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to an ‘unlawful practice’ shall be considered to be a reference to an ‘unlawful employment practice’.”.

(b) Unlawful Employment Practices.—Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2) is amended—

(1) in the section header, by striking “sex,” and inserting “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),”;
(2) except in subsection (e), by striking “sex,” each place it appears and inserting “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),”;
(3) in subsection (e)(1), by striking “enterprise,” and inserting “enterprise, if, in a situation in which sex is a bona fide occupational qualification, individuals are recognized as qualified in accordance with their gender identity,”; and
(4) in subsection (h), by striking “sex” the second place it appears and inserting “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),”.

(c) Other Unlawful Employment Practices.—Section 704(b) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–3(b)) is amended—

(1) by striking “sex,” the first place it appears and inserting “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),”; and