Text of US SB 3003 (2025)

II 119TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 3003 To prohibit the consideration of perceived gender identity in sentencing. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER 14, 2025 Mr. COTTON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the consideration of perceived gender identity in sentencing. 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 ‘‘Fair Sentencing Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF GENDER IDEN- 5 TITY IN SENTENCING. 6 (a) UNITED STATES CODE.— 7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3553 of title 18, 8 United States Code, is amended— 9 (A) in subsection (a)— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3003.IS S3003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3003 IS (i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 1 through (7) as subparagraphs (A) through 2 (G) and adjusting the margins accordingly; 3 (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 4 (1), by striking ‘‘The court shall’’ and in- 5 serting the following: 6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The court shall’’; and 7 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 8 lowing: 9 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITED CONSIDERATIONS.—The 10 court shall not consider the perceived gender identity 11 of the defendant as a mitigating factor, directly rel- 12 evant to history or rehabilitation.’’; and 13 (B) in subsection (g)— 14 (i) by striking ‘‘DEFINITION OF VIO- 15 LENT OFFENSE.—As used in this section, 16 the’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘DEFINI- 17 TIONS—In this section: 18 ‘‘(1) PERCEIVED GENDER IDENTITY.—The 19 term ‘perceived gender identity’ means the self-iden- 20 tified gender identity of an individual distinct from 21 biological sex. 22 ‘‘(2) VIOLENT OFFENSE.—The’’. 23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3003.IS S3003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3003 IS (A) CYBER SECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT 1 OF 2002.—Section 2207(b)(2)(F) of the Cyber 2 Security Enhancement Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 3 657(b)(2)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 4 3553(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5 3553(a)(1)(B)’’. 6 (B) TITLE 18.—Title 18 of the United 7 States Code is amended— 8 (i) in chapter 227— 9 (I) in section 3551, by striking 10 ‘‘section 3553(a)(2)’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘section 3553(a)(1)(B)’’; 12 (II) in section 3563— 13 (aa) by striking ‘‘section 14 3553(a)(1) and (a)(2)’’ and in- 15 serting ‘‘section 3553(a)(1)(A) 16 and (B)’’; and 17 (bb) by striking ‘‘section 18 3553(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec- 19 tion 3553(a)(1)(B)’’; and 20 (III) in section 3583, by striking 21 ‘‘section 3553(a)(1), (a)(2)(B), 22 (a)(2)(C), (a)(2)(D), (a)(4), (a)(5), 23 (a)(6), and (a)(7)’’ and inserting 24 ‘‘subparagraphs (A), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3003.IS S3003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3003 IS (B)(iv), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of sec- 1 tion 3553(a)(1)’’; and 2 (ii) in section 3742— 3 (I) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(i), by 4 striking ‘‘section 3353(a)(2)’’ and in- 5 serting ‘‘section 3353(a)(1)(B)’’; 6 (II) in subsection (g)(1), by 7 striking ‘‘subsection 3553(a)(4)’’ and 8 inserting ‘‘section 3553(a)(1)(D)’’; 9 and 10 (III) in subsection (j)(A), by 11 striking ‘‘section 3353(a)(2)’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘section 3353(a)(1)(B)’’. 13 (C) TITLE 28.—Chapter 58 of title 28, 14 United States Code, is amended— 15 (i) in section 991, by striking ‘‘section 16 3353(a)(2)’’ each place the term appears 17 and inserting ‘‘section 3353(a)(1)(B)’’; and 18 (ii) in section 994, by striking ‘‘sec- 19 tion 3353(a)(2)’’ each place the term ap- 20 pears and inserting ‘‘section 21 3353(a)(1)(B)’’. 22 (b) SENTENCING GUIDELINES.—Not later than 30 23 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the United 24 States Sentencing Commission shall amend the United 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3003.IS S3003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •S 3003 IS States Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual to pro- 1 hibit the considerations described in section 3553(a)(2), 2 as added by subsection (a), pursuant to its authority 3 under section 994(p) of title 28, United States Code. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Oct 15, 2025 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3003.IS S3003 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS