; and (B) to provide greater workplace protections overseas, compatible with those of the United States. (21) Engaging multilateral fora and international institutions is critical to impacting global norms and to broadening global commitments to fairer standards for the treatment of all people, including LGBTQI people. The United States must remain a leader in the United Nations system and has a vested interest in the success of that multilateral engagement. (22) Ongoing United States participation in the Equal Rights Coalition, which is an intergovernmental coalition of more than 40 governments and leading civil society organizations that work together to protect the human rights of LGBTQI people around the world, remains vital to international efforts to respond to violence committed against those in the LGBTQI community with impunity. (23) Those who represent the United States abroad, including our diplomats, development specialists and military members, should reflect the diversity of our country and honor America’s call to equality, including through proud and open service abroad by LGBTQI Americans and those living with HIV. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate congressional committees Except as provided in section 5, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives