tion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or a sex stereo-
type. 
‘‘SEC. 1107. CLAIMS. 
‘‘The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 
U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.) shall not provide a claim con-
cerning, or a defense to a claim under, a covered title, 
or provide a basis for challenging the application or en-
forcement of a covered title.’’. 
SEC. 10. HOUSING. 
(a) FAIR HOUSING ACT.—The Fair Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(p) ‘Gender identity’, ‘sex’, and ‘sexual orientation’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 1101(a) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
‘‘(q) ‘Race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’ (including ‘sexual 
orientation’ and ‘gender identity’), ‘handicap’, ‘familial 
status’, or ‘national origin’, used with respect to an indi-
vidual, includes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sex-
ual orientation and gender identity), handicap, fa-
milial status, or national origin, respectively, of an-
other person with whom the individual is associated 
or has been associated; and 
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‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including 
sexual orientation and gender identity), handicap, 
familial status, or national origin, respectively, of the 
individual.’’; 
(2) in section 804, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-
ual orientation and gender identity),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ 
each place that term appears; 
(3) in section 805, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-
ual orientation and gender identity),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ 
each place that term appears; 
(4) in section 806, by inserting ‘‘(including sex-
ual orientation and gender identity),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; 
(5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing sexual orientation and gender identity),’’ after 
‘‘sex,’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 821. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Sections 1101(b) and 1106 of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 shall apply to this title and section 901, except 
that for purposes of that application, a reference in that 
section 1101(b) or 1106 to a ‘covered title’ shall be consid-
ered a reference to ‘this title and section 901’. 
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‘‘SEC. 822. CLAIMS. 
‘‘Section 1107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall 
apply to this title and section 901, except that for pur-
poses of that application, a reference in that section 1107 
to a ‘covered title’ shall be considered a reference to ‘this 
title and section 901’.’’. 
(b) PREVENTION OF INTIMIDATION IN FAIR HOUS-
ING CASES.—Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including sex-
ual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802 of 
this Act) and gender identity (as such term is defined in 
section 802 of this Act)),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 
term appears. 
SEC. 11. EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY. 
(a) 
PROHIBITED
DISCRIMINATION.—Section 
701(a)(1) of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 
1691(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including sexual 
orientation and gender identity),’’ after ‘‘sex’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 702 of the Equal Credit 
Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(f) The terms ‘gender identity’, ‘sex’, and ‘sexual 
orientation’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 1101(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
‘‘(g) The term ‘race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘national ori-
gin’, ‘sex’ (including ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender iden-
tity’), ‘marital status’, or ‘age’, used with respect to an 
individual, includes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, national origin, 
sex (including sexual orientation and gender iden-
tity), marital status, or age, respectively, of another 
person with whom the individual is associated or has 
been associated; and 
‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
concerning the race, color, religion, national origin, 
sex (including sexual orientation and gender iden-
tity), marital status, or age, respectively, of the indi-
vidual.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) Sections 1101(b) and 1106 of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 shall apply to this title, except that for pur-
poses of that application— 
‘‘(1) a reference in those sections to a ‘covered 
title’ shall be considered a reference to ‘this title’; 
and 
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‘‘(2) paragraph (1) of such section 1101(b) 
shall apply with respect to all aspects of a credit 
transaction.’’. 
(c) RELATION TO STATE LAWS.—Section 705(a) of 
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691d(a)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(including sexual orientation and 
gender identity),’’ after ‘‘sex’’. 
(d) CIVIL LIABILITY.—Section 706 of the Equal 
Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691e) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) Section 1107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
shall apply to this title, except that for purposes of that 
application, a reference in that section to a ‘covered title’ 
shall be considered a reference to ‘this title’.’’. 
SEC. 12. JURIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 121 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1862, by inserting ‘‘(including 
sexual orientation and gender identity),’’ after 
‘‘sex,’’; 
(2) in section 1867(e), in the second sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘(including sexual orientation and gen-
der identity),’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; 
(3) in section 1869— 
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(A) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subsection (k), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) ‘gender identity’, ‘sex’, and ‘sexual orientation’ 
have the meanings given such terms under section 1101(a) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; and 
‘‘(m) ‘race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’ (including ‘sexual 
orientation’ and ‘gender identity’), ‘economic status’, or 
‘national origin’, used with respect to an individual, in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sex-
ual orientation and gender identity), economic sta-
tus, or national origin, respectively, of another per-
son with whom the individual is associated or has 
been associated; and 
‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including 
sexual orientation and gender identity), economic 
status, or national origin, respectively, of the indi-
vidual.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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