,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #cj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,schneider 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,brooks 
of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 and ,mr4     
,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to extend the protections of the ,fair 
,housing ,act to persons suffering      
discrimination on the basis of sex or   
sexual orientation1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fair and ,equal    
,housing ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,housing   
7a7 ,fair ,housing ,act ,the ,fair      
,housing ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cfja et   
seq47 is amended--  7#a7 in section     
#hjb1 by adding at the end the          
following3  7p7 ,race1 color1 religion1 
sex 7including sexual orientation and   
gender identity71 handicap1 familial    
status1 or national origin1 used with   
respect to an individual1 includes--    
7#a7 the race1 color1 religion1 sex     

7including sexual orientation and gender
 identity71 handicap1 familial status1  
or national origin1 respectively1 of    
another person with whom the individual 
is associated or has been associated2   
and  7#b7 a perception or belief1 even  
if inaccurate1 concerning the race1     
color1 religion1 sex 7including sexual  
orientation and gender identity71       
handicap1 familial status1 or national  
origin1 respectively1 of the individual4
  7q7 ,gender identity means the        
gender-related identity1 appearance1 or 
mannerisms or other gender-related      
characteristics of an individual1       
without regard to the individual's      
designated sex at birth4  7r7 ,sexual   
orientation means homosexuality1        
heterosexuality1 or bisexuality4  2     
7#b7 in section #hjd1 by inserting      
7including sexual orientation and gender
 identity7 after sex each place that    
term appears2  7#c7 in section #hje1 by 
inserting 7including sexual orientation 
and gender identity7 after sex each     

place that term appears2  7#d7 in       
section #hjf1 by inserting 7including   
sexual orientation and gender identity7 
after sex each place that term appears2 
and  7#e7 in section #hjh7;e77#f71 by   
inserting 7including sexual orientation 
and gender identity7 after sex4  7b7    
,prevention of intimidation in fair     
housing cases ,section #ija of the      
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifh 7#db       
,u4,s4,c4 #cfca7 is amended by inserting
 7including sexual orientation 7as such 
term is defined in section #hjb of this 
,act7 and gender identity 7as such term 
is defined in section #hjb of this      
,act77 after sex each place that term   
appears4