HR935-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2023.

2. Amendment to title ix of the education amendments of 1972 Section 901 of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at end the following: For purposes of this title— the term sex means sex determined solely by a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth; and the term sex-segregated means limited to or separated by sex. Nothing in this title may be construed— to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces by educational institutions, including bathrooms and locker rooms; or to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions. (d)For purposes of this title— (1)the term sex means sex determined solely by a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth; and (2)the term sex-segregated means limited to or separated by sex. (e)Nothing in this title may be construed— (1)to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces by educational institutions, including bathrooms and locker rooms; or (2)to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions..