,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #be1 #bjbc ,ms4
 ,lee of ,pennsylvania 7for herself1    
,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,robert ,garcia of 
,california1 and ,ms4 ,norton7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,law ,revision ,counsel of the ,house of
 ,representatives to replace masculine  
pronouns and nouns in the ,united       
,states ,code with gender-neutral       
language1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,equality in ,laws ,act4  #b4       
,gender-neutral language in the ,united 
,states ,code  7a7 ,in general ,the ,law
 ,revision ,counsel of the ,house of    
,representatives shall make such changes
 to the titles of the ,united ,states   
,code as are necessary to replace       
masculine pronouns and nouns in such    
titles with gender-neutral language in  
each case in which such revisions and   

amendments would not affect the         
substance or meaning of the relevant    
titles1 including--  7#a7 by striking   
his each place it appears and1 as       
required by the relevant context1       
inserting-- 7,a7 the individual's2  7,b7
 the appropriate possessive form of the 
noun to which the pronoun refers2  7,c7 
their or theirs2 or  7,d7 the           
appropriate possessive form of the title
 of the position to which the pronoun   
refers2 and  7#b7 by striking he and him
 each place such words appear and1 as   
required by the relevant context1       
inserting--  7,a7 the individual2  7,b7 
the noun to which the pronoun refers2   
7,c7 they or them2 or  7,d7 the         
appropriate title of the position to    
which the pronoun refers4  7b7 ,revision
 of positive law titles ,the ,law       
,revision ,counsel of the ,house of     
,representatives shall1 pursuant to     
subsection 7a71 prepare and submit to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary such   
revisions in the titles of the ,united  

,states ,code which have been enacted   
into positive law as may be necessary to
 strike masculine pronouns and nouns and
 insert gender-neutral language in each 
case in which such revisions conform to 
the understood policy1 intent1 and      
purpose of the ,congress in the original
 enactments4  7c7 ,amendment of         
nonpositive law titles ,the ,law        
,revision ,counsel of the ,house of     
,representatives shall1 pursuant to     
subsection 7a71 draft a bill to amend   
the titles of the ,united ,states ,code 
that have not yet been enacted into     
positive law for the purpose of striking
 masculine pronouns and nouns and       
inserting gender-neutral language in    
each case in which such amendments      
conform to the understood policy1       
intent1 and purpose of the ,congress in 
the original enactments4  7d7           
,gender-,neutral language defined ,the  
term gender-neutral language means      
language that expressly or implicitly   
refers to all genders without           

distinction between such genders and    
does not expressly or implicitly refer  
to a gender to the real or apparent     
exclusion of any other gender4