Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

Bill: 115-s-1601
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-07-20
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crimes against women

Housing discrimination

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to specify that the following&nbsp;unwelcome conduct in or around a dwelling shall be considered&nbsp;sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice: (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1601 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 20, 2017 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Franken , and Ms. Harris ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend the Fair Housing Act to establish that certain conduct, in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive for purposes of determining whether a certain type of sexual harassment has occurred under that Act, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act . 2. Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling The Fair Housing Act is amended by inserting after section 807 ( 42 U.S.C. 3607 ) the following: 807A. Sexual harassment in or around a dwelling (a) Hostile environment sexual harassment For purposes of determining, under this title, whether unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature is sufficiently severe or pervasive to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment, any incident of conduct described in subsection (b) that occurs in or around a dwelling, shall be considered to be severe or pervasive. (b) Conduct The conduct described in subsection (a) consists of— (1) unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or groping; or (2) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating. .