1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Office of International Disability Rights Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States has shown leadership domestically on disability rights with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and this leadership should be leveraged to support international disability rights. (2) There are more than one billion persons with disabilities around the world, and 80 percent live in developing countries. (3) 60 percent of persons with disabilities are women. (4) Women with disabilities are more likely to experience sexual violence than women without disabilities. (5) There are more than 90 million children with disabilities worldwide. (6) Children with disabilities are more likely to be malnourished than children without disabilities. (7) Persons with disabilities are subject to economic and social marginalization. The World Bank has estimated the Gross Domestic Product loss due to disability to be between $1.71 trillion and $2.23 trillion annually. (8) The inclusion of persons with disabilities is a fundamental part of democracy and essential to the full realization of human rights. (9) The political participation and leadership of persons with disabilities, including those who acquired a disability through conflict, is crucial to sustaining democratic institutions. (10) Persons with disabilities face disadvantages in educational attainment, labor market outcomes, financial stability, housing, and standard of living conditions. (11) Issues related to disability rights cut across all sectors, including democracy, human rights, labor, global health, education, and disaster relief. (12) Persons with disabilities are members of all marginalized groups, including women, young people, the LGBTI community, ethnic and religious minorities, internally displaced people, and refugees. (13) The public presence of the Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the Department of State, first appointed in 2010, helped raise the visibility of persons with