Housing programs

(a) In general No person in the United States shall be subjected to a discriminatory housing practice based on the person’s hair texture or hairstyle, if that hair texture or that hairstyle is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin (including a hairstyle in which hair is tightly coiled or tightly curled, locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, and Afros). (b) Enforcement Subsection (a) shall be enforced in the same manner and by the same means, including with the same jurisdiction, as if such subsection was incorporated in the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and as if a violation of subsection (a) was treated as if it was a discriminatory housing practice. (c) Definition In this section— (1) the terms discriminatory housing practice and person have the meanings given the terms in section 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3602); and (2) the terms race and national origin mean, respectively, race within the meaning of the term in section 804 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 3604) and national origin within the meaning of the term in that section 804.