I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4876 
To direct the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to 
replace masculine pronouns and nouns in the United States Code with 
gender-neutral language, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2023 
Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA 
of California, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives to replace masculine pronouns and nouns 
in the United States Code with gender-neutral language, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equality in Laws Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Law Revision Counsel of the 
House of Representatives shall make such changes to the 
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titles of the United States Code as are necessary to replace 
masculine pronouns and nouns in such titles with gender- 
neutral language in each case in which such revisions and 
amendments would not affect the substance or meaning 
of the relevant titles, including— 
(1) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and, 
as required by the relevant context, inserting— 
(A) ‘‘the individual’s’’; 
(B) the appropriate possessive form of the 
noun to which the pronoun refers; 
(C) ‘‘their’’ or ‘‘theirs’’; or 
(D) the appropriate possessive form of the 
title of the position to which the pronoun refers; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘he’’ and ‘‘him’’ each place such 
words appear and, as required by the relevant con-
text, inserting— 
(A) ‘‘the individual’’; 
(B) the noun to which the pronoun refers; 
(C) ‘‘they’’ or ‘‘them’’; or 
(D) the appropriate title of the position to 
which the pronoun refers. 
(b) REVISION OF POSITIVE LAW TITLES.—The Law 
Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives shall, 
pursuant to subsection (a), prepare and submit to the 
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Committee on the Judiciary such revisions in the titles of 
the United States Code which have been enacted into posi-
tive law as may be necessary to strike masculine pronouns 
and nouns and insert gender-neutral language in each case 
in which such revisions conform to the understood policy, 
intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enact-
ments. 
(c) AMENDMENT OF NONPOSITIVE LAW TITLES.— 
The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representa-
tives shall, pursuant to subsection (a), draft a bill to 
amend the titles of the United States Code that have not 
yet been enacted into positive law for the purpose of strik-
ing masculine pronouns and nouns and inserting gender- 
neutral language in each case in which such amendments 
conform to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of 
the Congress in the original enactments. 
(d) GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE DEFINED.—The 
term ‘‘gender-neutral language’’ means language that ex-
pressly or implicitly refers to all genders without distinc-
tion between such genders and does not expressly or im-
plicitly refer to a gender to the real or apparent exclusion 
of any other gender. 
Æ 
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