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To direct the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to replace gender-specific pronouns and nouns in the United States Code with gender-neutral language, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to update the United States Code by replacing gender-specific pronouns and nouns with gender-neutral language where such changes would not alter the substance or meaning of the law. For titles of the U.S. Code already enacted into positive law, the Counsel shall prepare revisions replacing masculine and feminine pronouns (such as "he," "she," "his," "her") with alternatives including "they," "the individual," or position-specific titles. For titles not yet enacted into positive law, the Counsel shall draft a bill proposing similar gender-neutral amendments. The changes must conform to the original policy and intent of Congress in the original enactments, and the bill defines gender-neutral language as language that refers to all genders without distinction.
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3 cosponsors
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- NULL $73,753
- UPMC $30,910
- MPI $11,600
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH $10,554
- ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH $10,000
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Actions (2)
- Jul 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jul 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 14, 2025
Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Garcia of California, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to replace gender-specific pronouns and nouns in the United States Code with gender-neutral language, and for other purposes.
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 “Equality in Laws Act”.
SEC. 2. GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) In General.—The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives shall make such changes to the titles of the United States Code as are necessary to replace masculine and feminine pronouns and nouns in such titles with gender-neutral language in each case in which such revisions and amendments would not affect the substance or meaning of the relevant titles, including—
(1) by striking “his” or “hers” each place it appears and, as required by the relevant context, inserting—
(A) “the individual’s”;
(B) the appropriate possessive form of the noun to which the pronoun refers;
(C) “their” or “theirs”; or
(D) the appropriate possessive form of the title of the position to which the pronoun refers; and
(2) by striking “he”, “him”, “she”, and “her” each place such words appear and, as required by the relevant context, inserting—
(A) “the individual”;
(B) the noun to which the pronoun refers;
(C) “they” or “them”; or
(D) the appropriate title of the position to which the pronoun refers.
(b) Revision of Positive Law Titles.—The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives shall, pursuant to subsection (a), prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary such revisions in the titles of the United States Code which have been enacted into positive law as may be necessary to strike gender-specific pronouns and nouns and insert gender-neutral language in each case in which such revisions conform to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enactments.
(c) Amendment of Nonpositive Law Titles.—The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives shall, pursuant to subsection (a), draft a bill to amend the titles of the United States Code that have not yet been enacted into positive law for the purpose of striking gender-specific pronouns and nouns and inserting gender-neutral language in each case in which such amendments conform to the understood policy, intent, and purpose of the Congress in the original enactments.
(d) Gender-Neutral Language Defined.—The term “gender-neutral language” means language that expressly or implicitly refers to all genders without distinction between such genders and does not expressly or implicitly refer to a gender to the real or apparent exclusion of any other gender. <all>
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