US Congress House Bill 4907 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Global Respect Act - Directs the President to submit to Congress a list of each foreign person that the President determines is responsible, or acted as an agent, for extrajudicial killings, torture, 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. Makes a listed foreign person ineligible to enter or be admitted to the United States. Requires revocation of any visa issued for such person. Authorizes the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to waive such prohibition if in U.S. national security interests or if necessary for compliance with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters. Requires congressional notification prior to any such waiver. Directs the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to 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. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include information on sexual orientation or gender identity violence or restrictions in the annual country reports on human rights practices.

Global Respect Act

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-06-19	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2014-06-19	House	Referred to House Foreign Affairs
2014-06-19	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4907/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4907/BILLS-113hr4907ih.pdf