,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ccad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ca1     
#bjah ,ms4 ,harris 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,carper1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4        
,menendez1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 
,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,ms4   
,warren1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,wyden1    
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,booker1
 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,ms4        
,hirono1 ,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 and ,mr4  
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
improve ,federal data collection by     
requiring the collection of information 
on sexual orientation and gender        
identity in the decennial census and the
 ,american ,community ,survey4  #a4     
,short title  ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,census ,equality ,act4  #b4       
,requirement to collect data on sexual  
orientation and gender identity  7a7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     

,bureau ,the term ,bureau means the     
,bureau of the ,census4  7#b7 ,gender   
identity ,the term gender identity means
 the gender-related identity1           
appearance1 or mannerisms or other      
gender-related characteristics of an    
individual1 regardless of the designated
 sex of the individual at birth4  7#c7  
,household data ,the term household data
 means information about individuals who
 occupy a housing unit4  7#d7 ,secretary
 ,the term ,secretary means the         
,secretary of ,commerce4  7#e7 ,sexual  
orientation ,the term sexual orientation
 means homosexuality1 heterosexuality1  
or bisexuality4  7b7 ,expansion of data 
collection  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary1 in carrying out sections    
#ada and #aic of title #ac1 ,united     
,states ,code1 shall expand the data    
collection efforts of the ,bureau to    
require the collection of data          
concerning sexual orientation and gender
 identity as part of the decennial      
census and the ,american ,community     

,survey4  7#b7 ,methods ,not later than 
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 the ,bureau shall research1  
identify1 and begin implementing a plan 
to include questions concerning sexual  
orientation and gender identity in the  
decennial ,census and the ,american     
,community ,survey4  7c7 ,implementation
 ,the plan required under subsection 7b7
 shall require-- 7#a7 inclusion of      
questions concerning sexual orientation 
and gender identity on the decennial    
census at the earliest feasible date1   
but not later than the #bjcj decennial  
census2 and  7#b7 inclusion of questions
 concerning sexual orientation and      
gender identity on the ,american        
,community ,survey no later than #bjbj4 
7d7 ,census data reports  7#a7          
,decennial census ,any report published 
by the ,bureau that relies on gender    
data or household data from a decennial 
census conducted after the date on which
 the decennial census includes questions
 concerning sexual orientation and      

gender identity shall include           
information on sexual orientation and   
gender identity4  7#b7 ,american        
,community ,survey ,any report published
 by the ,bureau that relies on gender   
data or household data from an ,american
 ,community ,survey conducted after the 
date on which the ,american ,community  
,survey includes questions concerning   
sexual orientation and gender identity  
shall include information on sexual     
orientation and gender identity4  7e7   
,confidentiality ,all information       
collected relating to sexual orientation
 or gender identity of a participant in 
the decennial census or the ,american   
,community ,survey shall be maintained  
by the ,bureau in accordance with the   
confidentiality and privacy standards   
and policies mandated by sections #i and
 #bad of title #ac1 ,united ,states     
,code4