,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjai,mrs4 ,shaheen introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,fair ,housing    
,act to establish that certain conduct1 
in or around a dwelling1 shall be       
considered to be severe or pervasive for
 purposes of determining whether a      
certain type of sexual harassment has   
occurred under that ,act1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,combat ,sexual     
,harassment in ,housing ,act4  #b4      
,sexual harassment in or around a       
dwelling ,the ,fair ,housing ,act is    
amended by inserting after section #hjg 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cfjg7 the following3    
#hjg;,a4 ,sexual harassment in or around
 a dwelling  7a7 ,hostile environment   
sexual harassment ,for purposes of      
determining1 under this title1 whether  

unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature is 
sufficiently severe or pervasive to     
constitute a discriminatory housing     
practice based on hostile environment   
sexual harassment1 any incident of      
conduct described in subsection 7b7 that
 occurs in or around a dwelling1 shall  
be considered to be severe or pervasive4
  7b7 ,conduct ,the conduct described in
 subsection 7a7 consists of-- 7#a7      
unwelcome touching of a sexual nature or
 groping2 or  7#b7 any other unwelcome  
conduct of a sexual nature that is      
intended to be coercive1 threatening1 or
 intimidating4  4