Text of US SB 2959 (2025)

II 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2959 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER 1, 2025 Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RICKETTS, and Mrs. MOODY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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 03:34 Oct 09, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2959.IS S2959 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 2959 IS SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DES- 1 IGNATION ON PASSPORTS, PASSPORT CARDS, 2 AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD 3 ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 4 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘cov- 5 ered document’’ means a passport, passport card, or Con- 6 sular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department 7 of State. 8 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall— 9 (1) ensure each application for a covered docu- 10 ment only includes the gender designation male or 11 female; and 12 (2) prohibit the issuance of a covered document 13 that includes the unspecified ‘‘X’’ gender designa- 14 tion. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:34 Oct 09, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2959.IS S2959 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB