[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1515 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1515

  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

                             March 13, 2017

   Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
   Lowenthal, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Ms. Speier, Mr. 
Higgins of New York, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Delaney, Ms. Meng, Mr. Quigley, 
 Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Donovan, 
 and Mr. Ted Lieu of California) 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 
2017''.

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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