination affecting the freedoms of LGBTI individuals. - Establishing an interagency group to respond to urgent threats to LGBTI people in foreign countries and creating a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples in the State Department. - Imposing visa-blocking sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violating the human rights of LGBTI individuals. - Creating the Global Equality Fund and the LGBTI Global Development Partnership to provide assistance to organizations working to advance and protect LGBTI rights globally. - Removing certain restrictions on providing foreign assistance to non-governmental organizations that offer certain medical services using non-U.S. government funds. - Establishing that persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity may form the basis of an asylum request, removing the one-year filing deadline for asylum claims, and providing indigent aliens the right to free counsel in certain immigration proceedings.

Committee Categories

Justice, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (87)

Dina Titus (D)* Karen Bass (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Ed Case (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Judy Chu (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Gil Cisneros (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  TJ Cox (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Antonio Delgado (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Lloyd Doggett (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Lois Frankel (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Chuy García (D),  Jimmy Gomez (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Katie Hill (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Steven Horsford (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Dan Kildee (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Andy Kim (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Nita Lowey (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Tom Malinowski (D),  Sean Maloney (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Dean Phillips (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Mike Quigley (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Linda Sánchez (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  Brad Sherman (D),  Albio Sires (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  David Trone (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Jennifer Wexton (D),  Susan Wild (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (on 08/12/2019)

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