; 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 7 of the International Human Rights Defense 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 such sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics, including descriptions of such laws and provisions. . 6. Implementation of the United States strategy to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ people and communities internationally The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development are authorized to provide assistance to prevent and respond to criminalization, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ people internationally. Such assistance may include the following activities: (1) Development and implementation of programs, such as the Global Equality Fund of the Department of State, that respond to human rights abuses against, and the social and economic exclusion of, LGBTQI+ people. (2) Support and capacity building for the development and enforcement of the laws of foreign governments pertaining to relevant civil and criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protection, and training. (3) Enhancement of health sector capacity to detect, prevent, and respond to violence against LGBTQI+ people and communities internationally, and to combat HIV/AIDS in the LGBTQI+ community internationally, in close coordination with the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy of the Department of State. (4) Development of a leadership program for international LGBTQI+ activists that will foster