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LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act

H.R. 1659 · 117th Congress · Mar 8, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act”.

Sec. 2 Small business loan data collection

Section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c–2) is amended—
(1)
by inserting “LGBTQ-owned,” after “minority-owned,” each place such term appears;
(2)
in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity),” after “sex”; and
(3)
in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following:

“(7) LGBTQ-owned business—The term LGBTQ-owned business means a business—

“(A) more than 50 percent of the ownership or control of which is held by 1 or more individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer; and

“(B) more than 50 percent of the net profit or loss of which accrues to 1 or more individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer.”