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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3280 
To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2019 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York (for himself, Mr. BERA, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Flor-
ida, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. COSTA, 
Mr. COX of California, Mr. CRIST, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GALLEGO, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, 
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, 
Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STANTON, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. BASS, Ms. MENG, Mr. KEATING, Ms. CLARK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, and Ms. SHALALA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide a requirement to improve data collection efforts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘LGBTQ Essential 
Data Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING DATA COLLECTION ON THE SEXUAL 
ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY OF DE-
CEASED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE NA-
TIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYS-
TEM. 
(a) COLLECTION
OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION
AND 
GENDER IDENTITY DATA.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
shall take measures to improve the incidence of the 
collection of information on the sexual orientation 
and gender identity of deceased individuals through 
the National Violent Death Reporting System or any 
successor programs. 
(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Any information col-
lected relating to the sexual orientation or gender 
identity of a decedent shall be maintained in accord-
ance with the confidentiality and privacy standards 
and policies for the protection of individuals applica-
ble to all other data collected for purposes of the 
National Violent Death Reporting System. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 
identity’’ means an individual’s sense of being male, 
female, transgender, or another gender, as distinct 
from the individual’s sex assigned at birth. 
(2) SEXUAL ORIENTATION.—The term ‘‘sexual 
orientation’’ means how a person identifies in terms 
of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions, 
and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, 
gay, lesbian, or bisexual, among other terms. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion has made significant efforts to encourage States 
and other jurisdictions to collect data on sexual ori-
entation and gender identity through the National 
Violent Death Reporting System; and 
(2) jurisdictions that participate in the collec-
tion of such data through the National Violent 
Death Reporting System should be commended for 
their participation. 
Æ 
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