Bill > S1924

This bill, the Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act of 2023, aims to protect the human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world. The key provisions of the bill include: 1) Requiring the State Department to document and respond to bias-motivated violence against LGBTQI people abroad, including through the establishment of a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI Peoples. 2) Authorizing the President to impose sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for human rights violations against LGBTQI people. 3) Combating the international criminalization of LGBTQI status, expression, or conduct through diplomatic strategies and development assistance. 4) Establishing the Global Equality Fund and the LGBTQI Global Development Partnership to provide grants, technical assistance, and other support for LGBTQI civil society organizations and human rights defenders globally. 5) Reforming U.S. immigration laws to better protect LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers, including by repealing the asylum filing deadline and providing appointed counsel for indigent applicants. 6) Ensuring that U.S. government personnel and their LGBTQI family members can be posted to diplomatic and consular positions abroad without discrimination.

Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1924/all-info