HR 1833 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023

Introduced Mar 28, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Robert Garcia D-CA

Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1662)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 28, 2023
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023

This bill establishes in the Department of State a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex) Peoples who shall serve as the principal State Department advisor regarding human rights for LGBTQI+ people and represent the United States in diplomatic matters relevant to the human rights of LGBTQI+ people.

The special envoy shall periodically provide Congress with a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ people. The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development may provide assistance to prevent and respond to such activities against LGBTQI+ people.

The bill also requires that specified annual country reports on human rights practices include information on criminalization, discrimination, and violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Cosponsors 205

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2023 to Oct 22, 2024; 66 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-OR	Andrea Salinas	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MN	Angie Craig	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MD	David J. Trone	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NJ	Donald Norcross	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Eric Sorensen	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MD	Glenn Ivey	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Jared Huffman	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Jasmine Crockett	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-HI	Jill N. Tokuda	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Joaquin Castro	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CO	Joe Neguse	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Katie Porter	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Kevin Mullin	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-FL	Maxwell Frost	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MI	Rashida Tlaib	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NY	Ritchie Torres	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Sara Jacobs	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-IL	Sean Casten	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-KS	Sharice Davids	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-OH	Shontel M. Brown	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-PA	Summer L. Lee	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-NM	Teresa Leger Fernandez	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-MA	William R. Keating	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Mar 28, 2023
D-VT	Becca Balint		Apr 3, 2023
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Apr 3, 2023
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Apr 17, 2023
D-MI	Hillary J. Scholten		Apr 17, 2023
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Apr 17, 2023
D-IL	Bill Foster		Apr 18, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer L. McClellan		Apr 19, 2023
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Apr 19, 2023
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		Apr 19, 2023
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Apr 20, 2023
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Apr 27, 2023
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Apr 27, 2023
D-CT	James A. Himes		Apr 27, 2023
D-FL	Jared Moskowitz		Apr 27, 2023
D-NJ	Andy Kim		May 2, 2023
D-CA	Ted Lieu		May 2, 2023
D-IL	Nikki Budzinski		May 9, 2023
D-IN	André Carson		May 10, 2023
D-CO	Brittany Pettersen		May 10, 2023
D-PA	Dwight Evans		May 10, 2023
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 10, 2023
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 11, 2023
D-NC	Valerie P. Foushee		May 11, 2023
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman		May 31, 2023
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan		May 31, 2023
D-MA	Lori Trahan		May 31, 2023
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		May 31, 2023
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 5, 2023
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Jun 5, 2023
D-MI	Shri Thanedar		Jun 5, 2023
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Jun 7, 2023
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Jun 7, 2023
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Jun 7, 2023
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jun 12, 2023
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jun 12, 2023
D-RI	Seth Magaziner		Jun 16, 2023
D-NC	Wiley Nickel		Jun 16, 2023
D-GA	David Scott		Jul 12, 2023
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 12, 2023
D-TX	Lizzie Fletcher		Aug 1, 2023
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Aug 4, 2023
D-WA	Adam Smith		Aug 22, 2023
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Aug 22, 2023
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Aug 22, 2023
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman		Aug 22, 2023
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Aug 22, 2023
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Aug 22, 2023
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Aug 29, 2023
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Aug 29, 2023
D-CA	Judy Chu		Aug 29, 2023
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Aug 29, 2023
D-PA	Madeleine Dean		Aug 29, 2023
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Sep 1, 2023
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Oct 2, 2023
D-CA	Raul Ruiz		Oct 2, 2023
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Oct 6, 2023
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Oct 6, 2023
D-CA	Mark Takano		Oct 6, 2023
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Oct 6, 2023
D-FL	Darren Soto		Oct 11, 2023
D-HI	Ed Case		Oct 11, 2023
D-PA	Christopher R. Deluzio		Oct 24, 2023
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Oct 26, 2023
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Nov 6, 2023
D-CO	Jason Crow		Nov 6, 2023
D-CA	John Garamendi		Nov 6, 2023
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Nov 6, 2023
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Nov 6, 2023
D-NY	Daniel S. Goldman		Nov 7, 2023
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Nov 7, 2023
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Nov 7, 2023
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Nov 7, 2023
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Nov 8, 2023
D-IL	Delia C. Ramirez		Nov 8, 2023
D-OH	Greg Landsman		Nov 28, 2023
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Nov 28, 2023
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Nov 28, 2023
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Nov 28, 2023
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Nov 28, 2023
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Nov 28, 2023
D-KY	Morgan McGarvey		Nov 28, 2023
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Nov 28, 2023
D-NY	Patrick Ryan		Nov 28, 2023
D-NV	Steven Horsford		Nov 28, 2023
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Nov 28, 2023
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Nov 30, 2023
D-OH	Emilia Strong Sykes		Nov 30, 2023
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Dec 1, 2023
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Dec 1, 2023
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Dec 1, 2023
D-TX	Greg Casar		Dec 4, 2023
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Dec 4, 2023
D-FL	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick		Dec 5, 2023
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Dec 7, 2023
D-NV	Susie Lee		Dec 7, 2023
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Dec 11, 2023
D-IN	Frank J. Mrvan		Dec 11, 2023
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Dec 11, 2023
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Dec 14, 2023
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Dec 14, 2023
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Dec 19, 2023
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Dec 19, 2023
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Dec 19, 2023
D-CA	Mike Levin		Jan 10, 2024
D-NC	Jeff Jackson		Jan 29, 2024
D-OR	Val T. Hoyle		Feb 5, 2024
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Feb 28, 2024
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross		Feb 28, 2024
D-LA	Troy A. Carter		Mar 21, 2024
D-RI	Gabe Amo		Jun 25, 2024
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jul 18, 2024
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 22, 2024
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jul 22, 2024
D-NY	Timothy M. Kennedy		Jul 22, 2024
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jul 30, 2024
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jul 30, 2024
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jul 30, 2024
D-NY	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez		Aug 2, 2024
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Aug 2, 2024
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Aug 2, 2024
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Aug 9, 2024
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell		Aug 9, 2024
D-CA	Ami Bera		Sep 6, 2024
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Sep 6, 2024
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		Sep 6, 2024
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Sep 6, 2024
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Sep 9, 2024
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Sep 9, 2024
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Sep 10, 2024
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego		Sep 10, 2024
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Sep 11, 2024
D-WA	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez		Sep 12, 2024
D-NM	Gabe Vasquez		Sep 18, 2024
D-NC	Kathy E. Manning		Sep 18, 2024
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Sep 18, 2024
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi		Sep 18, 2024
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Sep 23, 2024
D-NJ	LaMonica McIver		Oct 18, 2024
D-CO	Yadira Caraveo		Oct 22, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 28, 2023

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 30, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1662)
Mar 28, 2023Introduced in House
Mar 28, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H1662	Robert Garcia D-CA	Mar 30, 2023

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Section 8 Article 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Legislating

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 56, March 28, 2023, page H1528.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1007	International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023	Identical bill	Mar 28, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

International Affairs

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 28, 2023Introduced in House

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