US-HB2796-2017
U.S. Congress · HB 2796 · 2017
Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017
- Bill key
- US-HB2796-2017
- State
- U.S. Congress
- Session
- 2017
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- introduced
- Citation (Bluebook)
- H.R. 2796, 115th Cong. (2017), https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2796/all-info.
- Short citation
- H.R. 2796.
- Topics
- Tags
Summary
Civil Rights Uniformity Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the word "sex" or "gender" from being interpreted to mean "gender identity," and requires "man" or "woman" to be interprete…
Curator notes
This in in response to the Obama administration's Justice Department guidance from December 2014 that GI be considered protected under Title VII's protections of sex and the Obama administration's Justice and Education Departments guidance of May 2016 that GI be considered protected under Title IX's protections of sex, which was since undone by the Trump administration.
Sponsors
| Name | Party | Office | District | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Olson | Republican | Representative | HD-TX-22 | Primary sponsor |
| Brian Babin | Republican | Representative | HD-TX-36 | Co-sponsor |
| Ralph Abraham | Republican | Representative | HD-LA-5 | Co-sponsor |
| Vicky Hartzler | Republican | Representative | HD-MO-4 | Co-sponsor |
| Trent Franks | Republican | Representative | HD-AZ-8 | Co-sponsor |
| Steve King | Republican | Representative | HD-IA-4 | Co-sponsor |
| Walter Jones | Republican | Representative | HD-NC-3 | Co-sponsor |
| Louie Gohmert | Republican | Representative | HD-TX-1 | Co-sponsor |
| Glenn Grothman | Republican | Representative | HD-WI-6 | Co-sponsor |
| Raul Labrador | Republican | Representative | HD-ID-1 | Co-sponsor |
| Andy Harris | Republican | Representative | HD-MD-1 | Co-sponsor |
| Randy Weber | Republican | Representative | HD-TX-14 | Co-sponsor |
Bill text
- As introduced (8,880 characters) · Open the printed bill (PDF)
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