Text of US HB 1447 (2017)

I 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1447 To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 9, 2017 Mr. TAYLOR (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair and Equal Hous- 4 ing Act of 2017’’. 5 SEC. 2. HOUSING. 6 (a) FAIR HOUSING ACT.—The Fair Housing Act (42 7 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 16, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1447.IH H1447 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1447 IH (1) in section 802, by adding at the end the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(p) ‘Race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’, ‘sexual orienta- 3 tion’, ‘gender identity’, ‘handicap’, ‘familial status’, or ‘na- 4 tional origin’, used with respect to an individual, in- 5 cludes— 6 ‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori- 7 entation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, 8 or national origin, respectively, of another person 9 with whom the individual is associated or has been 10 associated; and 11 ‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 12 concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori- 13 entation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, 14 or national origin, respectively, of the individual. 15 ‘‘(q) ‘Gender identity’ means the gender-related iden- 16 tity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related 17 characteristics of an individual, without regard to the indi- 18 vidual’s designated sex at birth. 19 ‘‘(r) ‘Sexual orientation’ means homosexuality, het- 20 erosexuality, or bisexuality.’’; 21 (2) in section 804, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta- 22 tion, gender identity’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 23 term appears; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 16, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1447.IH H1447 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1447 IH (3) in section 805, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta- 1 tion, gender identity’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 2 term appears; 3 (4) in section 806, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta- 4 tion, gender identity’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 5 term appears; 6 (5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘sexual 7 orientation, gender identity’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; and 8 (6) by adding at the end the following:’’. 9 (b) PREVENTION OF INTIMIDATION IN FAIR HOUS- 10 ING CASES.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 11 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting ‘‘gender iden- 12 tity, sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 13 802 of this Act),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that term ap- 14 pears. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:14 Mar 16, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1447.IH H1447 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with BILLS