LGBT Pride Act
Latest action (13 Jun 2017): Introduced
What this bill does
H.R. 2895, the LGBT Pride Act, would direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take steps, within 120 days of enactment, to improve how often sexual orientation and gender identity information is collected on deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System or any successor program. Any such information collected would have to be kept confidential under the same privacy standards already applied to other data in that system. The bill defines "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" and authorizes $25 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2018 to carry out this data-collection effort. It also includes a nonbinding "sense of Congress" statement commending the CDC's existing efforts and praising jurisdictions that participate in this data collection.
The bill would primarily affect the CDC, state and local agencies that report violent-death data, and researchers or policymakers who use that data to study violence affecting LGBT individuals. It would not create new individual rights or obligations for the public, but it could result in more detailed demographic data being collected when violent deaths are reported.
The bill was introduced on June 13, 2017, by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney with numerous cosponsors, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further in the 115th Congress; as with all unenacted legislation, it would need to be reintroduced in a subsequent Congress to be considered again.
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Official summary
LGBT Pride Act
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to take measures to increase the frequency of collection of information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 2895 do?
- H.R. 2895, the LGBT Pride Act, would direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take steps, within 120 days of enactment, to improve how often sexual orientation and gender identity information is collected on deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System or any successor program. Any such information collected would have to be kept confidential under the same privacy standards already applied to other data in that system. The bill defines "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" and authorizes $25 million in appropriations for fiscal year 2018 to carry out this data-collection effort. It also includes a nonbinding "sense of Congress" statement commending the CDC's existing efforts and praising jurisdictions that participate in this data collection. The bill would primarily affect the CDC, state and local agencies that report violent-death data, and researchers or policymakers who use that data to study violence affecting LGBT individuals. It would not create new individual rights or obligations for the public, but it could result in more detailed demographic data being collected when violent deaths are reported. The bill was introduced on June 13, 2017, by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney with numerous cosponsors, and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. It did not receive a vote and did not advance further in the 115th Congress; as with all unenacted legislation, it would need to be reintroduced in a subsequent Congress to be considered again.
- Has H.R. 2895 become law?
- Not yet. As of 13 Jun 2017, H.R. 2895 is introduced.
- Who sponsored H.R. 2895?
- H.R. 2895 was sponsored by Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY18, 2013-2022] (Democrat-NY), with 37 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 2895?
- Introduced (13 Jun 2017).
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