US Congress House Bill 2491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 81-1)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Respect Act This bill directs the President to submit to Congress, biannually, a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible for or complicit in, or who acted as an agent for a foreign person in a mater relating to, torture, cruel treatment, prolonged detention, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against an individual in a foreign country based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. A listed person: (1) may be removed from the list under specified conditions; (2) is ineligible to enter or be admitted to the United States, or (3) if in the United States, shall have his or her visa revoked and be removed. The Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security may waive such prohibition if such waiver is in U.S. national security interests or is necessary for compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters. Congressional notification is required prior to any such waiver. The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor shall designate a senior officer or officers to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to require the annual country reports on human rights practices to include information on sexual orientation or gender identity violence or restrictions.

Global Respect Act

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Sen. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Joseph Morelle [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-05-17	House	Introduced in House

SB1170 (Related) 2017-05-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
SB1172 (Related) 2017-05-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
HB7291 (Related) 2018-12-13 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2491/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2491/BILLS-115hr2491ih.pdf