Text of US HB 1139 (2025)

I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1139 To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 7, 2025 Mr. ROY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Passport Sanity Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:16 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1139.IH H1139 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1139 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DES- 1 IGNATION ON PASSPORTS, PASSPORT CARDS, 2 AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD 3 ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall— 5 (1) ensure each application for a covered docu- 6 ment includes only the gender designations male and 7 female; and 8 (2) prohibit the issuing of a covered document 9 that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation. 10 (b) COVERED DOCUMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 11 the term ‘‘covered document’’ means a passport, passport 12 card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the 13 Department of State. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:16 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1139.IH H1139 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS