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The bill substantially raises U.S. visibility, reporting, and tools to pressure and exclude perpetrators of anti‑LGBTQI abuses abroad—strengthening accountability and support for victims—but it also risks diplomatic friction, resource strains, possible harm to misidentified individuals (including dual citizens), exposure of sensitive information, and economic or expectation‑management downsides.
LGBTQI people in other countries will gain much greater U.S. visibility and diplomatic attention for abuses against them, increasing pressure on abusive governments and the likelihood of public accountability.
Victims, NGOs, and asylum-seekers will have clearer channels to submit evidence and benefit from improved documentation, which can strengthen accountability, humanitarian responses, and asylum decisions.
U.S. policymakers, Congress, and the public will receive standardized definitions and regular, periodic unclassified reporting, improving oversight, targeting of assistance, and transparency about abuses and U.S. responses.
People publicly named or placed on the sanctions/ban list — including some who may be misidentified — could lose visas, face removal, and suffer reputational harm without a new individualized judicial process, and dual U.S. citizens or lawful immigrants might be subject to scrutiny or restrictions not intended for them.
Public naming and frequent criticism of foreign governments could strain diplomatic relations, complicate cooperation on other U.S. priorities, and provoke diplomatic or economic retaliation.
Expanded reporting, listing, enforcement, and sanctioning duties will increase workload for the State Department, DHS, and other agencies and may divert staff time and resources from other priorities—especially if no additional funding is provided.
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Creates a recurring U.S. list of foreign persons responsible for severe anti-LGBTQ+ abuses and bars listed persons from U.S. entry, while expanding human-rights reporting.
Introduced June 26, 2025 by Jeanne Shaheen · Last progress June 26, 2025
Requires the President to create and publish a recurring list naming foreign persons responsible for severe human-rights abuses targeting people based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, and makes those listed inadmissible to the United States with visa revocation and removal requirements (subject to a narrow presidential waiver). Directs the State Department to expand annual human-rights reporting to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on freedoms connected to sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, and requires regular congressional reporting on implementation.