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<dc:title>119 HR 6144 IH: Male or Female Only Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-11-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6144</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251119">November 19, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="J000304">Mr. Jackson of Texas</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="B001325">Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="M001212">Mr. Moore of Alabama</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="G000565">Mr. Gosar</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="H001086">Mrs. Harshbarger</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HGO00">Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To prohibit Federal agencies from providing on Federal forms, surveys, and documents, an option other than Male or Female to reference the sex of an individual, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HDDCA3A50018B4AA3A018B49C76A5A5B6" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H4B718C18FFB94585B8ECFD65FEFDA392" 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>Male or Female Only Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> 
<section id="H76F52C6959A0411A846FE32797D2640F"><enum>2.</enum><header>No option other than Male or Female to reference the sex of an individual</header> 
<subsection id="H888C61C9AFC14399A03604E745764039"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>With respect to any collection of information conducted by the head of any agency through a form, survey, or other document, the head of such agency—</text> <paragraph id="HE7F412268A2F499E85F9815D5D12003B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may not—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HC8CE35CEC2D24BAD97866BF9446395BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">solicit or obtain any information regarding the gender or gender identity of an individual; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD381567AAAE4C7A855FD965D13CE4D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to any such collection information regarding the sex of an individual, provide an option to select or mark on the form, survey, or document that sex of an individual is something other than male or female; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H2053E3934EBB4535B2AA23B85BFD779E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall reject—</text> <subparagraph id="H183879678AFD4FFD834C6BF0F0185F50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any response provided by the person from whom the information is being collected stating the gender or gender identity of an individual; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H48D4589862724D5AA58752A9D733E9C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any response provided by the person from whom the information is being collected stating that the sex of an individual is something other than male or female.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6C46EE4D09584D698BD8E9D40CDDEE38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Update</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of an agency of the Federal Government shall update the forms, surveys, and documents of the agency as necessary to ensure such forms, surveys, and documents comply with the prohibition under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section> 
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