; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Documenting and responding to bias-motivated violence against LGBTQI people abroad. Sec. 5. Sanctions on individuals responsible for violations of human rights against LGBTQI people. Sec. 6. Combating international criminalization of LGBTQI status, expression, or conduct. Sec. 7. Foreign assistance to protect human rights of LGBTQI people. Sec. 8. Global health inclusivity. Sec. 9. Immigration reform. Sec. 10. Issuance of passports and guarantee of United States citizenship to certain children born abroad. Sec. 11. Engaging international organizations in the fight against LGBTQI discrimination. Sec. 12. Representing the rights of LGBTQI United States citizens deployed to diplomatic and consular posts. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The norms of good governance, human rights protections, and the rule of law have been violated unconscionably with respect to LGBTQI people in an overwhelming majority of countries around the world, where LGBTQI people face violence, hatred, bigotry, and discrimination because of who they are and who they love. (2) In at least 67 countries (almost 35 percent of the countries in the world), same-sex relations and relationships are criminalized. Many countries also criminalize or otherwise prohibit cross-dressing and gender-affirming treatments for transgender individuals. (3) The World Bank has begun to measure the macro-economic costs of criminal laws targeting LGBTQI individuals through lost productivity, detrimental health outcomes and violence, as a step toward mitigating those costs. (4) Violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity are documented in the Department of State’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which show a clear pattern of human rights violations, including murder, rape, torture, death threats, extortion, and imprisonment, in every region of the world based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In many instances, police, prison,