International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 36
- Latest action
- Dec 10, 2025
What it does
The bill would establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ People within the Department of State to lead U.S. efforts to combat discrimination and violence against LGBTQI+ individuals globally.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Edward Markey
- Adam Schiff
- Alejandro Padilla
- Angela Alsobrooks
- Ben Luján
- Bernard Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Chris Van Hollen
- Christopher Coons
- Christopher Murphy
- Cory Booker
- Elissa Slotkin
- Elizabeth Warren
- Gary Peters
- Jacky Rosen
- Jeanne Shaheen
- Jeff Merkley
- John Fetterman
- John Hickenlooper
- Jon Ossoff
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Maria Cantwell
- Mark Kelly
- Martin Heinrich
- Mazie Hirono
- Michael Bennet
- Patty Murray
- Peter Welch
- Richard Blumenthal
- Richard Durbin
- Ron Wyden
- Tammy Baldwin
- Tammy Duckworth
- Timothy Kaine
- Tina Smith
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.