SUPPORTING LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

Action: This bill repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enshrines marriage equality for the purposes of federal law, and provides additional legal protections from individuals seeking to undermine marriage equality at the state level. 

Result: Public Law No: 117-228

Date: 12/13/22

Action: This bill creates a task force within the Department of Justice to combat rising abuse of LGBTQI+ individuals.

Result: Set to introduce.

Date: 7/17/2024

Action: This bill amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination against sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Date: 5/17/2017

Action: This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
Result: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Financial Services, House Administration, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 6/21/2023

Action: This bill requires the collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQI-owned businesses.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Date: 12/06/23

Action: This bill eliminates out-of-pocket costs and other barriers to access for PrEP and PEP to reduce the transmission of HIV.

Result: Referred to Subcommittee on Health.

Date: 06/27/23

Action: This bill imposes sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for violations of human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) individuals.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 06/30/23

Action: This bill outlines a vision for U.S. leadership in the protection of LGBTQ+ rights around the world.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 

Date: 06/12/23

Action: This resolution supports the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility. 

Result: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Date: 03/29/2024

Action: This resolution expresses support for the designation of June 28, 2024, as “Stonewall Day”. 

Result: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Date: 06/25/2024

Action: This resolution supports the goals and ideals of National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day to increase awareness of health disparities and other challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) elders.

Result: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Date: 05/16/24

Action: This resolution condemns the attack at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO on November 19, 2022, and honors the memory of the victims of that attack.

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Date: 12/14/22

Action: This bill addresses harassment at institutions of higher education (IHEs). Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment on the basis of a student’s actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype), disability, or religion. 

Result: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Date:09/22/2021

Action: This resolution acknowledges that same-sex couples rely upon court cases that uphold protections for same-sex couples and that all Americans should be treated fairly regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Result:  Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Date: 10/30/2020

Action: This bill prevents institutions of higher education from punishing students who are members of single-sex student organizations.

Result:  Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Date: 3/12/2020