IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 208 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender individuals should be protected from discrimination under 
the law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, 
Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROW-
LEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, 
Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. 
FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. 
HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 
KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LAW-
RENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, 
Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. 
POLIS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RANGEL, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of 
Virginia, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WAT-
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SON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, and Mr. MCNERNEY) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that lesbian, gay, bisex-
ual, and transgender individuals should be protected 
from discrimination under the law. 
Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 
7 states ‘‘All are equal before the law and are entitled 
without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. 
All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimi-
nation in violation of this Declaration and against any in-
citement to such discrimination.’’; 
Whereas many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender indi-
viduals experience discrimination throughout the scope of 
their lives including in acquiring credit, seeking jobs, ac-
cessing public accommodations, attending school, receiv-
ing services, renting a home, and performing their civic 
duty as a juror; 
Whereas Americans of every age, every faith, every political 
party, and every socio-economic background recognize 
discrimination 
against 
lesbian, 
gay, 
bisexual, 
and 
transgender individuals to be a serious problem; 
Whereas religious liberty and nondiscrimination laws have 
long co-existed; 
Whereas existing Federal law and recent executive actions 
provide some protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender workers, students, and Federal program re-
cipients; 
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Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Mas-
sachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, 
Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Washington 
(plus the District of Columbia) prohibit discrimination on 
the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in em-
ployment and housing, and New Hampshire, New York, 
and Wisconsin prohibit discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation in employment and housing; 
Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Min-
nesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, and Washington (plus the District of 
Columbia) prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual 
orientation and gender identity in public accommoda-
tions, and Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, 
and Wisconsin prohibit discrimination on the basis of 
sexual orientation in public accommodations; 
Whereas the States of California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ne-
vada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and 
Washington (plus the District of Columbia) prohibit dis-
crimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender 
identity in education, and Wisconsin prohibits discrimina-
tion on the basis of sexual orientation in education; 
Whereas more than 100 cities in States without explicit non-
discrimination laws have adopted ordinances barring dis-
crimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender 
identity; 
Whereas 89 percent of Fortune 500 companies have 
proactively adopted nondiscrimination policies inclusive of 
sexual orientation and 66 percent of Fortune 500 compa-
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nies have adopted non-discrimination policies inclusive of 
gender identity; 
Whereas lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals 
may still be legally discriminated against in many juris-
dictions in the areas of credit, employment, education, 
housing, jury service, and public accommodations; and 
Whereas discrimination based on who a individual is or whom 
the individual loves is antithetical to a society based on 
the protection of human and civil rights: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of House of Representa-
tives that— 
(1) this resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Equal-
ity for All Resolution of 2015’’, 
(2) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender indi-
viduals are valuable, contributing members of society 
and that discrimination on the basis of sexual ori-
entation and gender identity is a serious problem, 
(3) lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender indi-
viduals deserve equal treatment under the law and 
existing Federal protections are inadequate to en-
sure nondiscrimination protections, 
(4) the Congress should pass legislation that 
prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual ori-
entation and gender identity in areas including cred-
it, employment, education, federally funded pro-
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