[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 312 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 312

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
    individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
                    orientation or gender identity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2013

  Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Himes, Mr. Honda, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. McGovern, 
  Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moran, Ms. Norton, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
    California, Ms. Schakowsky, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
    individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
                    orientation or gender identity.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL JURIES ON ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
              OR GENDER IDENTITY PROHIBITED.

    Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``sexual orientation, gender identity,'' after ``sex''.
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