; (B) develop longer-term approaches to policy developments and incidents negatively impacting the LGBTI populations in specific countries; (C) advise the President on the designation of foreign persons for sanctions pursuant to section 4; (D) identify United States laws and policies, at the Federal, State, and local levels, that affirm the equality of LGBTI persons; and (E) use such identified laws and policies to develop diplomatic strategies to share the expertise obtained from the implementation of such laws and policies with appropriate officials of countries where LGBTI persons do not enjoy equal protection under the law. (d) Special envoy for the human rights of LGBTI peoples (1) Establishment The Secretary of State shall establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) of the Department of State a permanent Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Peoples (in this section referred to as the Special Envoy ), who shall be appointed by the President. The Special Envoy shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for DRL. (2) Purpose The Special Envoy shall direct efforts of the United States Government relating to United States foreign policy, as directed by the Secretary, regarding human rights abuses against LGBTI people and communities internationally and the advancement of human rights for LGBTI people, and shall represent the United States internationally in bilateral and multilateral engagement on such matters. (3) Duties (A) In general The Special Envoy— (i) shall serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary of State regarding human rights for LGBTI people internationally; (ii) shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, direct activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to the human rights of LGBTI people and the advancement of LGBTI equality initiatives internationally, for all bureaus and offices of the Department of State and shall lead the coordination of relevant international programs for all other Federal agencies relating to such matters