provides exhibition, entertainment, recreation, 
exercise, amusement, gathering, or display;’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) any establishment that provides a good, 
service, or program, including a store, shopping cen-
ter, online retailer or service provider, salon, bank, 
gas station, food bank, service or care center, shel-
ter, travel agency, or funeral parlor, or establish-
ment that provides health care, accounting, or legal 
services; 
‘‘(5) any train service, bus service, car service, 
taxi service, airline service, station, depot, or other 
place of or establishment that provides transpor-
tation service; and’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION OR SEGREGA-
TION UNDER LAW.—Section 202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2000a–1) is amended by inserting ‘‘sex, sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national origin’’. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Title II of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 208. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘A reference in this title to an establishment— 
‘‘(1) shall be construed to include an individual 
whose operations affect commerce and who is a pro-
vider of a good, service, or program; and 
‘‘(2) shall not be construed to be limited to a 
physical facility or place.’’. 
SEC. 4. DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
Section 301(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000b(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national origin’’. 
SEC. 5. DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 401(b) of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c(b)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national 
origin’’. 
(b) CIVIL ACTIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
Section 407 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000c–6) is amended, 
in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, sexual orientation, 
gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national origin’’. 
(c) CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT.—Section 410 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000c–9) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national 
origin’’. 
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SEC. 6. FEDERAL FUNDING. 
Section 601 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000d) is amended by inserting ‘‘sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national origin,’’. 
SEC. 7. EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) RULES
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended by inserting after 
section 701 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 701A. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Section 1106 shall apply to this title except that for 
purposes of that application, a reference in that section 
to an ‘unlawful practice’ shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to an ‘unlawful employment practice’.’’. 
(b) UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.—Section 
703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e– 
2) is amended— 
(1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘SEX,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER 
IDENTITY,’’; 
(2) except in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sex,’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘enter-
prise,’’ and inserting ‘‘enterprise, if, in a situation in 
which sex is a bona fide occupational qualification, 
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individuals are recognized as qualified in accordance 
with their gender identity,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘sex’’ the sec-
ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’. 
(c) OTHER UNLAWFUL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.— 
Section 704(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–3(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘sex,’’ the first place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘employment.’’ and inserting 
‘‘employment, if, in a situation in which sex is a 
bona fide occupational qualification, individuals are 
recognized as qualified in accordance with their gen-
der identity.’’. 
(d) CLAIMS.—Section 706(g)(2)(A) of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (2000e–5(g)(2)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘sex,’’ and inserting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gen-
der identity,’’. 
(e) EMPLOYMENT BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—Sec-
tion 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–16) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sex,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘sex’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’. 
(f) GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEE
RIGHTS
ACT
OF 
1991.—The Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 
(42 U.S.C. 2000e–16a et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 301(b), by striking ‘‘sex,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’; 
(2) in section 302(a)(1), by striking ‘‘sex,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 305. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMS. 
‘‘Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 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 
1106 to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen-
der identity, or national origin’ shall be considered to be 
a reference to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, 
gender identity, national origin, age, or disability’.’’. 
(g) CONGRESSIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT
OF 
1995.—The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 201(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)) 
by inserting ‘‘sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ 
before ‘‘or national origin,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of title II (42 U.S.C. 
1311 et seq.) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 208. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMS. 
‘‘Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 1107 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 shall apply to section 201 (and reme-
dial provisions of this Act related to section 201) except 
that for purposes of that application, a reference in that 
section 1106 to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity, or national origin’ shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or dis-
ability’.’’. 
(h) CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT OF 1978.—Chapter 
23 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 2301(b)(2), by striking ‘‘sex,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sex, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity,’’; 
(2) in section 2302— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or 
national origin,’’; and 
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(B) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘sex-
ual orientation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or na-
tional origin;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2307. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMS. 
‘‘Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 1107 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 shall apply to this chapter (and reme-
dial provisions of this title related to this chapter) except 
that for purposes of that application, a reference in that 
section 1106 to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity, or national origin’ shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, a handi-
capping condition, marital status, or political affiliation’.’’. 
SEC. 8. INTERVENTION. 
Section 902 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000h–2) is amended by inserting ‘‘, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’ before ‘‘or national origin,’’. 
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS. 
Title XI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 1101 through 
1104 (42 U.S.C. 2000h et seq.) and sections 1105 
and 1106 (42 U.S.C. 2000h–5, 2000h–6) as sections 
1102 through 1105 and sections 1108 and 1109, re-
spectively; 
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(2) by inserting after the title heading the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 1101. DEFINITIONS AND RULES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and 
IX (referred to individually in sections 1106 and 1107 as 
a ‘covered title’): 
‘‘(1) RACE; COLOR; RELIGION; SEX; SEXUAL 
ORIENTATION; GENDER
IDENTITY; NATIONAL
ORI-
GIN.—The term ‘race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’, ‘sex-
ual orientation’, ‘gender identity’, or ‘national ori-
gin’, used with respect to an individual, includes— 
‘‘(A) the race, color, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or national origin, 
respectively, of another person with whom the 
individual is associated or has been associated; 
and 
‘‘(B) a perception or belief, even if inac-
curate, concerning the race, color, religion, sex, 
sexual orientation, gender identity, or national 
origin, respectively, of the individual. 
