Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 874 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 874

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
    individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
                    orientation or gender identity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2019

   Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Pocan, Mr. 
  Fitzpatrick, Ms. Norton, Ms. Speier, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
 Swalwell of California, Mr. Lowenthal, and Mr. Katko) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
    individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
                    orientation or 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 ``Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL JURIES ON ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
              OR GENDER IDENTITY PROHIBITED.

    Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``(including sexual orientation and gender identity)'' after 
``sex''.
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