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US SB2180

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jeanne Shaheen

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Requires the President to submit a list every 180 days identifying foreign persons responsible for human rights violations against LGBTQI individuals, including torture, prolonged detention without trial, forced disappearances, or other flagrant denials of life, liberty, or security based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics

  • Makes foreign persons on the list ineligible for U.S. visas and admission, requires revocation of existing visas, and mandates removal from the United States, with waivers available only for international obligations or national security interests with 15 days' congressional notice

  • Directs the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to designate senior officers to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms against LGBTQI individuals in foreign countries

  • Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require annual country reports on human rights practices to include information on violence or discrimination affecting LGBTQI individuals' fundamental freedoms, including violations of expression, association, or assembly

  • Requires annual reports to Congress on actions taken under the Act, including the number of persons added to or removed from the sanctions list and coordination efforts with other countries to impose similar sanctions

Legislative Description

Global Respect Act of 2025

International affairs

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

6/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Foreign Relations6/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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