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TH
CONGRESS 2
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S
ESSION
 
H. R.
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To amend the Fair Housing Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. N
 ADLER
of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To amend the Fair Housing Act, and for other purposes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Opportunities
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Made Equal (HOME) Act’’.
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SEC. 2. AMENDING THE FAIR HOUSING ACT TO PROHIBIT
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CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION.
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(a) I
N
G
ENERAL
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(1) Section 804 of the Fair Housing Act (42
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U.S.C. 3604) is amended by inserting ‘‘sexual ori-
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2 entation, gender identity, source of income, marital
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status,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place it appears.
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(2) Section 805 of the Fair Housing Act (42
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U.S.C. 3605) is amended by inserting ‘‘sexual ori-
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entation, gender identity, source of income, marital
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status,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place it appears.
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(3) Section 806 of the Fair Housing Act (42
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U.S.C. 3606) is amended by inserting ‘‘sexual ori-
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entation, gender identity, source of income, marital
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status,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’.
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(b) P
REVENTION OF
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NTIMIDATION
.—Section 901 of
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the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended
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 by inserting ‘‘sexual orientation, gender identity, source
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of income, marital status,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place it ap-
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pears.
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(c) D
EFINITIONS
.—Section 802 of the Fair Housing
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 Act (42 U.S.C. 3602) is amended by adding at the end
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the following:
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‘‘(p) ‘Gender identity’ means the gender-related
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identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gen-
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der-related characteristics of an individual, with or
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 without regard to the individual’s designated sex at
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 birth.
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‘‘(q) ‘Sexual orientation’ means homosexuality,
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heterosexuality, or bisexuality.
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3 ‘‘(r) ‘Source of income’ means the receipt of
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Federal, State, or local public assistance including
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medical assistance, or the receipt by a tenant or ap-
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plicant of Federal, State, or local housing subsidies,
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including rental assistance under section 8 of the
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United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
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1437f) or other rental assistance or rental supple-
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ments.
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‘‘(s) ‘Marital status’ has the same meaning
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given that term for purposes of the Equal Credit
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Opportunity Act.’’.
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SEC. 3. AMENDING THE FAIR HOUSING ACT TO EXTEND
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THE DEFINITION OF DISCRIMINATORY HOUS-
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ING PRACTICE.
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Section 802(f) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C.
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3602(f)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(f) ‘Discriminatory housing practice’ means an act
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that is unlawful under section 804, 805, 806, or 818 of
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this title, whether occurring pre- or post-acquisition, and
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also includes a failure to comply with the section 808(e)(5)
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of this title or a regulation made to carry out section
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808(e)(5).’’.
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