Global Respect Act

(a) Tracking violence or criminalization related to sexual orientation or gender identity. The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall designate 1 or more bureau-based senior officer or officers, who shall be responsible for tracking violence, criminalization, and restrictions on the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics.

(b) Annual country reports on human rights practices. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—

(1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))—

(A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking and after the semicolon at the end;

(B) in paragraph (12)—

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; and

(ii) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

; and

(2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by inserting after the ninth sentence the following new sentence: Wherever applicable, such report shall also include information relating to violence or discrimination that affects the fundamental freedoms, including widespread or systematic violation of the freedoms of expression, association, or assembly, of individuals in foreign countries that is based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics..