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1	2		119THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 28
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes
	6	+	of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex
	7	+	shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and
	8	+	genetics at birth.
	9	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	10	+	JANUARY3, 2025
	11	+	Mr. S
	12	+	TEUBE(for himself, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ESTES, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr.
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	14	+	INSTAD, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. FULCHER, Ms. MACE, Mr.
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	16	+	GLES, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GOODEN,
	17	+	Mr. M
	18	+	EUSER, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr.
	19	+	S
	20	+	TAUBER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CISCOMANI, Ms. FOXX, Mr. EZELL, Mr.
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	22	+	EBERof Texas, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. SELF, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr.
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	24	+	ABIN, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. BOST, Mr.
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	26	+	ITZGERALD, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GUEST, Mr.
	27	+	F
	28	+	EENSTRA, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr.
	29	+	A
	30	+	USTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr. GREENof Ten-
	31	+	nessee, Mr. Z
	32	+	INKE, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. SMITHof New Jersey, Mr.
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	34	+	OMER, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mrs. MILLERof West
	35	+	Virginia, Mr. H
	36	+	UIZENGA, Mr. MOOREof West Virginia, Mrs. BIGGSof
	37	+	South Carolina, Mr. C
	38	+	RANK, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof
	39	+	Florida, Ms. D
	40	+	ELACRUZ, Mr. SMITHof Missouri, and Mr. BURLISON)
	41	+	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
	42	+	Education and Workforce
	43	+	A BILL
5	44		To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide
6	45		that for purposes of determining compliance with title
7	46		IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based
8	47		solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics
9	48		at birth.
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10	52		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
11		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
12		-	•HR 28 EH
13		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
14		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Women 2
15		-	and Girls in Sports Act of 2025’’. 3
16		-	SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 4
17		-	Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 5
18		-	(20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the 6
19		-	following: 7
20		-	‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for 8
21		-	a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, 9
22		-	sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to 10
23		-	permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an 11
24		-	athletic program or activity that is designated for women 12
25		-	or girls. 13
26		-	‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall 14
27		-	be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biol-15
28		-	ogy and genetics at birth. 16
29		-	‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 17
30		-	‘athletic programs and activities’ includes, but is not lim-18
31		-	ited to, all programs or activities that are provided condi-19
32		-	tional upon participation with any athletic team. 20
33		-	‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 21
34		-	prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or 22
35		-	practice with an athletic program or activity that is des-23
36		-	ignated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived 24
37		-	of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to partici-25
38		-	pate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission 26 3
39		-	•HR 28 EH
40		-	to an educational institution, or any other benefit that ac-1
41		-	companies participating in the athletic program or activ-2
42		-	ity. 3
43		-	‘‘(e) The Comptroller General shall carry out a study 4
44		-	to determine the meaning of the phrase ‘any other benefit’ 5
45		-	as used in subsection (d)(4) by looking at benefits to 6
46		-	women or girls of participating in single sex sports that 7
47		-	would be lost by allowing males to participate. The study 8
48		-	shall document the adverse psychological, developmental, 9
49		-	participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing 10
50		-	males to compete, be members of a sports team, or partici-11
51		-	pants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls, in-12
52		-	cluding displacement or discouragement from sports par-13
53		-	ticipation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, 14
54		-	loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or com-15
55		-	petition, loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, 16
56		-	loss or displacement of admission to an educational insti-17
57		-	tution, deprivation of the benefit of an environment free 18
58		-	of hostility based on sexual assault or harassment, or any 19
59		-	other benefit that accompanies participating in the ath-20
60		-	letics program or activity. Further, the Comptroller Gen-21
61		-	eral shall submit to the Committee on Education and the 22
62		-	Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com-23 4
63		-	•HR 28 EH
64		-	mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 1
65		-	Senate a report that contains the results of such study.’’. 2
66		-	Passed the House of Representatives January 14,
67		-	2025.
68		-	Attest:
69		-	Clerk. 119
70		-	TH
71		-	CONGRESS
72		-	1
73		-	ST
74		-	S
75		-	ESSION
76		-
77		-	H. R. 28
78		-	AN ACT
79		-	To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to
80		-	provide that for purposes of determining compli-
81		-	ance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex
82		-	shall be recognized based solely on a person’s re-
83		-	productive biology and genetics at birth.
	53	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	54	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	55	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Women 4
	56	+	and Girls in Sports Act of 2025’’. 5
	57	+	SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 6
	58	+	Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 7
	59	+	(20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the 8
	60	+	following: 9
	61	+	‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for 10
	62	+	a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, 11
	63	+	sponsors, or facilitates an athletic program or activity to 12
	64	+	permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an 13
	65	+	athletic program or activity that is designated for women 14
	66	+	or girls. 15
	67	+	‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall 16
	68	+	be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biol-17
	69	+	ogy and genetics at birth. 18
	70	+	‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 19
	71	+	‘athletic programs and activities’ includes, but is not lim-20
	72	+	ited to, all programs or activities that are provided condi-21
	73	+	tional upon participation with any athletic team. 22
	74	+	‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 23
	75	+	prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or 24
	76	+	practice with an athletic program or activity that is des-25
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	79	+	•HR 28 IH
	80	+	ignated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived 1
	81	+	of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to partici-2
	82	+	pate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission 3
	83	+	to an educational institution, or any other benefit that ac-4
	84	+	companies participating in the athletic program or activ-5
	85	+	ity. 6
	86	+	‘‘(5) The Comptroller General shall carry out a study 7
	87	+	to determine the meaning of the phrase ‘any other benefit’ 8
	88	+	as used in paragraph (4) by looking at benefits to women 9
	89	+	or girls of participating in single sex sports that would 10
	90	+	be lost by allowing males to participate. The study shall 11
	91	+	document the adverse psychological, developmental, 12
	92	+	participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing 13
	93	+	males to compete, be members of a sports team, or partici-14
	94	+	pants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls, in-15
	95	+	cluding displacement or discouragement from sports par-16
	96	+	ticipation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, 17
	97	+	loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or com-18
	98	+	petition, loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, 19
	99	+	loss or displacement of admission to an educational insti-20
	100	+	tution, deprivation of the benefit of an environment free 21
	101	+	of hostility based on sexual assault or harassment, or loss 22
	102	+	of any other benefit that accompanies participating in the 23
	103	+	athletics program or activity. Further, the Comptroller 24
	104	+	General shall submit to the Committee on Education and 25
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	107	+	•HR 28 IH
	108	+	Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com-1
	109	+	mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 2
	110	+	Senate a report that contains the results of such study.’’. 3
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