3.0.0 1330 2023-01-11T13:31:08Z 2023-01-11T13:31:08Z Senate S 2015-05-13 114 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-05-13T19:20:54Z Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015 114 2309 HR 2015-05-13 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Related bill CRS 2015-05-13 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2015-05-13 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2015-05-13 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-05-13 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-05-13 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-05-13 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-05-13 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-05-13 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-05-13 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2015-05-13 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-05-13 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-05-13 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-05-14 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2015-07-13 False Finance and Financial Sector Consumer credit Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Finance and Financial Sector 00 2015-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-08T18:16:45Z Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015

Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to expand the categories of prohibited discrimination when extending credit to include discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity. (Currently, such discrimination in credit is prohibited only on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or marital status, or age.)

Provides for such Act to apply whether the basis for certain prohibited forms of discrimination is actual or perceived.

Defines: (1) "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; (2) "person" as a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, or association; and (3) "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.

]]> Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015 Display Title Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1330is/xml/BILLS-114s1330is.xml 2015-05-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.