Text of US HB 3101 (2023)

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3101 To prohibit the issuance of a passport with any gender designation other than ‘‘male’’ or ‘‘female’’, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 5, 2023 Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the issuance of a passport with any gender designation other than ‘‘male’’ or ‘‘female’’, 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 ‘‘Traditional Passport 4 Act’’ or the ‘‘TPA Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may not 7 issue any passport that contains a gender designation 8 other than ‘‘male’’ or ‘‘female’’, and may permit appli- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 Jun 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3101.IH H3101 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3101 IH cants for passports to select, between such designations, 1 only the designation that matches the biological gender of 2 the applicant. 3 (b) DEFINITION OF BIOLOGICAL GENDER.—For pur- 4 poses of the prohibition in this section, the biological gen- 5 der of an individual means the biological classification of 6 the individual as of the male or female sex in the context 7 of reproductive potential or capacity, as indicated by sex 8 chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, 9 and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present 10 at birth. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 Jun 24, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3101.IH H3101 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB