117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.
April 5, 2022
Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “LGBTQ 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 “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.”.