[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4439 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4439

To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering 
discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2023

     Mr. Schneider (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. 
   Schakowsky, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
 Vargas, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wexton, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. 
Bonamici, Ms. Jayapal, and Mr. Keating) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the protections of the Fair Housing Act to persons suffering 
discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Fair and Equal Housing Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. HOUSING.

    (a) Fair Housing Act.--The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et 
seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 802, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) `Race', `color', `religion', `sex' (including sexual 
orientation and gender identity), `handicap', `familial status', or 
`national origin', used with respect to an individual, includes--
            ``(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity), handicap, familial status, or 
        national origin, respectively, of another person with whom the 
        individual is associated or has been associated; and
            ``(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
        concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity), handicap, familial status, or 
        national origin, respectively, of the individual.
    ``(q) `Gender identity' means the gender-related identity, 
appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an 
individual, without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth.
    ``(r) `Sexual orientation' means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or 
bisexuality.'';
            (2) in section 804, by inserting ``(including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity)'' after ``sex'' each place 
        that term appears;
            (3) in section 805, by inserting ``(including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity)'' after ``sex'' each place 
        that term appears;
            (4) in section 806, by inserting ``(including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity)'' after ``sex'' each place 
        that term appears; and
            (5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting ``(including sexual 
        orientation and gender identity)'' after ``sex''.
    (b) Prevention of Intimidation in Fair Housing Cases.--Section 901 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by 
inserting ``(including sexual orientation (as such term is defined in 
section 802 of this Act) and gender identity (as such term is defined 
in section 802 of this Act))'' after ``sex'' each place that term 
appears.
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