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Amends Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 by adjusting punctuation in existing paragraphs and adding a new paragraph (13) requiring Country Reports on Human Rights Practices to include, where applicable, information on criminalization, discrimination, and violence by state and non-state actors based on sexual orientation, gender identity (as defined in section 7 of the [act referenced]), or sex characteristics, and identification/descriptions of countries with laws or constitutional provisions that criminalize or discriminate on those bases.
Modifies Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to child marriage status) as subsection (j) and adding a new subsection (k) requiring the report under subsection (b) to include, where applicable, information on criminalization, discrimination, and violence by state and non-state actors based on sexual orientation, gender identity (as defined in section 7 of the [act referenced]), or sex characteristics, and identification/descriptions of countries with laws or constitutional provisions that criminalize or discriminate on those bases.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced December 10, 2025 by Edward John Markey · Last progress December 10, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate