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                 RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 116-13 
                 TEXT OF H.R. 5, EQUALITY ACT 
                 
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             Committee on the Judiciary.]



1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2      This Act may be cited as the ``Equality Act''.

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4      (a) FINDINGS.-Congress finds the following:

5         (1) Discrimination can occur on the basis of the

6      sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or preg-  

7      nancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition of

8      an individual, as well as because of sex-based stereo 

9      types. Each of these factors alone can serve as the

10     basis for discrimination, and each is a form of sex

11     discrimination.

12        (2) A single instance of discrimination may

13     have more than one basis. For example, discrimina-

14     tion against a married same-sex couple could be

15     based on the sex stereotype that marriage should

16     only be between heterosexual couples, the sexual ori- 

17     entation of the two individuals in the couple, or

18     both. Discrimination against a pregnant lesbian




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