‘‘(2) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘gender 
identity’ means the gender-related identity, appear-
ance, mannerisms, or other gender-related character-
istics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s 
designated sex at birth. 
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‘‘(3) INCLUDING.—The term ‘including’ means 
including, but not limited to, consistent with the 
term’s standard meaning in Federal law. 
‘‘(4) SEX.—The term ‘sex’ includes— 
‘‘(A) a sex stereotype; 
‘‘(B) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 
medical condition; and 
‘‘(C) sexual orientation or gender identity. 
‘‘(5) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘sexual 
orientation’ means homosexuality, heterosexuality, or 
bisexuality. 
‘‘(b) RULES.—In a covered title referred to in sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(1) (with respect to sex) pregnancy, childbirth, 
or a related medical condition shall not receive less 
favorable treatment than other physical conditions; 
and 
‘‘(2) (with respect to gender identity) an indi-
vidual shall not be denied access to a shared facility, 
including a restroom, a locker room, and a dressing 
room, that is in accordance with the individual’s 
gender identity.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after section 1105 the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 1106. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘(a) SEX.—Nothing in section 1101 or the provisions 
of a covered title incorporating a term defined or a rule 
specified in that section shall be construed— 
‘‘(1) to limit the protection against an unlawful 
practice on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or a 
related medical condition provided by section 701(k); 
or 
‘‘(2) to limit the protection against an unlawful 
practice on the basis of sex available under any pro-
vision of Federal law other than that covered title, 
prohibiting a practice on the basis of sex. 
‘‘(b) CLAIMS AND REMEDIES NOT PRECLUDED.— 
Nothing in section 1101 or a covered title shall be con-
strued to limit the claims or remedies available to any indi-
vidual for an unlawful practice on the basis of race, color, 
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or na-
tional origin including claims brought pursuant to section 
1979 or 1980 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983, 
1985) or any other law, including a Federal law amended 
by the Equality Act, regulation, or policy. 
‘‘(c) NO NEGATIVE INFERENCE.—Nothing in section 
1101 or a covered title shall be construed to support any 
inference that any Federal law prohibiting a practice on 
the basis of sex does not prohibit discrimination on the 
basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condi-
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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, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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’, ‘sexual orienta-
tion’, ‘gender identity’, ‘handicap’, ‘familial status’, or ‘na-
tional origin’, used with respect to an individual, in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, 
or national origin, respectively, of another 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, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, handicap, familial status, 
or national origin, respectively, of the individual.’’; 
(2) in section 804, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 
term appears; 
(3) in section 805, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’ each place that 
term appears; 
(4) in section 806, by inserting ‘‘sexual orienta-
tion, gender identity,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; 
(5) in section 808(e)(6), by inserting ‘‘sexual 
orientation, 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’. 
‘‘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 
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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 ‘‘sexual orienta-
tion (as such term is defined in section 802 of this Act), 
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 ‘‘sexual orientation, 
gender identity,’’ after ‘‘status,’’. 
(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: 
‘‘(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’, ‘sexual orientation’, ‘gender identity’, ‘marital 
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status’, or ‘age’, used with respect to an individual, in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, national origin, 
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital sta-
tus, or age, respectively, of another person with 
whom the individual is associated or has been associ-
ated; and 
‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
concerning the race, color, religion, national origin, 
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital sta-
tus, or age, respectively, of the individual.’’; 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 
‘‘(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 ‘‘, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity,’’ after ‘‘sex’’. 
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(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 ‘‘sexual ori-
entation, gender identity,’’ after ‘‘sex,’’; 
(2) in section 1867(e), in the second sentence, 
by inserting ‘‘sexual orientation, gender identity,’’ 
after ‘‘sex,’’; 
(3) in section 1869— 
(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 
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‘‘(m) ‘race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’, ‘sexual orienta-
tion’, ‘gender identity’, ‘economic status’, or ‘national ori-
gin’, used with respect to an individual, includes— 
‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, economic status, or na-
tional origin, respectively, of another person with 
whom the individual is associated or has been associ-
ated; and 
‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 
concerning the race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, economic status, or na-
tional origin, respectively, of the individual.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1879. Rules of construction and claims 
‘‘Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 1107 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 shall apply to this chapter, except that 
for purposes of that application, a reference in those sec-
tions to a ‘covered title’ shall be considered a reference 
to ‘this chapter’.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 121 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1879. Rules of construction and claims.’’. 
Æ 
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