[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6652 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6652
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of
small business loan data related to LGBTQI-owned businesses.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 6, 2023
Mr. Torres of New York (for himself, Mr. Allred, Mrs. Beatty, Mr.
Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Chu, Ms. Davids of
Kansas, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of
Texas, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr.
Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Kim of New
Jersey, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Moore of
Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Nickel, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pocan,
Ms. Salinas, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Takano, Ms. Titus, Mr.
Tonko, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial
Services
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A BILL
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of
small business loan data related to LGBTQI-owned businesses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``LGBTQI 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 ``LGBTQI-owned,'' after ``minority-
owned,'' each place such term appears;
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting ``, sexual
orientation, gender identity, intersex status'' after ``sex'';
and
(3) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following:
``(7) LGBTQI-owned business.--The term `LGBTQI-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,
queer, or intersex; 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,
queer, or intersex.''.
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