US Congress Senate Bill 1980 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on June 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires federal agencies that collect information through a survey that includes demographic data (where subjects self-report information or a proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household) to review existing data sets to determine in which data sets information about sexual orientation and gender identity is not included, and to assess needed changes in survey methods related to asking questions on sexual orientation and gender identity. Agencies that publish reports relying on survey demographic data must include information on sexual orientation and gender identity.

LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-26	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB3509 (Related) 2019-06-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1980/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1980/BILLS-116s1980is.pdf