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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1139 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, |
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| 6 | 6 | | or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) |
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| 7 | 7 | | gender designation, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY7, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | OYintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Foreign Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, |
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| 15 | 15 | | passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that |
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| 16 | 16 | | includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for |
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| 17 | 17 | | other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Passport Sanity Act’’. 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 1139 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DES-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | IGNATION ON PASSPORTS, PASSPORT CARDS, 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) I |
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| 30 | 30 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall— 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) ensure each application for a covered docu-6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ment includes only the gender designations male and 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | female; and 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) prohibit the issuing of a covered document 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation. 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) C |
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| 37 | 37 | | OVEREDDOCUMENTDEFINED.—In this section, 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | the term ‘‘covered document’’ means a passport, passport 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Department of State. 14 |
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