I 
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 Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Con-
sumer Protection Act to expand the Offices of Minority 
and Women Inclusion to encompass LGBTQ+ inclusion, 
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 ‘‘Promoting Responsive 
Inclusion and Diverse Engagement Act of 2022’’ or the 
‘‘PRIDE Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE OFFICES OF MINORITY AND 
WOMEN INCLUSION TO ENCOMPASS LGBTQ+ 
INCLUSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (12 
U.S.C. 5452) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND WOMEN’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, WOMEN, AND LGBTQ+’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Office of Minority and Women 
Inclusion’’ each place such term appears in heading 
or text and inserting ‘‘Office of Minority, Women, 
and LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and women-owned’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘, women-owned, 
and LGBTQ+-owned’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
gender’’ and inserting ‘‘gender, gender identity, and 
sexual orientation’’; 
(5) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘LGBTQ+,’’ after ‘‘women,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and mi-
norities’’ and inserting ‘‘, minorities, and 
LGBTQ+ individuals’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
women’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘, 
women, 
and 
LGBTQ+ individuals’’; 
(6) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 
women’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘, 
women, 
and 
LGBTQ+’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and 
women’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘, 
women, 
and 
LGBTQ+ individuals’’; 
(7) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and women’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘, 
women, and LGBTQ+ individuals’’; and 
(8) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(7) LGBTQ+.—The term ‘LGBTQ+’ means 
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other 
identities that experience discrimination related to 
their sexual orientation or gender identity. 
‘‘(8) LGBTQ+-OWNED
BUSINESS.—The term 
‘LGBTQ+-owned business’ means a business— 
‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the owner-
ship or control of which is held by 1 or more 
LGBTQ+ individuals; and 
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‘‘(B) more than 50 percent of the net prof-
it or loss of which accrues to 1 or more 
LGBTQ+ individuals.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND 
CONSUMER
PROTECTION
ACT.—The Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in the table of contents in section 1(b), 
in the item relating to section 342, by striking 
‘‘AND WOMEN’’ and inserting ‘‘, WOMEN, 
AND LGBTQ+’’; and 
(B) in section 1016(c)(9), by striking ‘‘Of-
fice of Minority and Women Inclusion’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Office of Minority, Women, and 
LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’. 
(2) HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
ACT OF 1992.—Section 1319A of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4520) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Office of Minority and 
Women Inclusion’’ each place such term ap-
pears in heading or text and inserting ‘‘Office 
of Minority, Women, and LGBTQ+ Inclusion’’; 
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