To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Title IX to prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in women's or girls' athletic programs, while permitting them, amends Title IX to prohibit male-at-birth individuals from women's sports, defines athletic programs broadly, and mandates a GAO study on adverse effects of mixed-sex sports participation including psychological, and amends Title IX to treat sex for athletics as reproductive biology and genetics at birth and bar male-sex athletes from women's and girls' teams, with limited practice allowances. It relies on compliance mandates, definition changes, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Education and Civil Rights.
Who Benefits and How
Female student athletes could face fewer barriers, Female student athletes in women and girls athletic programs could face reduced risk, and Womens sports programs at federally-funded schools could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Transgender women athletes (assigned male at birth) could face higher barriers, Transgender women and girls seeking to compete on female athletic teams could face higher barriers, and Schools and colleges receiving federal financial assistance would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Amends Title IX to prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in women's or girls' athletic programs, while permitting them...
- Amends Title IX to prohibit male-at-birth individuals from women's sports, defines athletic programs broadly, and mandates a GAO study on adverse effects of mixed-sex sports participation including psychological...
- Amends Title IX to treat sex for athletics as reproductive biology and genetics at birth and bar male-sex athletes from women's and girls' teams, with limited practice allowances.
- Requires removes prior text that would have amends Title IX to treat sex for athletics as reproductive biology and genetics at birth and bar male-sex athletes from women's and girls' teams, with limited practice...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Title IX to prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in women's or girls' athletic programs, while permitting them, amends Title IX to prohibit male-at-birth individuals from women's sports, defines athletic programs broadly, and mandates a GAO study on adverse effects of mixed-sex sports participation including psychological, and amends Title IX to treat sex for athletics as reproductive biology and genetics at birth and bar male-sex athletes from women's and girls' teams, with limited practice allowances.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
The bill amends Title IX to prohibit recipients of federal financial assistance from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in women's or girls' athletic programs, while permitting them, amends Title IX to prohibit male-at-birth individuals from women's sports, defines athletic programs broadly, and mandates a GAO study on adverse effects of mixed-sex sports participation including psychological, and amends Title IX to treat sex for athletics as reproductive biology and genetics at birth and bar male-sex athletes from women's and girls' teams, with limited practice allowances.
Policy Domains
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Identified Gains
- Female student athletes
- Female student athletes in women and girls athletic programs
- Womens sports programs at federally-funded schools
- Transgender women and girls seeking to compete on female athletic teams
- Schools and colleges receiving federal financial assistance
Identified Costs
- Transgender women athletes (assigned male at birth)
- Transgender women and girls seeking to compete on female athletic teams
- Schools and colleges receiving federal financial assistance
- Educational institutions receiving federal funds
- Civil liberties and LGBTQ rights advocates challenging sex-based athletics restrictions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
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Additional sponsors: Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Mace, Mr. Bost, Mr. Walberg, …
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Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Wittman, …
Stakeholder Effects
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Educational institutions receiving federal funds, Female student athletes, Transgender women athletes (assigned male at birth)
Positive-direction: Female student athletes, Womens sports programs at federally-funded schools
Negative-direction: Educational institutions receiving federal funds, Transgender women athletes (assigned male at birth)
Schools and colleges receiving federal financial assistance
Schools and colleges receiving federal financial assistance faces effects in multiple directions
Transgender women and girls seeking to compete on female athletic teams
Transgender women and girls seeking to compete on female athletic teams faces effects in multiple directions
Civil liberties and LGBTQ rights advocates challenging sex-based athletics restrictions
Civil liberties and LGBTQ rights advocates challenging sex-based athletics restrictions faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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