US Congress House Bill 4376 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 80-0)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-16 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2009 - Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit. Defines: (1) "gender identity" as the gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual with or without regard to the individual's designated sex at birth; (2) "person" as a natural person, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, trust, estate, partnership, cooperative, or association; and (3) "sexual orientation" as homosexuality, heterosexuality, or bisexuality.

Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act of 2009

Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-16		Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4376/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4376/BILLS-111hr4376ih.pdf