[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 693 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 693

   To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restroom gender 
                      parity in Federal buildings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2007

 Mr. Towns (for himself and Ms. Clarke) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 40, United States Code, to require restroom gender 
                      parity in Federal buildings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restroom Gender Parity in Federal 
Buildings Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. RESTROOM GENDER PARITY IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3307(b) of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) with respect to the facility to be constructed, 
        altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased, a statement by 
        the Administrator that the number of toilets in women's 
        restrooms will exceed the number of toilets (including urinals) 
        in men's restrooms by a ratio of 2 to 1 or a statement by the 
        Administrator as to why such a ratio of toilets is not 
        needed.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
become effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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