[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3145 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3145

To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify congressional intent that the 
  prohibitions of that Act do not extend to conduct that results in a 
  disparate impact on a protected class unless the person engaging in 
                   that conduct intends that impact.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2015

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify congressional intent that the 
  prohibitions of that Act do not extend to conduct that results in a 
  disparate impact on a protected class unless the person engaging in 
                   that conduct intends that impact.

    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 ``Protect Local Independence in 
Housing Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ``DISPARATE IMPACT'' CASES UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.

    Section 804(f) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3604(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(10) Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit conduct 
resulting in a disparate impact on a class protected by this title 
unless the person engaging in that conduct intended that impact.''.
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