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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To establish a task force to combat the rising elder abuse 

of LGBTQI+ individuals. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Elder Pride Protection 

5 Act of 2024’’. 

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

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen9 eral shall establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘Elder 


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1 LGBTQI+ Defense and Enhance Resources (ELDER) 

2 Task Force’’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’. 

3 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 

4 members appointed by the Attorney General from both the 

5 Elder Justice Initiative and the Division of Civil Rights 

6 of the Department of Justice. 

7 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in8 clude— 

9 (1) studying the increased incidence of elder 

10 abuse perpetrated against LGBTQI+ individuals; 

11 (2) developing best practices for a national ap12 proach to combat such elder abuse; 

13 (3) developing best practices for State and local 

14 law enforcement agencies to deal with such elder 

15 abuse; 

16 (4) developing educational materials on how to 

17 prevent and respond to elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 

18 individuals; 

19 (5) distributing the materials described under 

20 paragraph (4); and 

21 (6) coordinating the response of local, State, 

22 and Federal law enforcement agencies to combating 

23 elder abuse of LGBTQI+ individuals. 

24 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

25 of the enactment of the Act, the Task Force shall submit 


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1 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

3 Senate a report on the progress the Task Force has made 

4 in completing the duties assigned under subsection (c). 

5 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘LGBTQI+ individual’’ includes 

8 any individual who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisex9 ual, transgender, queer, or intersex or uses other 

10 terms used to describe being a sexual or gender mi11 nority. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘elder abuse’’ means an inten13 tional act or failure to act that causes or creates a 

14 risk of harm to a person aged 60 or older, includ15 ing— 

16 (A) physical abuse when an elder experi17 ences illness, pain, injury, functional impair18 ment, distress, or death as a result of the inten19 tional use of physical force and includes acts 

20 such as hitting, kicking, pushing, slapping, and 

21 burning; 

22 (B) sexual abuse involving forced or un23 wanted sexual interaction of any kind, including 

24 unwanted sexual contact or penetration or non25 contact acts such as sexual harassment; 


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1 (C) emotional or psychological abuse by 

2 verbal or nonverbal behaviors that inflict an3 guish, mental pain, fear, or distress, including 

4 humiliation or disrespect, verbal and non-verbal 

5 threats, harassment, and geographic or inter6 personal isolation; 

7 (D) failure to meet basic needs, including 

8 food, water, shelter, clothing, hygiene, and es9 sential medical care; or 

10 (E) financial abuse involving the illegal, 

11 unauthorized, or improper use of money, bene12 fits, belongings, property, or assets for the ben13 efit of someone other than the owner. 

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