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- (2) in section 302(a)(1), by striking “sex,” and inserting “sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity),”; and
- (3) by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 305. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMS.
“Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 1107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall apply to this title except that for purposes of that application, a reference in that section 1106 to ‘race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), or national origin’ shall be considered to be a reference to ‘race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability’.”.
(g) Congressional Accountability Act of 1995.—The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended—
- (1) in section 201(a)(1) (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)) by inserting “(including sexual orientation and gender identity),” before “or national origin,”; and
- (2) by adding at the end of title II (42 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) the following:
“SEC. 209. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION AND CLAIMS.
“Sections 1101(b), 1106, and 1107 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 shall apply to section 201 (and remedial provisions of this Act related to section 201) except
