[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 692 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 692

 Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of 
         title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2022

   Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ernst, and Mrs. Hyde-
 Smith) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of 
         title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into law.

Whereas, on June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Education 
        Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-318; 86 Stat. 235) into law;
Whereas title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is 
        commonly referred to and referenced in common vernacular as ``title 
        IX'';
Whereas title IX originally read, ``No person in the United States shall, based 
        on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or 
        be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity 
        receiving Federal financial assistance'';
Whereas Representatives Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii and Edith Green of Oregon and 
        Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana are recognized as the early authors and 
        sponsors of the legislative proposal that would eventually become title 
        IX;
Whereas, on May 4, 1980, the Department of Education began enforcing title IX 
        through the creation of the Office for Civil Rights;
Whereas, on February 26, 1992, in Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 
        503 U.S. 60 (1992), the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously 
        ruled that students who are subjected to sexual harassment in public 
        schools may sue for monetary damages under title IX;
Whereas only 1 in 27 girls participated in school sports before title IX was 
        enacted, and 2 in 5 girls now participate in school sports;
Whereas, in 1972, 12 percent more men than women received college degrees, but 
        today, women are more likely than men to receive college degrees; and
Whereas, since title IX became the law of the land, women and girls have enjoyed 
        increased access to higher education, graduation, athletic 
        participation, and overall advancement in every facet of education: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes and celebrates the 50th anniversary of title 
        IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on June 23, 2022;
            (2) honors and commemorates the work of women's rights 
        activists who led the fight for the equal treatment of men and 
        women in education; and
            (3) encourages all women and girls in the United States to 
        continue pursuing academic and athletic accomplishments, if 
        they so choose.
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