EO 14201, "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports"

Executive orderDHS

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Actor
President; Department of Education, State Department, DHS, U.S. reps to international sports bodies
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Type
Executive order
Section
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES

Summary

Construes Title IX to prohibit schools receiving federal funds from allowing transgender girls and women to compete on female teams or occupy women's locker rooms, with funding rescission as the enforcement mechanism; incorporates EO 14168's definitions. Directs the State Department to deny or flag visas of transgender women athletes seeking to compete in women's events (implemented Feb. 25, 2025 with "SWS25" application flagging), to pressure the IOC to adopt sex-based eligibility, and DHS to police entry "fraud." The NCAA changed its eligibility policy to birth-sex on February 6, 2025, the day after signing. EO number 14201; 90 FR 9279 (Feb. 11, 2025).

Status

In effect; not enjoined. Enforced through Education Department Title IX investigations and DOJ suits against Maine and California, and funding-termination threats against noncompliant states and districts (see sections 3, 5, 13).

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Exec. Order No. 14,201, 90 Fed. Reg. 9279 (Feb. 11, 2025).

Short form: Exec. Order No. 14,201, 90 Fed. Reg. at 9279.