I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9369 
To establish a task force to combat the rising elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 
individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 16, 2024 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Ms. CRAIG) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a task force to combat the rising elder abuse 
of LGBTQI+ individuals. 
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 ‘‘Elder Pride Protection 
Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. COMBATING LGBTQI+ ELDER ABUSE TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘Elder 
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LGBTQI+ Defense and Enhance Resources (ELDER) 
Task Force’’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall consist of 
members appointed by the Attorney General from both the 
Elder Justice Initiative and the Division of Civil Rights 
of the Department of Justice. 
(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force shall in-
clude— 
(1) studying the increased incidence of elder 
abuse perpetrated against LGBTQI+ individuals; 
(2) developing best practices for a national ap-
proach to combat such elder abuse; 
(3) developing best practices for State and local 
law enforcement agencies to deal with such elder 
abuse; 
(4) developing educational materials on how to 
prevent and respond to elder abuse of LGBTQI+ 
individuals; 
(5) distributing the materials described under 
paragraph (4); and 
(6) coordinating the response of local, State, 
and Federal law enforcement agencies to combating 
elder abuse of LGBTQI+ individuals. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of the Act, the Task Force shall submit 
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to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate a report on the progress the Task Force has made 
in completing the duties assigned under subsection (c). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘LGBTQI+ individual’’ includes 
any individual who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, transgender, queer, or intersex or uses other 
terms used to describe being a sexual or gender mi-
nority. 
(2) The term ‘‘elder abuse’’ means an inten-
tional act or failure to act that causes or creates a 
risk of harm to a person aged 60 or older, includ-
ing— 
(A) physical abuse when an elder experi-
ences illness, pain, injury, functional impair-
ment, distress, or death as a result of the inten-
tional use of physical force and includes acts 
such as hitting, kicking, pushing, slapping, and 
burning; 
(B) sexual abuse involving forced or un-
wanted sexual interaction of any kind, including 
unwanted sexual contact or penetration or non- 
contact acts such as sexual harassment; 
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(C) emotional or psychological abuse by 
verbal or nonverbal behaviors that inflict an-
guish, mental pain, fear, or distress, including 
humiliation or disrespect, verbal and non-verbal 
threats, harassment, and geographic or inter-
personal isolation; 
(D) failure to meet basic needs, including 
food, water, shelter, clothing, hygiene, and es-
sential medical care; or 
(E) financial abuse involving the illegal, 
unauthorized, or improper use of money, bene-
fits, belongings, property, or assets for the ben-
efit of someone other than the owner. 
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