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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 405 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY5, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. T |
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| 9 | 9 | | UBERVILLEintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and |
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| 10 | 10 | | referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL |
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| 12 | 12 | | To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports |
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| 13 | 13 | | governing organizations. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Women 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act’’. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a) D |
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| 21 | 21 | | EFINITION.—Section 220501(b) of title 36, 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | following: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | ‘‘(13) ‘female’ means an individual who has, 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | had, will have—or would have, but for a develop-11 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 405 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | mental or genetic anomaly or historical accident— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the reproductive system that at some point produces, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(14) ‘male’ means an individual who has, had, 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | will have—or would have, but for a developmental or 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | genetic anomaly or historical accident—the repro-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ductive system that at some point produces, trans-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(15) ‘sex’ means an individual’s biological sex, 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | either male or female.’’. 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) E |
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| 40 | 40 | | LIGIBILITY.—Section 220522 of title 36, United 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | States Code, is amended— 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | end; 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) in paragraph (19), by striking the period 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(20) prohibits a person whose sex is male from 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | participating in an amateur athletic competition that 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | is designated for females, women, or girls.’’. 20 |
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