119TH CONGRESS2D SESSION
H. R. 8213
A BILL
To clarify that sex discrimination under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not include discrimination on the basis of gender identity.
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 Defending Women in the Workplace Act.
SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
For purposes of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), the terms because of sex and on the basis of sex do not include because of or on the basis of gender identity.