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Official title: Impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for violations of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 26, 2025 by Jeanne Shaheen · Last progress June 26, 2025
The bill increases U.S. documentation, public naming, and enforcement tools to highlight and punish abuses against LGBTQ+ people abroad—boosting oversight, accountability, and targeted diplomacy—while raising risks of diplomatic friction, administrative and intelligence burdens, due‑process and immigration harms for named individuals, and potential economic or resource costs.
LGBTQ+ individuals abroad will gain greater U.S. visibility, diplomatic attention, and pressure on abusive governments through formal findings and public reporting.
Federal lawmakers, diplomats, and the public will receive regular, unclassified reports and clearer data every 180 days and annually, improving oversight and targeting of U.S. assistance and policy.
Victims of violence and discrimination (and NGOs documenting abuses) will have stronger pathways to accountability because outside reporting, nomination mechanisms, listing authority, and targeted sanctions increase the chance abusive actors are identified and sanctioned.
U.S. diplomats, taxpayers, and partner governments will face increased diplomatic strain and damaged bilateral relationships because public naming and critical reporting can complicate cooperation on other priorities.
Immigrants and dual nationals (and others named) will risk loss of visas, travel bans, reputational harm, or immigration consequences without new individualized judicial process because public listing and revocation authorities operate administratively.
Federal civil servants and diplomatic posts will face significant administrative workload and resource strain as increased reporting, review, and enforcement obligations may divert staff time and lack commensurate funding.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Creates a recurring US list of foreign persons who commit severe anti-LGBTQ+ abuses and makes listed persons ineligible for US visas and admission, with reporting and waiver rules.
Creates a recurring, public U.S. government list of foreign persons responsible for grave human-rights abuses against people because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, requires inadmissibility and visa revocation for listed persons (with narrow presidential waivers), and expands State Department human-rights reporting to explicitly track violence, criminalization, and restrictions targeting LGBTQ+ people. The law also requires regular reporting to Congress on listings, removals, and coordination with foreign partners and encourages use of targeted sanctions alongside immigration consequences.