# 119-s-2231: GLOBE Act of 2025 119-s-2231, GLOBE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-2231 - Congress: 119 - Title: GLOBE Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-07-09 - Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA) - Cosponsors: 20 - Policy area: International Affairs - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **U.S. strategy to protect LGBTQI rights abroad.** This bill would create diplomatic tools, funding, and legal measures to document abuses, support civil society, and restrict entry for perpetrators. - For LGBTQI people and defenders: Would establish a Global Equality Fund to provide grants, emergency aid, and technical support and a USAID-led LGBTQI Global Development Partnership to back leadership, entrepreneurship, and exchanges. It would explicitly fund protection from medically unnecessary intersex interventions. - For perpetrators and accountability: Would require the President to publish an unclassified list within 180 days and update it biannually. Persons on the list and their immediate family would be inadmissible to the United States and face visa revocation. - For U.S. policy and programs: Would create a Special Envoy and a permanent USAID Senior LGBTQI Coordinator, require LGBTQI training for PEPFAR partners and U.S.-supported law enforcement academies, and direct annual strategic reviews to prioritize decriminalization and targeted programming. ## Cosponsors (20) - Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-07-09T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - More rights for LGBTQI families abroad: benefit, medium. If enacted, the State Department would clarify within 90 days that a child born abroad using assisted reproductive technology can get U.S. citizenship at birth if local law recognizes the parent. The bill would also let some long-term permanent partners count as 'married' for immigration and allow… - Easier asylum and refugee access: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would make it easier for people persecuted for sexual orientation or gender identity to get asylum or faster refugee processing. It would let qualifying LGBTQI refugees be eligible for Priority 2 resettlement and require refugee resettlement staff to share SOGI information with… - Limits on detaining vulnerable migrants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a presumption against detaining people in defined vulnerable groups, including many LGBTQI people. Officials must release them unless an individualized decision shows no alternatives or there is a safety or flight risk. Detained people would get weekly reviews and… - Public sanctions and visa bans for abusers: benefit, medium. If enacted, the President would have to publish a public list, within 180 days and twice a year after that, naming foreign people responsible for severe abuses against LGBTQI persons. People on the list and their immediate family could be denied U.S. visas and existing visas revoked. The President… - Protecting State employees and families abroad: benefit, low. If enacted, the Secretary of State would be required to press other countries to grant visas and accreditation to families of LGBTQI State Department employees posted abroad. The Secretary must also try to ensure U.S.-supported overseas schools have clear nondiscrimination policies that cover sexua… - New U.S. diplomatic leadership on LGBTQI rights: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create an interagency group led by the Secretary of State and a permanent Special Envoy for LGBTQI human rights. USAID would add a Senior LGBTQI Coordinator and a Global Development Partnership to coordinate programs. The State Department would also require posts to repor… - Training for foreign police academies: benefit, low. If enacted, any international law enforcement academy supported by U.S. assistance would have to teach about LGBTQI rights. Training must include how to document, investigate, and prosecute bias-motivated crimes and protect LGBTQI people. - PEPFAR training and health reports: benefit, low. If enacted, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator would be required to ensure PEPFAR equitably serves LGBTQI people and require training for all PEPFAR partners on LGBTQI health needs and human rights. Congress would get new reports within 180 days on partner notification impacts and on whether condoms… - New counsel rule but tighter deadlines: mixed, high. If enacted, immigration courts would have to appoint a lawyer at government expense for indigent people who ask for one in removal or asylum court. At the same time, the bill would remove certain filing-deadline exceptions for asylum applications, making late filings harder to excuse. These two cha… - Grants and rules for LGBTQI foreign aid: mixed, medium. If enacted, the State Department would set up a Global Equality Fund to give grants and emergency help to groups protecting LGBTQI people abroad and accept private and foreign contributions. At the same time, U.S. contractors and grantees would need to make programs available to all people or retur… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 - 119-s-1503: Equality Act - 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act - 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-2231 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2231) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503) - [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295) - [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2231 (as of 2026-04-21).