; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics The report required under subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, the nature and extent of criminalization, discrimination, and violence by state and non-state actors based on sexual orientation or gender identity, as those terms are defined in section 12 of the GLOBE Act of 2023, or sex characteristics, including an identification of those countries that have adopted laws or constitutional provisions that criminalize or discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, including descriptions of such laws and provisions. . (b) Review at diplomatic and consular posts (1) In general In preparing the annual country reports on human rights practices required by section 116 or 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall obtain information from each diplomatic and consular post with respect to the following: (A) Incidents of violence against LGBTQI people in the country in which such post is located. (B) An analysis of the factors enabling or aggravating such incidents, such as government policy, societal pressure, or external actors. (C) The response, whether public or private, of the personnel of such post with respect to such incidents. (2) Addressing bias-motivated violence The Secretary shall include in the annual strategic plans of the regional bureaus concrete diplomatic strategies, programs, and policies to address bias-motivated violence using information obtained pursuant to paragraph (1), such as programs to build capacity among civil society or governmental entities to document, investigate, and prosecute instances of such violence and provide support to victims of such violence. (c) Interagency group (1) Establishment There is established an interagency group on responses to urgent threats to LGBTQI people in foreign countries (in this subsection referred to as the interagency