IB
Union Calendar No. 46
117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1443
[Report No. 117–65]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2021
Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hastings, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Jones, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pappas, Mr. Payne, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Titus, Mr. Meeks, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
June 17, 2021
Additional sponsors: Ms. Chu, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Malinowski, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Kilmer
June 17, 2021
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2021
A BILL
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act
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Small business loan data collection
In general
Section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c–2) is amended—
by inserting LGBTQ-owned,
after minority-owned,
each place such term appears;
in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting , sexual orientation, gender identity
after sex
; and
in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following:
LGBTQ-owned business
The term LGBTQ-owned business means a business—
more than 50 percent of the ownership or control of which is held by 1 or more individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer; and
more than 50 percent of the net profit or loss of which accrues to 1 or more individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.
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Sense of Congress
It is the sense of the Congress that the term sex
, as used within the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, includes an individual’s sexual orientation and gender identity, and that this Act, in part, clarifies that the sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity of the principal owners of a business should be collected under section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act as three separate forms of information.
June 17, 2021
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
