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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 4439 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering |
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| 6 | 6 | | discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE30, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | CHNEIDER(for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHA- |
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| 12 | 12 | | KOWSKY, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | V |
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| 14 | 14 | | ARGAS, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. TONKO, Ms. WEXTON, Mrs. |
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| 15 | 15 | | B |
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| 16 | 16 | | EATTY, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Mr. KEATING) introduced the |
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| 17 | 17 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 18 | 18 | | A BILL |
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| 19 | 19 | | To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons |
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| 20 | 20 | | suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual |
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| 21 | 21 | | orientation, and for other purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Equal Hous-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ing Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. HOUSING. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) F |
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| 29 | 29 | | AIRHOUSINGACT.—The Fair Housing Act (42 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended— 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) in section 802, by adding at the end the fol-1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(p) ‘Race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’ (including sexual 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | orientation and gender identity), ‘handicap’, ‘familial sta-4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | tus’, or ‘national origin’, used with respect to an indi-5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | vidual, includes— 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sex-7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ual orientation and gender identity), handicap, fa-8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | milial status, or national origin, respectively, of an-9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | other person with whom the individual is associated 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | or has been associated; and 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | sexual orientation and gender identity), handicap, 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | familial status, or national origin, respectively, of the 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | individual. 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(q) ‘Gender identity’ means the gender-related iden-17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | tity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | characteristics of an individual, without regard to the indi-19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | vidual’s designated sex at birth. 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(r) ‘Sexual orientation’ means homosexuality, het-21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | erosexuality, or bisexuality.’’; 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) in section 804, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ual orientation and gender identity)’’ after ‘‘sex’’ 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | each place that term appears; 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) in section 805, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ual orientation and gender identity)’’ after ‘‘sex’’ 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | each place that term appears; 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) in section 806, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ual orientation and gender identity)’’ after ‘‘sex’’ 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | each place that term appears; and 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘(includ-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ing sexual orientation and gender identity)’’ after 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘sex’’. 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (b) P |
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| 72 | 72 | | REVENTION OFINTIMIDATION INFAIRHOUS-10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | INGCASES.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including sex-12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802 of 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | this Act) and gender identity (as such term is defined in 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | section 802 of this Act))’’ after ‘‘sex’’ each place that term 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | appears. 16 |
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