[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 28 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 28

To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes 
 of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex 
shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and 
                           genetics at birth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

  Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Estes, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. 
 Finstad, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Fulcher, Ms. Mace, Mr. Ogles, 
 Ms. Hageman, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Meuser, Mr. 
  Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
 Ciscomani, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. 
Self, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Babin, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. 
  Kustoff, Mr. Bost, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. 
Guest, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Ellzey, 
    Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Green of 
   Tennessee, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. 
    Comer, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. Miller of West 
Virginia, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mrs. Biggs of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Crank, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Ms. 
  De La Cruz, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Burlison) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes 
 of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex 
shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and 
                           genetics at birth.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protection of Women and Girls in 
Sports Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient 
of Federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates 
an athletic program or activity to permit a person whose sex is male to 
participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for 
women or girls.
    ``(2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized 
based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
    ``(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term `athletic 
programs and activities' includes, but is not limited to, all programs 
or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any 
athletic team.
    ``(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a 
recipient from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic 
program or activity that is designated for women or girls so long as no 
female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to 
participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an 
educational institution, or any other benefit that accompanies 
participating in the athletic program or activity.
    ``(5) The Comptroller General shall carry out a study to determine 
the meaning of the phrase `any other benefit' as used in paragraph (4) 
by looking at benefits to women or girls of participating in single sex 
sports that would be lost by allowing males to participate. The study 
shall document the adverse psychological, developmental, participatory, 
and sociological results to girls of allowing males to compete, be 
members of a sports team, or participants in athletic programs, that 
are designed for girls, including displacement or discouragement from 
sports participation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, 
loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, 
loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, loss or 
displacement of admission to an educational institution, deprivation of 
the benefit of an environment free of hostility based on sexual assault 
or harassment, or loss of any other benefit that accompanies 
participating in the athletics program or activity. Further, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Education and 
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the 
results of such study.''.
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