114 S3324 IS: Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act U.S. Senate 2016-09-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 114th CONGRESS2d Session S. 3324 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 14, 2016 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Fair Housing Act to establish that certain conduct, in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive for purposes of determining whether a certain type of sexual harassment has occurred under that Act, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act.

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Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling

The Fair Housing Act is amended by inserting after section 807 (42 U.S.C. 3607) the following:

807A.

Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling

(a)

Hostile environment sexual harassment

For purposes of determining, under this title, whether unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature is sufficiently severe or pervasive to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment, any incident of conduct described in subsection (b) that occurs in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive. (b)

Conduct

The conduct described in subsection (a) consists of— (1)unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2)any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.

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