Documenting and responding to bias-motivated violence against lgbtqi+ people abroad

(a) Information required To be included in annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (1) Section 116 Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended— (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (13) wherever applicable, the nature and extent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence by state and non-state actors based on sexual orientation or gender identity (as such terms are defined in section 7 of the International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025) or sex characteristics, including an identification of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on such sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, including descriptions of such laws and provisions.. (2) Section 502b Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended— (A) by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to child marriage status) as subsection (j); and (B) by adding at the end the following: (k) Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics The report required under subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, the nature and extent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence by state and non-state actors based on sexual orientation or gender identity, as those terms are defined in section 7 of the International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025, or sex characteristics, including an identification of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on such sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, including descriptions of such laws and provisions..