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H.R. 3834: LGBTQ Essential Data Act

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H.R. 3834: LGBTQ Essential Data Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-11 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

LGBTQ Essential Data Act

Plain summary

LGBTQ Essential Data Act This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to more frequently collect information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System.

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Official text

LGBTQ Essential Data Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18] · 71 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Seth Moulton (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Grace Meng (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI) and 11 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3834 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117