article: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2003''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. (a) Public Accommodations.--(1) Section 201(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a(a)) is amended by striking ``religion,'' and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (2) Section 202 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000a-1) is amended by striking ``religion,'' and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation.''. (b) Public Facilities.--Section 301(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000b(a)) is amended by striking ``religion,'' and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (c) Federally Assisted Programs.--Section 601 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000d) is amended by striking ``color,'' and inserting ``color, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (d) Equal Employment Opportunities.--(1) Sections 703(a), 703(b), 703(c), 703(d), 703(e), 703(h), 703(j), 704(b), 706(g), and 717(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(a), 2000e-2(b), 2000e-2(c), 2000e-2(d), 2000e-(e), 2000e-2(h), 2000e-2(j), 2000e-3(b), 2000e-5(g), and 2000e- 16(a)) are amended by striking ``sex,'' each place it appears and inserting ``sex, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (2) Section 717(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16(c)) is amended by striking ``sex'' and inserting ``sex, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (3) Section 703(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e-2(h)) is amended by striking ``sex'' the first place it appears and inserting ``sex, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (4) The heading of section 703 of such Act is amended by striking ``sex,'' and inserting ``sex, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (e) Intervention by Attorney General in Civil Rights Cases.-- Section 902 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000h-2) is amended by striking ``sex'' and inserting ``sex, affectional or sexual orientation,''. (f) Definition; Rules of Interpretation.--Title XI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2000h et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``affectional or sexual orientation ``Sec. 1107. (a) Definition.--For purposes of titles II, III, VI, VII, and IX of this Act, the term `affectional or sexual orientation' means male or female homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality by orientation or practice, by and between consenting adults. ``(b) Rules of Interpretation.--(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit or require-- ``(A) that a finding of discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation be based on any statistical differences in the incidence of persons of a particular affectional or sexual orientation in the general population as opposed to the incidence of such persons in the activity concerned; or ``(B) the use of any quota as a remedy for discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation. ``(2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any person to disclose a personal affectional or sexual orientation.''. SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING ACT. (a) Housing Sale and Rental, Residential Real-Estate-Related Transactions, and Brokerage Services.--(1) Section 804 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604) is amended by striking ``religion,'' each place it appears and inserting ``religion, affectional and sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802(p)),''. (2) Section 805 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3605) is amended by striking ``religion,'' each place it appears and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802(p)),''. (3) Section 806 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3606) is amended by striking ``religion,'' and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802(p)),''. (b) Prevention of Intimidation.--Section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by striking ``religion,'' each place it appears and inserting ``religion, affectional or sexual orientation (as such term is defined in section 802(p)),''. (c) Definition.--Section 802 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3602) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(p) `Affectional or sexual orientation' means male or female homosexuality, heterosexuality, and bisexuality by orientation or practice, by and between consenting adults.''. (d) Rules of Interpretation.--(1) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``rules of interpretation regarding affectional or sexual orientation ``Sec. 821. (a) Findings of Discrimination; Quotas.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to permit or require-- ``(1) that a finding of discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation be based on any statistical differences in the incidence of persons of a particular affectional or sexual orientation in the general population as opposed to the incidence of such persons in the activity concerned; or ``(2) the use of any quota as a remedy for discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation. ``(b) Protection of Privacy Rights.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require any person to disclose a personal affectional or sexual orientation.''. (2) Title IX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``application of rules of interpretation regarding affectional or sexual orientation ``Sec. 902. The provisions of this title are subject to the rules of interpretation described in section 821 of this Act.''. 
summary: Civil Rights Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation with respect to: (1) public accommodations; (2) public facilities; (3) federally assisted programs; (5) equal employment opportunities; (6) housing sales and rentals; and (7) brokerage services.