[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1988

    To prohibit the participation of males in athletic programs or 
 activities at the military service academies that are designated for 
                            women or girls.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2025

Mr. Tuberville introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the participation of males in athletic programs or 
 activities at the military service academies that are designated for 
                            women or girls.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION OF MALES IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS 
              OR ACTIVITIES AT THE MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES THAT ARE 
              DESIGNATED FOR WOMEN OR GIRLS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the 
United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and 
the United States Air Force Academy do not permit a person whose sex is 
male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is 
designated for women or girls.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section 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.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``athletic programs and activities'' includes 
        all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon 
        participation with any athletic team; and
            (2) the term ``sex'' means a person's reproductive biology 
        and genetics at birth.
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