Global Respect Act of 2025
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Summary
The Global Respect Act of 2025 creates a system to hold foreign officials and individuals accountable for serious human rights abuses against LGBTQI people worldwide. Every 180 days, the President must submit to Congress a list of foreign persons who have engaged in torture, prolonged detention, killing, or kidnapping of LGBTQI individuals, or who have criminalized LGBTQI status or expression. People on this list would be banned from receiving US visas and would be ineligible for admission to the United States; existing visas would be revoked. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress that the President should impose additional targeted sanctions using existing authorities. An annual State Department report would track progress, and a designated senior officer would monitor anti-LGBTQI violence and criminalization globally. The bill also amends annual human rights reporting requirements to include LGBTQI-specific data.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establishes a framework for identifying foreign persons responsible for human rights violations against LGBTQI individuals, imposes visa bans and immigration inadmissibility, calls for targeted sanctions, and requires annual reporting and tracking of anti-LGBTQI violence, criminalization, and restrictions worldwide.
Who Benefits
- LGBTQI individuals in countries with criminalization or persecution
- International human rights organizations
- State Department human rights bureaus
Who Bears Costs
- Foreign government officials who persecute LGBTQI individuals
- Countries that criminalize homosexuality or transgender identity
Key Policy Areas
{'domain': 'Foreign Affairs', 'evidence': 'Creates lists of foreign persons violating LGBTQI rights, imposes visa bans, and coordinates with other governments on accountability'}, {'domain': 'Immigration', 'evidence': 'Sections 5 makes listed foreign persons ineligible for US visas and admission, requires visa revocation and removal'}, {'domain': 'Human Rights', 'evidence': 'The entire bill is centered on protecting LGBTQI human rights abroad through diplomatic and immigration tools'}
Primary Purpose
Establishes a framework for identifying foreign persons responsible for human rights violations against LGBTQI individuals, imposes visa bans and immigration inadmissibility, calls for targeted sanctions, and requires annual reporting and tracking of anti-LGBTQI violence, criminalization, and restrictions worldwide.
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Uses immigration enforcement and visa restrictions as diplomatic pressure tools to deter anti-LGBTQI human rights abuses by foreign governments and officials"
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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