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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 

To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2019 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. BERA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

CARBAJAL, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. COSTA, 

Mr. COX of California, Mr. CRIST, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. 

DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 

KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 

Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, 

Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 

SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BASS, Ms. MENG, Mr. KEATING, Ms. CLARK

of Massachusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CASE, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Ms. SHALALA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LGBTQ Essential 

3 Data Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION ON THE SEXUAL 

5 ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY OF DE6 CEASED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE NA7 TIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYS8 TEM. 

9 (a) COLLECTION OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND

10 GENDER IDENTITY DATA.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 

13 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

14 shall take measures to improve the incidence of the 

15 collection of information on the sexual orientation 

16 and gender identity of deceased individuals through 

17 the National Violent Death Reporting System or any 

18 successor programs. 

19 (2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col20 lected relating to the sexual orientation or gender 

21 identity of a decedent shall be maintained in accord22 ance with the confidentiality and privacy standards 

23 and policies for the protection of individuals applica24 ble to all other data collected for purposes of the 

25 National Violent Death Reporting System. 

26 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 

2 identity’’ means an individual’s sense of being male, 

3 female, transgender, or another gender, as distinct 

4 from the individual’s sex assigned at birth. 

5 (2) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 

6 orientation’’ means how a person identifies in terms 

7 of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions, 

8 and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, 

9 gay, lesbian, or bisexual, among other terms. 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap11 propriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 

12 this section. 

13 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

14 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

15 (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven16 tion has made significant efforts to encourage States 

17 and other jurisdictions to collect data on sexual ori18 entation and gender identity through the National 

19 Violent Death Reporting System; and 

20 (2) jurisdictions that participate in the collec21 tion of such data through the National Violent 

22 Death Reporting System should be commended for 

23 their participation. 

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