[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9369 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9369

 To establish a task force to combat the rising elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 
                              individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 16, 2024

  Mr. Gottheimer (for himself and Ms. Craig) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a task force to combat the rising elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 
                              individuals.

    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 ``Elder Pride Protection Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. COMBATING LGBTQI+ ELDER ABUSE TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a task 
force to be known as the ``Elder LGBTQI+ Defense and Enhance Resources 
(ELDER) Task Force'' (hereinafter referred to as the ``Task Force''.
    (b) Composition.--The Task Force shall consist of members appointed 
by the Attorney General from both the Elder Justice Initiative and the 
Division of Civil Rights of the Department of Justice.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall include--
            (1) studying the increased incidence of elder abuse 
        perpetrated against LGBTQI+ individuals;
            (2) developing best practices for a national approach to 
        combat such elder abuse;
            (3) developing best practices for State and local law 
        enforcement agencies to deal with such elder abuse;
            (4) developing educational materials on how to prevent and 
        respond to elder abuse of LGBTQI+ individuals;
            (5) distributing the materials described under paragraph 
        (4); and
            (6) coordinating the response of local, State, and Federal 
        law enforcement agencies to combating elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 
        individuals.
    (d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of the Act, the Task Force shall submit to the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate a report on the progress the Task Force has 
made in completing the duties assigned under subsection (c).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``LGBTQI+ individual'' includes any individual 
        who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, 
        or intersex or uses other terms used to describe being a sexual 
        or gender minority.
            (2) The term ``elder abuse'' means an intentional act or 
        failure to act that causes or creates a risk of harm to a 
        person aged 60 or older, including--
                    (A) physical abuse when an elder experiences 
                illness, pain, injury, functional impairment, distress, 
                or death as a result of the intentional use of physical 
                force and includes acts such as hitting, kicking, 
                pushing, slapping, and burning;
                    (B) sexual abuse involving forced or unwanted 
                sexual interaction of any kind, including unwanted 
                sexual contact or penetration or non-contact acts such 
                as sexual harassment;
                    (C) emotional or psychological abuse by verbal or 
                nonverbal behaviors that inflict anguish, mental pain, 
                fear, or distress, including humiliation or disrespect, 
                verbal and non-verbal threats, harassment, and 
                geographic or interpersonal isolation;
                    (D) failure to meet basic needs, including food, 
                water, shelter, clothing, hygiene, and essential 
                medical care; or
                    (E) financial abuse involving the illegal, 
                unauthorized, or improper use of money, benefits, 
                belongings, property, or assets for the benefit of 
                someone other than the owner.
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