Equality in Laws Act

This bill, known as the Equality in Laws Act , mandates the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to systematically replace gender-specific pronouns and nouns throughout the United States Code with gender-neutral language. This initiative aims to ensure that the language of federal law is inclusive, provided that such revisions do not alter the original substance or meaning of the relevant legal texts. The Counsel is specifically directed to substitute terms like "his" or "hers" with phrases such as "the individual's" or "their," and "he," "him," "she," or "her" with "the individual" or "they," depending on the context. For titles of the United States Code that have been enacted into positive law , the Counsel will prepare and submit these revisions to the Committee on the Judiciary. Conversely, for titles not yet enacted into positive law, the Counsel will draft a separate bill to implement these gender-neutral amendments. The legislation defines gender-neutral language as terminology that refers to all genders without distinction and avoids expressly or implicitly excluding any gender. This comprehensive effort ensures that the statutory language reflects an inclusive approach while preserving the original legislative intent and policy.