Global Respect Act

This bill would require the President, within 180 days and twice a year after that, to send Congress a list of foreign persons found responsible for torture, detention without trial, disappearances, or other serious abuses against people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The list would generally be published in the Federal Register. People on the list would be barred from entering the United States, and their existing visas would be revoked, with exceptions for national security, international obligations, certain family members, and presidential waivers. The bill would also require a State Department officer to track such abuses abroad and add this information to annual human rights country reports.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Sarah McBride Democrat sponsor
• 164 cosponsors