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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6599 

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act to expand the Offices of Minority and Women Inclusion to encompass 

LGBTQ+ inclusion, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2022 

Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. 

DEAN, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. ADAMS, and Mr. GREEN

of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to expand the Offices of Minority 

and Women Inclusion to encompass LGBTQ+ inclusion, 

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 ‘‘Promoting Responsive 

5 Inclusion and Diverse Engagement Act of 2022’’ or the 

6 ‘‘PRIDE Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE OFFICES OF MINORITY AND 

2 WOMEN INCLUSION TO ENCOMPASS LGBTQ+ 

3 INCLUSION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank 

5 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 

6 U.S.C. 5452) is amended— 

7 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND WOMEN’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘, WOMEN, AND LGBTQ+’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘Office of Minority and Women 

10 Inclusion’’ each place such term appears in heading 

11 or text and inserting ‘‘Office of Minority, Women, 

12 and LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’; 

13 (3) by striking ‘‘and women-owned’’ each place 

14 such term appears and inserting ‘‘, women-owned, 

15 and LGBTQ+-owned’’; 

16 (4) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

17 gender’’ and inserting ‘‘gender, gender identity, and 

18 sexual orientation’’; 

19 (5) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

21 ‘‘LGBTQ+,’’ after ‘‘women,’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and mi23 norities’’ and inserting ‘‘, minorities, and 

24 LGBTQ+ individuals’’; and 


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1 (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

2 women’’ and inserting ‘‘, women, and 

3 LGBTQ+ individuals’’; 

4 (6) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 

6 women’’ and inserting ‘‘, women, and 

7 LGBTQ+’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 

9 women’’ and inserting ‘‘, women, and 

10 LGBTQ+ individuals’’; 

11 (7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and women’’ 

12 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘, 

13 women, and LGBTQ+ individuals’’; and 

14 (8) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(7) LGBTQ+.—The term ‘LGBTQ+’ means 

17 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other 

18 identities that experience discrimination related to 

19 their sexual orientation or gender identity. 

20 ‘‘(8) LGBTQ+-OWNED BUSINESS.—The term 

21 ‘LGBTQ+-owned business’ means a business— 

22 ‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the owner23 ship or control of which is held by 1 or more 

24 LGBTQ+ individuals; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) more than 50 percent of the net prof2 it or loss of which accrues to 1 or more 

3 LGBTQ+ individuals.’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND

6 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.—The Dodd-Frank 

7 Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

8 (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 

9 (A) in the table of contents in section 1(b), 

10 in the item relating to section 342, by striking 

11 ‘‘AND WOMEN’’ and inserting ‘‘, WOMEN, 

12 AND LGBTQ+’’; and 

13 (B) in section 1016(c)(9), by striking ‘‘Of14 fice of Minority and Women Inclusion’’ and in15 serting ‘‘Office of Minority, Women, and 

16 LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’. 

17 (2) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

18 ACT OF 1992.—Section 1319A of the Housing and 

19 Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

20 4520) is amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Office of Minority and 

22 Women Inclusion’’ each place such term ap23 pears in heading or text and inserting ‘‘Office 

24 of Minority, Women, and LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and 

2 women, and minority- and women-owned’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals, 

4 and minority-, women-, and LGBTQ+-owned’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘and 

6 women and businesses owned by minorities and 

7 women’’ and inserting ‘‘, women, and 

8 LGBTQ+ individuals and businesses owned by 

9 minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ individuals’’; 

10 and 

11 (D) in subsection (f)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and 

13 people of color’’ and inserting ‘‘, people of 

14 color, and LGBTQ+ individuals’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 

16 women to place talented young minorities 

17 and women’’ and inserting ‘‘, women, and 

18 LGBTQ+ individuals to place talented 

19 young minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ 

20 individuals’’. 

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