# 119-hr-4245: GLOBE Act of 2025 119-hr-4245, GLOBE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4245 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-4245 - Congress: 119 - Title: GLOBE Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-06-27 - Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV) - Cosponsors: 57 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-10-17 ## Summary **Advance LGBTQI human rights worldwide.** This bill would set a U.S. policy and tools package to reduce violence, discrimination, and criminalization of people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics by creating new diplomatic posts, funding, sanctions tools, and immigration changes. - People facing persecution and civil society: Would get targeted grants, emergency assistance, technical support, and capacity building through a new Global Equality Fund and a USAID Global Development Partnership, with a focus on historically excluded groups. - Refugees and asylum seekers: Would treat persecution for sexual orientation or gender identity as membership in a particular social group, repeal the asylum filing deadline, expand Priority 2 refugee processing for vulnerable LGBTQI nationals, and expand access to appointed counsel in some proceedings. - U.S. government operations and partners: Would create a permanent Special Envoy and a USAID Senior LGBTQI Coordinator, require PEPFAR partners to train on LGBTQI health needs, allow self-selected sex markers on State Department IDs, publish a biannual sanctions list with visa inadmissibility consequences, and require regular reporting and interagency coordination. ## Cosponsors (57) - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9] (D-MA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-06-27T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2025-06-30T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7] (D-TX), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-10-06T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32] (D-TX), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Easier asylum and refugee help: benefit, high. This bill would remove the legal filing deadline for asylum, and it would apply to cases filed before, on, or after enactment. It would treat persecution based on sexual orientation or gender identity as a valid basis for asylum. If you are indigent and ask, a court would appoint a lawyer for cover… - Simpler IDs and citizenship for families: benefit, medium. The State Department would let you choose the sex marker on passports and consular birth records, including a nonbinary “X”. Within 90 days, it would issue rules clarifying that a biological link is not always needed for a child born abroad through assisted reproductive technology to get U.S. citiz… - More reporting and police training abroad: benefit, medium. The State Department’s annual human-rights reports would include laws, discrimination, and violence tied to sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. Posts would report incidents, drivers, and responses, and regional plans would include strategies, investigations, and victim supp… - Stronger U.S. leadership on LGBTQI rights: benefit, medium. This bill would create a permanent Special Envoy for LGBTQI human rights at the State Department. It would set up an interagency group, led by the Secretary of State, to coordinate urgent responses, long-term policy, and sanctions advice. USAID would add a Senior LGBTQI Coordinator to guide inclusi… - PEPFAR training and reports on equity: benefit, medium. The PEPFAR Coordinator would require all partners to get training on LGBTQI health needs and human rights and set up ways to ensure fair access to services. The Coordinator would promptly tell Congress about obstacles and fixes. Within 180 days, the government would send three reports to Congress o… - More support for U.S. diplomats' families: benefit, low. The State Department would give employees and families more information on LGBTQI issues at posts overseas. It would make every effort to ensure U.S.-supported schools abroad have active nondiscrimination policies, and include LGBTQI-focused school info in post reports and bidding materials. The De… - New funds and partnerships for equality: benefit, low. The State Department would create a Global Equality Fund, if Congress provides money, to give grants and emergency help to human-rights groups. The Secretary could also accept private and nonprofit contributions to support the fund’s goals. USAID would launch an LGBTQI Global Development Partnershi… - Visa bans for foreign LGBTQI abusers: benefit, low. The President would publish a list within 180 days, and every six months after, of foreign persons tied to severe abuses against people due to sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. The list could include a classified annex, with 15 days’ notice to Congress. Listed people and… - Aid partners must serve everyone fairly: mixed, medium. U.S. humanitarian, development, and global health funds would not go to partners that exclude people from services, unless a program has a valid focus on higher-risk groups. Recipients would need to make reasonable efforts to ensure subs comply. If they cannot follow these rules, they would agree t… ## Related bills - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 - 119-hr-15: Equality Act - 119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 - 119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 - 119-hr-2763: American Family Act ## Sources - [119-hr-4245 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4245) ## Related - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20) - [119-hr-15: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-15) - [119-hr-1589: American Dream and Promise Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1589) - [119-hr-12: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-12) - [119-hr-2763: American Family Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2763) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4245 (as of 2026-10-17).