The Global Respect Act of 2025 directs the President to create and maintain a list of foreign government officials and individuals responsible for human rights abuses against LGBTQI people, including torture, wrongful detention, disappearance, and denial of fundamental rights based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics. Those on the list will be barred from obtaining U.S. visas and removed from the country if already present, though the President can waive these restrictions for national security or international obligations. The Secretary of State must submit the list to Congress every 180 days and update it as new information becomes available, while also publishing it in the Federal Register to increase public accountability. Additionally, the law requires the State Department to designate senior officials to track violence and criminalization of LGBTQI individuals worldwide and to include information about such abuses in annual human rights reports to Congress. The President is encouraged to use existing authorities to impose additional targeted sanctions against those listed. While no specific funding amount is authorized, the law requires regulations to be issued within 180 days and annual reporting to begin one year after enactment.
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