Text of US SR 644 (2022)

III 117TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. RES. 644 Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 17), 2022 Mrs. HYDE-SMITH (for herself, Ms. LUMMIS, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law. Whereas male and female individuals possess unique and im- mutable biological differences that manifest prior to birth and increase with age and puberty; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that only females can get pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed children; Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on average, larger in size and possess greater body strength than females; Whereas biological differences between the sexes can expose females to greater harm than males from specific forms of violence, including sexual violence; VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:00 May 20, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR644.IS SR644 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •SRES 644 IS Whereas women have achieved inspirational and significant accomplishments in education, athletics, and employment; and Whereas recent misguided court rulings relating to the defini- tion of ‘‘sex’’ have led to the endangerment of spaces and resources dedicated to women, thereby necessitating clari- fication of certain terms: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate reaffirms that— 1 (1) for the purpose of Federal law, the ‘‘sex’’ of 2 an individual means his or her biological sex (either 3 male or female) at birth; 4 (2) for the purpose of Federal law, the terms 5 ‘‘woman’’ and ‘‘girl’’ refer to human females, and 6 the terms ‘‘man’’ and ‘‘boy’’ refer to human males; 7 (3) for the purpose of Federal law, the word 8 ‘‘mother’’ means a parent of the female sex and ‘‘fa- 9 ther’’ is defined as a parent of the male sex; 10 (4) there are important reasons to distinguish 11 between the sexes with respect to athletics, prisons, 12 domestic violence shelters, restrooms, and with re- 13 spect to other areas, particularly where biology, safe- 14 ty, and privacy are implicated; 15 (5) policies and laws that distinguish between 16 the sexes are subject to intermediate constitutional 17 scrutiny and permitted when they serve an impor- 18 tant governmental objective and are substantially re- 19 lated to achieving that objective; and 20 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:00 May 20, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\SR644.IS SR644 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •SRES 644 IS (6) for the purposes of complying with Federal 1 laws that require State and local government agen- 2 cies to collect or report data disaggregated by sex, 3 such as Federal antidiscrimination laws, agencies 4 are required to base such data on the biological sex 5 of individuals at birth. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:00 May 20, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\SR644.IS SR644 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB