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LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act

S. 4002 · 117th Congress · Apr 5, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

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

1. Short title

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

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 the term appears;
(2)
in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting “sexual orientation, 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.”