1. Short title This Act may be cited as the LGBT Data Inclusion Act . 2. Requirement to collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Demographic data The term demographic data means information about the race or ethnicity, sex, and age of a survey participant or population. (3) Gender identity The term gender identity means an individual’s sense of being male, female, transgender, or another gender, as distinct from the individual’s sex assigned at birth. (4) Sexual orientation The term sexual orientation means how a person identifies in terms of their emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions, and includes identification as straight, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or bisexual, among other terms. (5) Survey The term survey means a data collection activity involving observation or questionnaires for a sample of a population and includes the decennial census. (b) Survey requirement Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency that collects information through a survey that includes demographic data where subjects self-report information or a knowledgeable proxy provides information about the subject or responds for all persons in a household shall establish data standards that require, with regard to such a survey, the following: (1) Review The review of existing data sets to determine in which data sets information about sexual orientation and gender identity is not included. (2) Methods An identification of appropriate methods to include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity in surveys that facilitate categorization, voluntary participation, and preserve privacy and confidentiality. (3) Data collection The use of the appropriate methods identified in paragraph (2) to gather data on sexual orientation and gender identity. (4) Assessment The implementation of a process to routinely assess needed changes in survey methods