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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1866
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to disqualify
any State that discriminates against parents or guardians who oppose
medical, surgical, pharmacological, psychological treatment, or clothing
and social changes related to affirming the subjective claims of gender
identity expressed by any minor if such claimed identity is inconsistent
with such minor’s biological sex from receiving funding under such Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH5, 2025
Ms. H
AGEMAN(for herself, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mrs.
B
IGGSof South Carolina, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. GILLof Texas, and Mr.
M
OOREof Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
to disqualify any State that discriminates against parents
or guardians who oppose medical, surgical, pharma-
cological, psychological treatment, or clothing and social
changes related to affirming the subjective claims of gen-
der identity expressed by any minor if such claimed
identity is inconsistent with such minor’s biological sex
from receiving funding under such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guaranteeing 2
Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents Act’’ 3
or the ‘‘GUARD Act’’. 4
SEC. 2. STATE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 5
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 6
U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7
3 the following: 8
‘‘SEC. 4. STATE GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 9
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-10
vision of law, no State may receive funding under this Act 11
if such State takes any adverse action or otherwise dis-12
criminates against parents, guardians, or legal representa-13
tives who oppose medical, surgical, pharmacological, psy-14
chological treatment, or other medical intervention, or 15
clothing, name or pronoun use, or other social changes or 16
practices related to transitioning to or affirming the 17
claims or expressions of gender identity of any minor 18
under the charge, care, or supervision of the parent, 19
guardian, or legal representative, if such gender identity 20
is inconsistent, in such parent’s, guardian’s, or legal rep-21
resentative’s estimation, with such minor’s biological sex, 22
as determined definitively at or before birth, regardless of 23
any medical diagnosis or indication of gender dysphoria, 24
body dysphoria, dissociative identity disorder, or social 25
anxiety disorder. 26
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‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—In the case of an award made 1
by the Secretary under this Act in violation of subsection 2
(a), any parent, guardian, or legal representative who ex-3
perienced an adverse action or other discrimination de-4
scribed in subsection (a) by a State receiving funding 5
under this Act may bring an action, in an appropriate 6
Federal district court of the United States or State court, 7
against the Department of Health and Human Services, 8
seeking to enjoin the Secretary from continuing such 9
award to such State and to require the State awarded 10
amounts in violation of subsection (a) to return such funds 11
to the Treasury.’’. 12
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