This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Student Non-Discrimination Act
Source: HR.998&S.555
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011:
Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates.
Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination.
Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act.
Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them.
Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail.
Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.
Headline: Prohibit sexual-identity discrimination at schools
(Answer: C)
Headline 2: Sponsored bill prohibiting sexual-identity discrimination
(Answer: C)
AmericansElect Quiz Question 7 on
Social Issues:
When you think about the rights of same-sex couples, which of the following is closest to your personal opinion?
A: Same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry or form any kind of civil union
B: Same-sex couples should be allowed to form civil unions, but not to marry in the traditional sense
C: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry legally, with all the same rights as traditional marriages
