Text of US HR 47 (2025)

IV 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 47 Concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women’s sports. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 15, 2025 Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. MOORE of West Virginia, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MILLER of Illi- nois, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. GUEST) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce RESOLUTION Concerning the National Collegiate Athletic Association policy for eligibility in women’s sports. Whereas athletic participation has an important positive im- pact on young girls, improving their physical, emotional, and psychological health, self-confidence, and discipline; Whereas women have been responsible for some of the great- est athletic feats in the history of sports in the United States, from the Olympic games to professional competi- tion, through opportunities to compete in collegiate sports; Whereas the enactment of title IX of the Education Amend- ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘title IX’’) marked a pivotal moment in VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:02 Jan 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR47.IH HR47 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 47 IH the Federal support of women in sports and applied to virtually all postsecondary institutions as recipients of Federal financial assistance; Whereas there are fundamental and enduring biological dif- ferences between males and females that put females at a competitive disadvantage in sports and jeopardize their safety during competition against males; Whereas, in 2010, the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- tion unilaterally adopted a policy that enables biological males to participate on women’s rosters and compete in the women’s sports category, a policy that continues today; Whereas the policy described in the previous proviso dis- proportionately negatively impacts female athletes; Whereas the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘NAIA’’) has insti- tuted new policies to protect biological women in sports and ensure that only student athletes whose biological sex is female will be allowed to compete on NAIA-sponsored women’s sports teams; Whereas it is imperative that opportunities for collegiate women to compete athletically are protected on the basis of sex; and Whereas member institutions of the National Collegiate Ath- letic Association have an obligation under title IX to en- sure equality of benefits and opportunities in athletic pro- grams on the basis of sex: Now, therefore be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) calls on the National Collegiate Athletic As- 2 sociation (referred to in this resolution as ‘‘NCAA’’) 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:02 Jan 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR47.IH HR47 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 47 IH to revoke its transgender student-athlete eligibility 1 policy that directly discriminates against female stu- 2 dent athletes; 3 (2) implores the NCAA immediately to protect 4 the integrity of collegiate women’s sports by forbid- 5 ding transgender-identifying males to compete on 6 any women’s sports roster or in any collegiate com- 7 petition; 8 (3) urges the NCAA to require its member con- 9 ferences to conform to a biological sex-based policy 10 across all sports and all divisions; and 11 (4) calls on all sports-governing bodies in the 12 United States to protect the category of women’s 13 sport for biological women and girls. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:02 Jan 16, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR47.IH HR47 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB