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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1017 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit an entity from receiving Federal funds if such entity permits |
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| 6 | 6 | | an individual to access or use a single-sex facility on the property of |
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| 7 | 7 | | such entity that does not correspond to the biological sex of such person, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ACEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To prohibit an entity from receiving Federal funds if such |
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| 16 | 16 | | entity permits an individual to access or use a single- |
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| 17 | 17 | | sex facility on the property of such entity that does |
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| 18 | 18 | | not correspond to the biological sex of such person, and |
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| 19 | 19 | | for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Invasion of 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Women’s Spaces Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1017 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | sion of law and except as provided in subsection (b), Fed-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | eral funds may not be provided, directly or indirectly, to 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | an entity if such entity permits an individual to access 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | or use a single-sex facility on the property of such entity 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | that does not correspond to the biological sex of such per-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | son, except as provided by subsection (c). 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) E |
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| 38 | 38 | | XCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | respect to an entity that permits an individual to access 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | a single-sex facility on the property of such entity that 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | does not correspond to the biological sex of such person 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | in the circumstance of— 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) emergency medical personnel responding to 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | a medical emergency; or 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) a law enforcement officer in active pursuit 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of a suspect, or as part of an active investigation. 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) D |
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| 48 | 48 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (1) B |
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| 50 | 50 | | IOLOGICAL SEX.—The term ‘‘biological 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | sex’’ means the biological determination as to wheth-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | er an individual is male or female. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) E |
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| 54 | 54 | | NTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’ means any 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | private entity, non-Federal Government agency or 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | department, or State, Tribal, or local government 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (including a political subdivision, department, or 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | component thereof). 26 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) FEMALE.—The term ‘‘female’’ means an in-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | dividual who naturally has, had, will have, or would 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | historical accident, the reproductive system that at 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | some point produces, transports, and uses eggs for 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | fertilization. 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) M |
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| 69 | 69 | | ALE.—The term ‘‘male’’ means an indi-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | vidual who naturally has, had, will have, or would 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | historical accident, the reproductive system that at 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | some point produces, transports, and uses sperm for 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | fertilization. 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (5) P |
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| 76 | 76 | | ROPERTY.—The term ‘‘property’’ means 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | any building, land, or other real property owned, 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | leased, controlled, or occupied by an entity. 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (6) S |
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| 80 | 80 | | INGLE-SEX FACILITY.—The term ‘‘single- 16 |
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| 81 | 81 | | sex facility’’ means a space intended for the use of 17 |
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| 82 | 82 | | one biological sex (male or female), including a— 18 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (A) restroom; 19 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (B) locker room; or 20 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (C) changing room. 21 |
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