Global health inclusivity

(a) In general The Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally (referred to in this section as the Coordinator) shall— (1) develop mechanisms to ensure that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is implemented in a way that equitably serves LGBTQI people in accordance with the goals described in section 7(f), including by requiring all partner entities receiving assistance through PEPFAR to receive training on the health needs of and human rights standards relating to LGBTQI people; and (2) promptly notify Congress of any obstacles encountered by a foreign government or contractor, grantee, or implementing partner in the effort to equitably implement PEPFAR as described in section 7(f), including any remedial steps taken by the Coordinator to overcome such obstacles. (b) Report on international prosecutions for sex work or consensual sexual activity Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the manner in which commodities such as condoms provided by programs, projects, or activities funded through PEPFAR or other sources of United States assistance have been used as evidence to arrest, detain, or prosecute individuals in other countries in order to enforce domestic laws criminalizing sex work or consensual sexual activity. (c) Report on index testing related to HIV/AIDS Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the impact of partner notification services and index testing on treatment adherence, intimate partner violence, and exposure to the criminal justice system for key populations, including LGBTQI people and sex workers, using qualitative and quantitative data. (d) Report on impact of global gag rule Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the impact, as of the date of the submission of the report, on the implementation and enforcement of any iteration of the Mexico City Policy on the global LGBTQI community. (e) Removing limitations on eligibility for foreign assistance (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance authorized under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign nongovernmental organizations— (A) shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services, including counseling and referral services, provided by such organizations with non-United States Government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided; and (B) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-United States Government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to United States nongovernmental organizations receiving assistance under part I of such Act. (2) Conforming amendments to pepfar authorization Section 301 of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7631) is amended— (A) by striking subsections (d) through (f); and (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (d). (3) Conforming amendments to the allocation of funds by the global aids coordinator Section 403(a) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7673(a)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking shall— and all that follows through (A) provide and inserting shall provide; (ii) by striking; and and inserting a period; and (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking Prevention strategy and all that follows through In carrying out paragraph (1) and inserting Prevention strategy; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B). (4) Conforming amendments to tvpra authorization Section 113 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7110) is amended— (A) by striking subsection (g); and (B) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively.