,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjai,mr4 
,grijalva 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,aguilar1  
,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle
 of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,brownley of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4       
,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4
 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4        
,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mrs4 ,watson    
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,mr4 ,cummings1  
,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4    
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,mrs4 ,dingell1
 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4     
,frankel1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garca of 
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,heck1 ,mr4 ,higgins of 
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1  
,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4        
,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1    
,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4       
,kildee1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mrs4            
,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new      
,hampshire1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4        
,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1
 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1

 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney
 of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,sean ,patrick     
,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1
 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4   
,moulton1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4  
,nadler1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 
,pallone1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1
 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,pocan1
 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,miss ,rice of ,new      
,york1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1   
,mr4 ,schiff1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4       
,shalala1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,mr4 ,sires1  
,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4        
,speier1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of ,california1 
,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4         
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4  
,levin of ,michigan1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 
,brown of ,maryland1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1    
,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1    
,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 and ,mr4      
,yarmuth7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
improve ,federal population surveys by  
requiring the collection of voluntary1  

self-disclosed information on sexual    
orientation and gender identity in      
certain surveys1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,,lgbtq ,data ,inclusion   
,act4  #b4 ,requirement to collect data 
on sexual orientation and gender        
identity  7a7 ,survey requirement ,any  
agency that collects information through
 a survey that includes demographic data
 where subjects either self-report      
information or a knowledgeable proxy    
provides information about the subject  
or responds for all persons in a        
household shall1 not later than #ahj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 establish data standards that
 require1 with regard to such a survey  
the following3  7#a7 ,review ,the review
 of existing data sets to determine in  
which data sets information about sexual
 orientation and gender identity is not 
included4  7#b7 ,methods ,an            
identification of appropriate methods to
 include questions on sexual orientation

 and gender identity in surveys that    
facilitate categorization1 voluntary    
participation1 and preserve privacy and 
confidentiality4  7#c7 ,data collection 
,the use of the appropriate methods     
identified in paragraph 7#b7 to gather  
data on sexual orientation and gender   
identity4  7#d7 ,assessment ,the        
implementation of a process to routinely
 assess needed changes in survey methods
 related to asking questions on sexual  
orientation and gender identity4  7b7   
,data reports ,any report published by  
an agency that relies on survey         
demographic data shall include          
information on sexual orientation and   
gender identity4  7c7 ,confidentiality  
,any information collected relating to  
the sexual orientation or gender        
identity of a survey participant shall  
be maintained in accordance with the    
confidentiality and privacy standards   
and policies for the protection of      
individuals applicable to that survey4  
7d7 ,applicability  7#a7 ,construction  

,nothing in this ,act shall be construed
 to require an individual to disclose   
their sexual orientation or gender      
identity to an agency4  7#b7 ,exemption 
from penalty ,an individual shall not be
 subject to any fine or other penalty   
for refusing to answer1 or providing a  
false answer to1 any survey question    
regarding gender identity or sexual     
orientation1 including any fine or      
penalty under subchapter ,,ii of chapter
 #g of title #ac1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7e7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in 
this section shall be construed to      
permit the use of information collected 
under this section in a manner that     
would adversely affect any individual4  
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given that term in section #eea of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7  
,demographic data ,the term demographic 
data means information about the race or
 ethnicity1 sex1 and age of a survey    
participant or population4  7#c7 ,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#d7 ,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  7#e7 ,survey ,the  
term survey means a data collection     
activity involving observation or       
questionnaires for a sample of a        
population and includes the decennial   
census4