Text of US HB 28 (2025)

I 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 28 To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2025 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. ESTES, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. FULCHER, Ms. MACE, Mr. OGLES, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CISCOMANI, Ms. FOXX, Mr. EZELL, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. SELF, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. BABIN, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. BOST, Mr. FITZGERALD, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GUEST, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. GREEN of Ten- nessee, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. COMER, Mr. HUDSON, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. MOORE of West Virginia, Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, Mr. CRANK, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H28.IH H28 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 28 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection of Women 4 and Girls in Sports Act of 2025’’. 5 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 6 Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 7 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the 8 following: 9 ‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for 10 a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, 11 sponsors, or facilitates an athletic program or activity to 12 permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an 13 athletic program or activity that is designated for women 14 or girls. 15 ‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall 16 be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biol- 17 ogy and genetics at birth. 18 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 19 ‘athletic programs and activities’ includes, but is not lim- 20 ited to, all programs or activities that are provided condi- 21 tional upon participation with any athletic team. 22 ‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 23 prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or 24 practice with an athletic program or activity that is des- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H28.IH H28 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HR 28 IH ignated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived 1 of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to partici- 2 pate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission 3 to an educational institution, or any other benefit that ac- 4 companies participating in the athletic program or activ- 5 ity. 6 ‘‘(5) The Comptroller General shall carry out a study 7 to determine the meaning of the phrase ‘any other benefit’ 8 as used in paragraph (4) by looking at benefits to women 9 or girls of participating in single sex sports that would 10 be lost by allowing males to participate. The study shall 11 document the adverse psychological, developmental, 12 participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing 13 males to compete, be members of a sports team, or partici- 14 pants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls, in- 15 cluding displacement or discouragement from sports par- 16 ticipation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, 17 loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or com- 18 petition, loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, 19 loss or displacement of admission to an educational insti- 20 tution, deprivation of the benefit of an environment free 21 of hostility based on sexual assault or harassment, or loss 22 of any other benefit that accompanies participating in the 23 athletics program or activity. Further, the Comptroller 24 General shall submit to the Committee on Education and 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H28.IH H28 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HR 28 IH Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Com- 1 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 2 Senate a report that contains the results of such study.’’. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:13 Jan 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H28.IH H28 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB