Text of US SB 4649 (2020)

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

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II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4649 To provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Mr. LEE, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. COTTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in ath- letics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. 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 ‘‘Protection of Women 4 and Girls in Sports Act of 2020’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:36 Oct 05, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4649.IS S4649 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4649 IS SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 1 Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 2 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the 3 following: 4 ‘‘(d)(1) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for 5 a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or 6 facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a per- 7 son whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program 8 or activity that is designated for women or girls. 9 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be rec- 10 ognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology 11 and genetics at birth.’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:36 Oct 05, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4649.IS S4649 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS