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International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025
Legislative Progress
Introduced
December 10, 2025
Latest Action
December 10, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratic(MA)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
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vs 5,674 other S bills in the 119th — cohort avg 32d
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Filing registrants (3)
2026 · third_quarter · Foreign Relations
HIV/AIDS in PEPFAR Non-discrimination in service delivery at foreign assistance agencies LGBTQ Human Rights Issues LGBTQ+ specific sanctions Nominations State, Foreign Operations FY26 Appropriations LGBTQ+ Refugees Transparency and Reporting H.Res. 199: Condemning woke foreign aid programs. H.Con.Res. 23: Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility. S. 280: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act H.R. 4245; S. 2231: GLOBE Act of 2025 S. 2180: Global Respect Act of 2025 H.R. 4779: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 6056; S. 3426: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 H.R. 6151; S. 2180: Global Respect Act H.R. 8595: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 H.R. 8582; S. 4436: Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act H.R. 9087: To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters. H.Res. 1423: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9237) to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, and other Federal laws, to improve benefits for veterans and the administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1181) to prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring the use of or assigning merchant category codes that distinguish a firearms retailer from general-merchandise retailer or sporting-goods retailer, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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Client expense: $203,894 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2026 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
HIV/AIDS in PEPFAR Non-discrimination in service delivery at foreign assistance agencies LGBTQ Human Rights Issues LGBTQ+ specific sanctions Nominations State, Foreign Operations FY26 Appropriations LGBTQ+ Refugees Transparency and Reporting H.Res. 199: Condemning woke foreign aid programs. H.Con.Res. 23: Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility. S. 280: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act H.R. 4245; S. 2231: GLOBE Act of 2025 S. 2180: Global Respect Act of 2025 H.R. 4779: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 6056; S. 3426: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 H.R. 6151; S. 2180: Global Respect Act H.R. 8595: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 H.R. 8582; S. 4436: Protecting Human Rights and Public Health in Foreign Assistance Act H.R. 9087: To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters.
Client expense: $223,727 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2026 · first_quarter · Foreign Relations
HIV/AIDS in PEPFAR Non-discrimination in service delivery at foreign assistance agencies LGBTQ Human Rights Issues LGBTQ+ specific sanctions Nominations State, Foreign Operations FY26 Appropriations LGBTQ+ Refugees Transparency and Reporting H.Res. 199: Condemning woke foreign aid programs. H.Con.Res. 23: Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility. S. 280: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act H.R. 4245; S. 2231: GLOBE Act of 2025 S. 2180: Global Respect Act of 2025 H.R. 4779: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 6056; S. 3426: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 H.R. 6151; S. 2180: Global Respect Act
Client expense: $174,259 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2025 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act (H.R. 764/S. 280) Saving Lives and Taxpayer Dollars Act (S. 2252/H.R. 4516) State Department Authorization (H.R. 5300, H.R. 5244) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act (H.R. 4888/S. 2671) Resolution commending State and local governments for championing reproductive rights as human rights. (H.Con.Res.65) Support UNFPA Funding Act (S. 3393/H.R. 2439) International Human Rights Defense Act (S. 3426/H.R. 6056)
Client expense: $94,048 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2025 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (HR 14/S 2523) Support the Equal Rights Amendment Support the Do No Harm Act (HR 1954) Support the Resolution Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility (H.Con.Res.23) Support the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (HR 51) Oppose the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (HR 28) Oppose the Executive Order removing the concept of gender fluidity from the federal government, recognizing a persons sex at conception (male or female) in federal programs. (EO 14168) Support the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act (HR 40/S 40) Support the Fit to Serve Act (HR 3569/S 2006) Support the GLOBE Act (HR 4245) Support the Ranked Choice Voting Act (HR 6589)Support the Fair Representation Act (HR 4632) Support the SWIFT VOTE Act (HR 4881) Support the Resolution Terminating the emergency determined by the President on August 11, 2025, in the Executive Order titled Declaring a crime emergency in the District of Columbia (H J Res 115) Support the Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections (VOTE) Act (HR 4917/S 2589) Support the Sustaining Our Democracy Act (HR 4910/S 2588) Support the Voters on the Move Registration Act (HR 4909) Support the Unhoused Voter Opportunity Through Elections (VOTE) Act (HR 4914) Support the Election Mail Act (HR 4915/2576) Support the People Over Long Lines (POLL) Act (HR 4911) Support the Youth Voting Rights Act (HR 4916) Support the Time Off to Vote Act (HR 4908/S 2549) Support the Help America Run Act (HR 4912) Support the Countering Harassment and Applying Legal Liability to Effectively Nurture Government Election Stability (CHALLENGES) Act (HR 4913) Oppose the Protect Childrens Innocence Act (HR 3492) Support the International Human Rights Defense Act (HR 6056/S 3426) Support the Resolution Resolution Condemning white supremacy, hate, and antisemitism, and efforts to give a platform to these 2 dangerous ideologies (S Res 533) Support the John Lewis Every Child Deserves A Family Act (S 1848) Oppose the Chloe Cole Act (HR 5483/S 2907)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2025 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
HIV/AIDS in PEPFAR Non-discrimination in service delivery at foreign assistance agencies LGBTQ Human Rights Issues LGBTQ+ specific sanctions Nominations State, Foreign Operations FY26 Appropriations LGBTQ+ Refugees Transparency and Reporting H.Res. 199: Condemning woke foreign aid programs. H.Con.Res. 23: Supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility. S. 280: Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act H.R. 4245; S. 2231: GLOBE Act of 2025 S. 2180: Global Respect Act of 2025 H.R. 4779: National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 H.R. 6056; S. 3426: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2025 H.R. 6151; S. 2180: Global Respect Act
Client expense: $216,181 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
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| Bernard Sanders | Independent | VT |
| Brian Schatz | Democratic | HI |
| Catherine Cortez Masto | Democratic | NV |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | MD |
| Christopher A. Coons | Democratic | DE |
| Christopher Murphy | Democratic | CT |
| Cory A. Booker | Democratic | NJ |
| Elissa Slotkin | Democratic | MI |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Gary C. Peters | Democratic | MI |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | NV |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| John Fetterman | Democratic | PA |
| John W. Hickenlooper | Democratic | CO |
| Jon Ossoff | Democratic | GA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA |
| Mark Kelly | Democratic | AZ |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Mazie K. Hirono | Democratic | HI |
| Michael F. Bennet | Democratic | CO |
| Patty Murray | Democratic | WA |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR |
| Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | WI |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |