,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjai,mr4 
,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york   
7for himself1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4          
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1    
,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4     
,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carson  
of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1  
,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mrs4  
,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,cox
 of ,california1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mrs4     
,davis of ,california1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1  
,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4       
,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4         
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,hill of 
,california1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,johnson 
of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4        
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1    
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,levin
 of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of       
,california1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mrs4     
,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,morelle1

 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mrs4 ,murphy1 ,mr4     
,nadler1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,panetta1   
,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,pocan1
 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4     
,scanlon1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4        
,schiff1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4
 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 
,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 ,mr4     
,takano1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4   
,meng1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,ms4 ,clark of    
,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 ,ms4 
,de,gette1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4             
,krishnamoorthi1 and ,ms4 ,shalala7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide a 
requirement to improve data collection  
efforts4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,lgbtq ,essential  
,data ,act4  #b4 ,improving data        
collection on the sexual orientation and
 gender identity of deceased individuals
 through the ,national ,violent ,death  
,reporting ,system  7a7 ,collection of  

sexual orientation and gender identity  
data  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than  
#abj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,director of the        
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention shall take measures to      
improve the incidence of the collection 
of information on the sexual orientation
 and gender identity of deceased        
individuals through the ,national       
,violent ,death ,reporting ,system or   
any successor programs4  7#b7           
,confidentiality ,any information       
collected relating to the sexual        
orientation or gender identity of a     
decedent shall be maintained in         
accordance with the confidentiality and 
privacy standards and policies for the  
protection of individuals applicable to 
all other data collected for purposes of
 the ,national ,violent ,death          
,reporting ,system4  7b7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,gender identity 
,the term gender identity means an      
individual's sense of being male1       

female1 transgender1 or another gender1 
as distinct from the individual's sex   
assigned at birth4  7#b7 ,sexual        
orientation ,the term sexual orientation
 means how a person identifies in terms 
of their emotional1 romantic1 or sexual 
attractions1 and includes identification
 as straight1 heterosexual1 gay1        
lesbian1 or bisexual1 among other terms4
  7c7 ,authorization ,there is          
authorized to be appropriated           
#be1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj to    
carry out this section4  #c4 ,sense of  
,congress ,it is the sense of the       
,congress that--  7#a7 the ,centers for 
,disease ,control and ,prevention has   
made significant efforts to encourage   
,states and other jurisdictions to      
collect data on sexual orientation and  
gender identity through the ,national   
,violent ,death ,reporting ,system2 and 
7#b7 jurisdictions that participate in  
the collection of such data through the 
,national ,violent ,death ,reporting    
,system should be commended for their   

participation4