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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1443
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AN ACT
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
.
Small business loan data collection
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.
.
Determination of budgetary effects
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation
for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 2021.
Cheryl L. Johnson,
Clerk.
