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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3509 

To improve Federal population surveys by requiring the collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 26, 2019 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. 

BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARBAJAL, 

Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 

Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, 

Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. 

GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. HECK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, 

Ms. HILL of California, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 

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

KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 

Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. 

NADLER, Ms. MENG, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RASKIN, Miss 

RICE of New York, Mr. ROUDA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 

SERRANO, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, 

Ms. TITUS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. LEVIN of 

Michigan, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To improve Federal population surveys by requiring the colVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jul 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3509.IH H3509

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lection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual 

orientation and gender identity in certain surveys, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘LGBTQ Data Inclu5 sion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO COLLECT DATA ON SEXUAL ORI7 ENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. 

8 (a) SURVEY REQUIREMENT.—Any agency that col9 lects information through a survey that includes demo10 graphic data where subjects either self-report information 

11 or a knowledgeable proxy provides information about the 

12 subject or responds for all persons in a household shall, 

13 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act, establish data standards that require, with re15 gard to such a survey the following: 

16 (1) REVIEW.—The review of existing data sets 

17 to determine in which data sets information about 

18 sexual orientation and gender identity is not in19 cluded. 

20 (2) METHODS.—An identification of appro21 priate methods to include questions on sexual ori22 entation and gender identity in surveys that faciliVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jul 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3509.IH H3509

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1 tate categorization, voluntary participation, and pre2 serve privacy and confidentiality. 

3 (3) DATA COLLECTION.—The use of the appro4 priate methods identified in paragraph (2) to gather 

5 data on sexual orientation and gender identity. 

6 (4) ASSESSMENT.—The implementation of a 

7 process to routinely assess needed changes in survey 

8 methods related to asking questions on sexual ori9 entation and gender identity. 

10 (b) DATA REPORTS.—Any report published by an 

11 agency that relies on survey demographic data shall in12 clude information on sexual orientation and gender iden13 tity. 

14 (c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information collected 

15 relating to the sexual orientation or gender identity of a 

16 survey participant shall be maintained in accordance with 

17 the confidentiality and privacy standards and policies for 

18 the protection of individuals applicable to that survey. 

19 (d) APPLICABILITY.— 

20 (1) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall 

21 be construed to require an individual to disclose 

22 their sexual orientation or gender identity to an 

23 agency. 

24 (2) EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY.—An indi25 vidual shall not be subject to any fine or other penVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jul 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3509.IH H3509

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1 alty for refusing to answer, or providing a false an2 swer to, any survey question regarding gender iden3 tity or sexual orientation, including any fine or pen4 alty under subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 13, 

5 United States Code. 

6 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec7 tion shall be construed to permit the use of information 

8 collected under this section in a manner that would ad9 versely affect any individual. 

10 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

12 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

13 United States Code. 

14 (2) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘‘demo15 graphic data’’ means information about the race or 

16 ethnicity, sex, and age of a survey participant or 

17 population. 

18 (3) GENDER IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 

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

20 female, transgender, or another gender, as distinct 

21 from the individual’s sex assigned at birth. 

22 (4) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 

23 orientation’’ means how a person identifies in terms 

24 of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions, 


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1 and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, 

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

3 (5) SURVEY.—The term ‘‘survey’’ means a data 

4 collection activity involving observation or question5 naires for a sample of a population and includes the 

6 decennial census. 

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