Combat Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

Bill: 115-hr-3745
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-09-12
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Crimes against women

Housing discrimination

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
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: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3745 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2017 Mrs. Lawrence (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Evans , and Mr. DeSaulnier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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. .