SEC. 2. ANNUAL SURVEYS ON HOUSING DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) ANNUAL SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall conduct such surveys, on 
an annual basis, as necessary to determine the levels of 
discrimination in housing practices throughout the United 
States on the basis of protected classes under the Fair 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), including single, 
partnered, and married persons’ sexual orientation or gen-
der identity (in this section referred to as ‘‘SOGI’’), or 
both. 
(b) COLLECTION OF DATA.—Data shall be collected 
in a manner to identify the intersectionalities of protected 
characteristics under the Fair Housing Act identified by 
survey participants with other protected characteristics, as 
well as age (disaggregated in increments of 5 years of 
age). 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than June 1 of each cal-
endar year, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Con-
gress, and make such report publicly available on a 
website of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, setting forth the findings of the Secretary, with 
respect to levels of discrimination occurring in the pre-
ceding calendar year, as determined by the surveys con-
ducted for such preceding year. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
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(1) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 
identity’’ means, with respect to an individual, such 
individual’s 
sense 
of 
being 
male, 
female, 
transgender, or another gender, as distinct from the 
individual’s sex assigned at birth. 
(2) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 
orientation’’ means, with respect to an individual, 
how such individual identifies in terms of their emo-
tional, romantic, or sexual attractions, and includes 
identification as straight, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, 
or bisexual, among other identifications. 
SEC. 3. COLLECTION OF DATA. 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act is amended by inserting after section 12 (42 U.S.C. 
3537a) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 13. COLLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. 
‘‘(a) COLLECTION
BY HUD.—Whenever the Sec-
retary collects any demographic data, whether under or 
pursuant to any program, survey, study, form, or other 
activity, including the Rental/Homebuyer/Homeowner 
Rehab Set-Up Report form for the HOME Program under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), the American 
Healthy Homes Survey conducted by the Office of Healthy 
Homes and Lead Hazard Control, and any forms involved 
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in the programs for rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
the Secretary shall collect and make available, to the same 
extent that demographic data is collected and made avail-
able, information regarding sexual orientation and gender 
identity of the same individuals about which demographic 
data is collected. 
‘‘(b) COLLECTION BY RECIPIENTS AND GRANTEES.— 
The Secretary shall require that any recipient or sub-re-
cipient of assistance within the jurisdiction of the Depart-
ment (as such term is defined in section 102(m) of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(m))), including any State 
or agency or office thereof, unit of local government or 
agency or office thereof, public housing agency, non-profit 
or for-profit organization, and any other official or entity, 
that collects any demographic data under, pursuant to, or 
in connection with any project, program, initiative, survey, 
study, form, or other activity conducted with such assist-
ance, such recipient shall collect and make available, to 
the same extent that demographic data is collected and 
made available, information regarding sexual orientation 
and gender identity of the same individuals about which 
demographic data is collected. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘demo-
graphic data’ means information about the race or 
ethnicity, sex, and age of a program or survey par-
ticipant or population. 
‘‘(2) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘gender 
identity’ means, with respect to an individual, such 
individual’s 
sense 
of 
being 
male, 
female, 
transgender, or another gender, as distinct from the 
individual’s sex assigned at birth. 
‘‘(3) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘sexual 
orientation’ means, with respect to an individual, 
how such individual identifies in terms of their emo-
tional, romantic, or sexual attractions, and includes 
identification as straight, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, 
or bisexual, among other identifications.’’. 
SEC. 4. OUTREACH AND EDUCATION. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall develop and implement a program to promote the 
new forms developed for reporting of information pursuant 
to section 2 of this Act and section 13 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Act (as added by the 
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amendment made by section 3 of this Act) to prospective 
recipients of the forms. 
Æ 
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