US Congress Senate Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S654-655)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of State to establish in the Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples who shall: direct U.S. government efforts regarding the human rights of LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender); represent the United States in diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights of LGBT people, including discrimination and violence against LGBT people; serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary of State regarding human rights for LGBT people; and implement activities regarding support, education, resettlement, and empowerment of LGBT people. Directs the Special Envoy to develop or update annually for five years a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against LGBT people. Authorizes the Secretary and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide assistance to prevent and respond to discrimination and violence against LGBT people.

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2015

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S654-655)

HB590 (Same As) 2015-02-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/302/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s302/BILLS-114s302is.pdf