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<dc:title>118 HR 6728 IH: Save Women’s Sports Act of 2023</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2023-12-12</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6728</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20231212">December 12, 2023</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001136">Mrs. McClain</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="D000032">Mr. Donalds</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="T000480">Mr. Timmons</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="H001077">Mr. Higgins of Louisiana</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="B001309">Mr. Burchett</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000576">Mr. Grothman</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000565">Mr. Gosar</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S000250">Mr. Sessions</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="L000596">Mrs. Luna</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="F000478">Mr. Fry</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M000194">Ms. Mace</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="G000594">Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and the Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To require public school, and public institution of higher education, athletic teams and clubs to be designated for membership based on biological sex, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H04ABBA2294F04CDF981D0D8684B66B5F" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HE7EB5F56A6B34BDD95B5AB771FEDAEE4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Save Women’s Sports Act of 2023</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HF656F674E70F4FB7B82FCFA336A5BB78"><enum>2.</enum><header>Required designation of school athletic teams</header> <subsection id="HD0D1DDB8B6E24190BF84CBBADDD7F04A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Types of designations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school, or a public institution of higher education, or that is a competing team or sport sponsored by a non-public school or institution, and that receives Federal financial assistance, shall be expressly designated as, and composed of students of, only 1 of the following categories of team or club members based on biological sex at birth:</text> 
<paragraph id="H4504502ADEFF4BB3A56427EEB13A617E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Males.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H82E53CD03E464E73A999789113DDD39E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Females.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HCDF11A4541E545A6B178B1D903FF93BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Coed members described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC2350A6477E8428D807FA98A68725E6C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The membership of athletic teams or sports designated only for females shall only be open to biological females at birth.</text></subsection></section> 
<section id="H17E398D226034C08A4722B851DDAB1D2"><enum>3.</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All Federal financial assistance shall be terminated for a failure to comply with section 2.</text></section> </legis-body></bill>

