International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6056 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6056 To establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 17, 2025 Mr. Garcia of California (for himself, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Peters, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Amo, Mr. Magaziner, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Doggett, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Costa, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Sorensen, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. McBride, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Bell, Ms. Titus, Ms. Ross, Mr. Neal, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Craig, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Casten, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Chu, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Meng, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Dexter, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gottheimer, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish in the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Internatio