Equality for All Resolution of 2017

H. Res. 136 · 115th Congress · Feb 16, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Congress that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals should be protected from discrimination under the law.

That it is the sense of House of Representatives that—

(1)

this resolution may be cited as the “Equality for All Resolution of 2017”,

(2)

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals are valuable, contributing members of society and that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is a serious problem,

(3)

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals deserve equal treatment under the law and existing Federal protections are inadequate to ensure nondiscrimination protections,

(4)

the Congress should pass legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in areas including credit, employment, education, federally funded programs, housing, jury service, and public accommodations, and

(5)

the Congress encourages each State—

(A)

to simultaneously adopt laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in credit, employment, education, federally funded programs, housing, jury service, and public accommodations, and

(B)

to reject laws that undermine nondiscrimination protections.

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Feb 16, 2017viewing Introduced in House Mr. Carson of Indiana (for himself, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DelBene, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Esty, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins of New York, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Polis, Mr. Raskin, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Schrader, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Aguilar, Mr. Khanna, and Ms. Slaughter) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

Equality for All Resolution of 2017

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