International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
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Summary
International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018 This bill establishes in the Department of State a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex) Peoples who shall serve as the principal State Department advisor regarding human rights for LGBTI people and represent the United States in diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights of LGBTI people. The special envoy shall periodically provide Congress with a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTI people. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development may provide assistance to prevent and respond to such activities against LGBTI people. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to require that annual country reports on human rights practices include information on criminalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Beyer
VA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Clark (MA)
MA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Clarke (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Watson Coleman
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Connolly
VA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
DeGette
CO • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
DelBene
WA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
DeSaulnier
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Dingell
MI • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Espaillat
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Ruben Gallego
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Grijalva
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Himes
CT • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
TX • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Jayapal
WA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Khanna
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
WA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Lofgren
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
McGovern
MA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Nadler
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Pallone
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Panetta
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Pocan
WI • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Raskin
MD • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Adam Schiff
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Sherman
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
AZ • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Smith (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Scott (VA)
VA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Soto
FL • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Takano
CA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Titus
NV • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
KY • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 6/8/2018
Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
MI • D
Sponsored 6/8/2018
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 6/8/2018
Meng
NY • D
Sponsored 6/12/2018
Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 6/12/2018
Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 6/13/2018
Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/14/2018
Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Sanchez
CA • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 6/22/2018
Swalwell
CA • D
Sponsored 7/12/2018
Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]
TN • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
GU • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
FL • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Frankel, Lois
FL • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Kihuen, Ruben J. [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Quigley
IL • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Carbajal
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Barragan
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Torres (CA)
CA • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/12/2018
Lynch
MA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
NM • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Vargas
CA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Ruiz
CA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Schneider
IL • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
FL • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Gomez
CA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Pingree
ME • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Huffman
CA • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
WI • D
Sponsored 9/13/2018
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Larsen (WA)
WA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Brownley
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Doggett
TX • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Beatty
OH • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Bera
CA • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Hoyer
MD • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/17/2018
Jeffries
NY • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Suozzi
NY • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Gottheimer
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Neal
MA • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
OR • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Kaptur
OH • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
DeLauro
CT • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 9/20/2018
Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
FL • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Aguilar
CA • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Kelly (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Castor (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DE • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
IA • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Boyle (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 9/25/2018
Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
MA • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Correa
CA • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Veasey
TX • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Wilson (FL)
FL • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Moore (WI)
WI • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Krishnamoorthi
IL • D
Sponsored 9/27/2018
Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 9/28/2018
Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
MN • D
Sponsored 9/28/2018
Courtney
CT • D
Sponsored 9/28/2018
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14]
PA • D
Sponsored 9/28/2018
Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
TX • D
Sponsored 9/28/2018
Larson (CT)
CT • D
Sponsored 10/2/2018
Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
MI • D
Sponsored 10/2/2018
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
FL • R
Sponsored 10/2/2018
Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 10/2/2018
Foster
IL • D
Sponsored 10/12/2018
Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
MD • D
Sponsored 10/19/2018
Meeks
NY • D
Sponsored 11/6/2018
Waters
CA • D
Sponsored 12/10/2018
Morelle
NY • D
Sponsored 12/21/2018
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