The Equality in Laws Act directs the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives to systematically replace all gender-specific pronouns and nouns throughout the United States Code with gender-neutral alternatives. The bill specifies that pronouns like "he," "she," "his," and "hers" should be replaced with terms such as "they," "their," "the individual," or relevant job titles, as long as these changes do not alter the actual meaning or intent of the laws. The legislation applies to all federal law titles—both those formally enacted into positive law and those not yet formally codified—and requires the counsel to prepare revisions for submission to the House Judiciary Committee and to draft a bill for updating any remaining titles. No specific funding amount or timeline is specified in the bill. The change is purely technical in nature, aimed at making federal law more inclusive in its language without substantively changing what the laws actually say or do.
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