Global Respect Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the factual basis for legislative action on LGBTQI human rights violations worldwide, including documentation of criminalization, violence, and persecution, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign person (covering individuals and entities) and appropriate congressional committees for oversight, and requires the President to compile and submit biannual lists of foreign persons responsible for torture, prolonged detention, killing, kidnapping, or criminalization of LGBTQI individuals. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, definition changes, and trade restrictions. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, and Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
LGBTQI individuals in persecuting countries could face reduced risk, LGBTQI individuals in countries with criminalization would be affected, and LGBTQI individuals in countries under US human rights scrutiny could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign officials who persecute LGBTQI individuals could face higher barriers, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor would take on compliance duties, and Department of State would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings establishing the factual basis for legislative action on LGBTQI human rights violations worldwide, including documentation of criminalization, violence, and persecution.
- Defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign person (covering individuals and entities) and appropriate congressional committees for oversight.
- Requires the President to compile and submit biannual lists of foreign persons responsible for torture, prolonged detention, killing, kidnapping, or criminalization of LGBTQI individuals.
- Requires makes listed foreign persons ineligible for US visas and admission, requires visa revocation and removal, with presidential waiver authority for national security or humanitarian reasons.
- Creates sense of Congress resolution urging the President to use existing authorities to impose additional targeted sanctions beyond visa bans on listed foreign persons.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the factual basis for legislative action on LGBTQI human rights violations worldwide, including documentation of criminalization, violence, and persecution, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign person (covering individuals and entities) and appropriate congressional committees for oversight, and requires the President to compile and submit biannual lists of foreign persons responsible for torture, prolonged detention, killing, kidnapping, or criminalization of LGBTQI individuals.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Civil Rights, Immigration
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings establishing the factual basis for legislative action on LGBTQI human rights violations worldwide, including documentation of criminalization, violence, and persecution, defines definitions section establishing key terms including foreign person (covering individuals and entities) and appropriate congressional committees for oversight, and requires the President to compile and submit biannual lists of foreign persons responsible for torture, prolonged detention, killing, kidnapping, or criminalization of LGBTQI individuals.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Findings
Identified Gains
- LGBTQI individuals in persecuting countries
- LGBTQI individuals in countries with criminalization
- LGBTQI individuals in countries under US human rights scrutiny
Identified Costs
- Foreign officials who persecute LGBTQI individuals
- Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- Department of State
- Foreign persons on LGBTQI human rights violator list
- Executive Branch - White House
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Van …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Countries with anti-LGBTQI laws seeking US trade benefits, Department of State
LGBTQI individuals in countries under US human rights scrutiny, LGBTQI individuals in countries with criminalization, LGBTQI individuals in persecuting countries
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "assistant_secretary"
- → Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An individual who is a citizen or national of a foreign country (including dual nationals), or any entity not organized solely under US laws or existing solely in the US, including foreign governmental entities
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