Text of US HB 9586 (2024)

I 118TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9586 To prohibit Federal funds from being used to provide certain gender transition procedures to individuals in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. TIFFANY, and Mr. ROSENDALE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe- riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- mittee concerned A BILL To prohibit Federal funds from being used to provide certain gender transition procedures to individuals in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and the De- partment of Health and Human Services. 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 ‘‘Stopping Transgender 4 Operation Payments and Wacky Expenses for Illegal Resi- 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:25 Sep 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9586.IH H9586 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9586 IH dents and Detainees Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘STOP WEIRD 1 Act of 2024’’. 2 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FEDERAL FUNDS FROM BEING USED 3 TO PROVIDE CERTAIN GENDER TRANSITION 4 PROCEDURES. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 6 sion of law, no Federal funds may be used or otherwise 7 made available to provide or refer for a specified gender 8 transition procedure to an individual in the custody of the 9 Department of Homeland Security or the Department of 10 Health and Human Services or to reimburse any entity 11 for providing such a procedure to such an individual. 12 (b) SPECIFIED GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURE 13 DEFINED.— 14 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this para- 15 graph, except as provided in paragraph (2), the term 16 ‘‘specified gender transition procedure’’ means, with 17 respect to an individual, any of the following when 18 performed for the purpose of intentionally changing 19 the body of such individual to no longer correspond 20 to their sex: 21 (A) Performing any surgery, including— 22 (i) castration; 23 (ii) orchiectomy; 24 (iii) scrotoplasty; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:25 Sep 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9586.IH H9586 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9586 IH (iv) vasectomy; 1 (v) hysterectomy; 2 (vi) oophorectomy; 3 (vii) ovariectomy; 4 (viii) metoidioplasty; 5 (ix) penectomy; 6 (x) phalloplasty; 7 (xi) vaginoplasty; 8 (xii) vaginectomy; 9 (xiii) vulvoplasty; 10 (xiv) reduction thyrochondroplasty; 11 (xv) chondrolaryngoplasty; 12 (xvi) mastectomy; and 13 (xvii) any plastic, cosmetic, or aes- 14 thetic surgery that feminizes or 15 masculinizes the facial or other body fea- 16 tures of an individual. 17 (B) Any placement of chest implants to 18 create feminine breasts. 19 (C) Any placement of fat or artificial im- 20 plants in the gluteal region. 21 (D) Administering, supplying, prescribing, 22 dispensing, distributing, or otherwise conveying 23 to an individual medications, including— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:25 Sep 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9586.IH H9586 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9586 IH (i) gonadotropin-releasing hormone 1 (GnRH) analogues or other puberty-block- 2 ing drugs to stop or delay normal puberty; 3 and 4 (ii) testosterone, estrogen, or other 5 androgens to an individual at doses that 6 are supraphysiologic than would normally 7 be produced endogenously in a healthy in- 8 dividual of the same age and sex. 9 (2) SEX.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the 10 term ‘‘sex’’ means the indication of male or female 11 sex by reproductive potential or capacity, sex chro- 12 mosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, 13 or internal or external genitalia present at birth. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:25 Sep 18, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9586.IH H9586 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS