{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-3485","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 3485","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Global Respect Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Global Respect Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Global Respect Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Global Respect Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Global Respect Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Global Respect Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-05-25","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-02-09","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h43","question":"On Passage","title":"Global Respect Act","result":"Passed","yea":227,"nay":206,"present":0,"not_voting":0,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll043.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2022-02-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 175","sponsor":"Rep. 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The President must report and periodically update a list of foreign persons responsible for such human rights violations and apply sanctions accordingly."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of State must designate at least one senior officer who shall be responsible for tracking violence and discrimination against individuals based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics in foreign countries."}],"words":93},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the President to list foreign persons found responsible for or complicit in certain human rights violations against people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, makes those persons and their immediate family members inadmissible to the United States, and adds State Department tracking and reporting duties.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H796D5ECD1D974FB5B0D70DFE820EFB23"}]},"core_areas":["Visa and entry sanctions on foreign persons responsible for human rights violations based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics","State Department tracking and reporting on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President, within 180 days of enactment and twice a year after, to send congressional committees a list of foreign persons found, on credible information, to be responsible for or complicit in torture, prolonged detention without charges, disappearance, or other flagrant denial of life, liberty, or security based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"}},{"text":"Makes each foreign person on the list, and each immediate family member, inadmissible and ineligible for a visa or admission, and requires revocation of any visa or entry documentation already issued to them.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"}},{"text":"Allows the President to waive sanctions on a foreign person by certifying to the committees, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, that the waiver is vital to the national interest of the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"}},{"text":"Requires the President, through the Secretary of State, to report to the committees each year on actions taken under the sanctions section, including the number of persons added to or removed from the list.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"}},{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to designate one or more Bureau-based senior officers to track violence, criminalization, and restrictions on fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H796D5ECD1D974FB5B0D70DFE820EFB23"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State to submit to Congress, within 1 year of enactment, a report with sections from each regional bureau on past risks to LGBTQI individuals and a summary of differences between regions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#HA6190C049AE1491D9D919E1DBA35B62F"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh#H2B4E942F1D624DC68244B8F7874937A2"},"heading":"Sanctions on individuals responsible for violations of human rights against LGBTQI people","effect":"Exempts immediate family members of listed persons from the visa and entry sanctions when the President certifies a reasonable fear of persecution. It also exempts activities under title V of the National Security Act of 1947, intelligence and law enforcement activities, and admissions needed under the UN Headquarters Agreement.","amount":null,"quote":"A covered individual shall not be subject to sanctions under this section if the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-02-09","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3485/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-3485.png","v":"90e14db17596","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 3485, 117th Congress: Global Respect Act. House: 227 Yea, 206 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 9 Feb 2022."}}