[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 267 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 267

  Supporting the designation of the week of June 18 through June 24, 
2023, as ``National Women's Sports Week'' to celebrate the anniversary 
 of the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and 
                     the growth of women's sports.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Rubio, 
     Mrs. Britt, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Cruz) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
                           and Transportation

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Supporting the designation of the week of June 18 through June 24, 
2023, as ``National Women's Sports Week'' to celebrate the anniversary 
 of the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and 
                     the growth of women's sports.

Whereas title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) 
        (referred to in this preamble as ``title IX'') was enacted on June 23, 
        1972, to end unjust sex discrimination in education, including in 
        athletics;
Whereas title IX transformed sports by guaranteeing women and girls the right to 
        equal athletic opportunities;
Whereas the purposes and benefits of title IX are negated for women whenever men 
        claiming to be women are granted access to female sports;
Whereas title IX has resulted in a 545-percent increase in the percentage of 
        women playing college sports and a 990-percent increase in the 
        percentage of women playing high school sports;
Whereas athletic participation helps women and girls develop confidence, 
        initiative, and leadership skills;
Whereas policies allowing for the inclusion of men in women's sports have no 
        basis in biological fact or valid medical research;
Whereas providing equal athletic opportunities in sports to women is impossible 
        without single-sex teams and competitions reserved exclusively for 
        female athletes;
Whereas, without separate single-sex teams and competitions based on biological 
        sex for men and women, men will dominate competitive sports where size, 
        strength, and speed are factors, depriving female athletes of athletic 
        and academic opportunities;
Whereas the biological differences between men and women have led to women being 
        injured by men competing in women's sports;
Whereas, since 2017, men have won at least 24 professional women's sports titles 
        and an innumerable number of unreported titles at the middle school, 
        high school, and collegiate levels; and
Whereas, in 2018, at least 300 high school-aged boys in the United States ran 
        the 400-meter dash faster than the most decorated female Olympic 
        champion in the world has run it in her lifetime: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate supports--
            (1) observing ``National Women's Sports Week'' as the week 
        of June 18 through June 24, 2023, to recognize--
                    (A) the incredible expansion of opportunities for 
                female athletes since the enactment of title IX of the 
                Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); 
                and
                    (B) the role of the provisions of law described in 
                subparagraph (A) in guaranteeing equal athletic 
                opportunities for members of both sexes; and
            (2) marking the observance of National Women's Sports Week 
        with--
                    (A) appropriate programs and activities that--
                            (i) celebrate the contributions of 
                        individual female athletes in the United 
                        States;
                            (ii) honor the coaches and parents who 
                        support female athletes in the United States;
                            (iii) promote equal access to athletic 
                        opportunities for members of both sexes; and
                            (iv) support the commitment of the United 
                        States to supporting female athletes; and
                    (B) legislative efforts to protect single-sex 
                sports.
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