110 HR 693 IH: Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act of 2007 U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-24 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 693 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2007 Mr. Towns (for himself and Ms. Clarke) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restroom gender parity in Federal buildings.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Restroom Gender Parity in Federal Buildings Act of 2007.

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Restroom gender parity in Federal buildings

(a)

In general

Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (5) by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (7)with respect to the facility to be constructed, altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased, a statement by the Administrator that the number of toilets in women’s restrooms will exceed the number of toilets (including urinals) in men’s restrooms by a ratio of 2 to 1 or a statement by the Administrator as to why such a ratio of toilets is not needed. . (b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall become effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.