I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 214 
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act to 
prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003 
Mr. TOWNS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing 
Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional 
or sexual orientation, 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 ‘‘Civil Rights Amend-
ments Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. 
(a) PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.—(1) Section 201(a) 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a(a)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘religion,’’ and inserting ‘‘religion, 
affectional or sexual orientation,’’. 
(2) Section 202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000a–1) is 
amended by striking ‘‘religion,’’ and inserting ‘‘religion, 
affectional or sexual orientation.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC FACILITIES.—Section 301(a) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2000b(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘religion,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘religion, affectional or sexual orientation,’’. 
(c) FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS.—Section 601 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d) is amended by striking 
‘‘color,’’ and inserting ‘‘color, affectional or sexual orienta-
tion,’’. 
(d) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.—(1) Sec-
tions 703(a), 703(b), 703(c), 703(d), 703(e), 703(h), 
703(j), 704(b), 706(g), and 717(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2000e–2(a), 2000e–2(b), 2000e–2(c), 2000e–2(d), 2000e– 
(e), 2000e–2(h), 2000e–2(j), 2000e–3(b), 2000e–5(g), 
and 2000e–16(a)) are amended by striking ‘‘sex,’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘sex, affectional or sexual 
orientation,’’. 
(2) Section 717(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e– 
16(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘sex’’ and inserting ‘‘sex, 
affectional or sexual orientation,’’. 
(3) Section 703(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e– 
2(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘sex’’ the first place it ap-
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pears and inserting ‘‘sex, affectional or sexual orienta-
tion,’’. 
(4) The heading of section 703 of such Act is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘sex,’’ and inserting ‘‘sex, affectional or sex-
ual orientation,’’. 
(e) INTERVENTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CIVIL 
RIGHTS CASES.—Section 902 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
2000h–2) is amended by striking ‘‘sex’’ and inserting 
‘‘sex, affectional or sexual orientation,’’. 
(f) DEFINITION; RULES OF INTERPRETATION.—Title 
XI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘AFFECTIONAL OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
‘‘SEC. 1107. (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of titles 
II, III, VI, VII, and IX of this Act, the term ‘affectional 
or sexual orientation’ means male or female homosex-
uality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality by orientation or 
practice, by and between consenting adults. 
‘‘(b) RULES OF INTERPRETATION.—(1) Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to permit or require— 
‘‘(A) that a finding of discrimination on the 
basis of affectional or sexual orientation be based on 
any statistical differences in the incidence of persons 
of a particular affectional or sexual orientation in 
the general population as opposed to the incidence of 
such persons in the activity concerned; or 
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‘‘(B) the use of any quota as a remedy for dis-
crimination on the basis of affectional or sexual ori-
entation. 
‘‘(2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require 
any person to disclose a personal affectional or sexual ori-
entation.’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING ACT. 
(a) HOUSING SALE
AND RENTAL, RESIDENTIAL 
REAL-ESTATE-RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND BROKER-
AGE SERVICES.—(1) Section 804 of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604) is amended by striking ‘‘reli-
gion,’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘religion, affec-
tional and sexual orientation (as such term is defined in 
section 802(p)),’’. 
(2) Section 805 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3605) is 
amended by striking ‘‘religion,’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘religion, affectional or sexual orientation (as 
such term is defined in section 802(p)),’’. 
(3) Section 806 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3606) is 
amended by striking ‘‘religion,’’ and inserting ‘‘religion, 
affectional or sexual orientation (as such term is defined 
in section 802(p)),’’. 
(b) PREVENTION OF INTIMIDATION.—Section 901 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended 
by striking ‘‘religion,’’ each place it appears and inserting 
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‘‘religion, affectional or sexual orientation (as such term 
is defined in section 802(p)),’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 802 of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3602) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) ‘Affectional or sexual orientation’ means male 
or female homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality 
by orientation or practice, by and between consenting 
adults.’’. 
(d) RULES OF INTERPRETATION.—(1) Title VIII of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘RULES OF INTERPRETATION REGARDING AFFECTIONAL 
OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
‘‘SEC. 821. (a) FINDINGS
OF
DISCRIMINATION; 
QUOTAS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to per-
mit or require— 
‘‘(1) that a finding of discrimination on the 
basis of affectional or sexual orientation be based on 
any statistical differences in the incidence of persons 
of a particular affectional or sexual orientation in 
the general population as opposed to the incidence of 
such persons in the activity concerned; or 
‘‘(2) the use of any quota as a remedy for dis-
crimination on the basis of affectional or sexual ori-
entation. 
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‘‘(b) PROTECTION OF PRIVACY RIGHTS.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to require any person to dis-
close a personal affectional or sexual orientation.’’. 
(2) Title IX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3631 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘APPLICATION OF RULES OF INTERPRETATION 
REGARDING AFFECTIONAL OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
‘‘SEC. 902. The provisions of this title are subject to 
the rules of interpretation described in section 821 of this 
Act.’’. 
Æ 
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