3.0.0 3037 2022-12-30T07:48:47Z 2023-01-01T23:48:57Z Senate S 2021-10-21 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-21T16:30:51Z Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2022 117 8170 HR 2022-06-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act of 2022 117 5035 S 2022-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2021-10-21 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-10-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2021-12-09 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-12-14 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2022-02-28 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2022-02-28 False Education Education 00 2021-10-21 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-08T14:46:33Z Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2021

This bill prohibits an elementary or secondary school from receiving federal funds unless the school complies with specified requirements related to parental consent and student gender identity.

Among other requirements, school employees may not withhold information from parents about a minor student's gender transition or gender identity. The Department of Justice or a parent or guardian may bring a civil action against a school for violations.

]]> Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2021 Display Title Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require elementary schools and secondary schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before facilitating a child's gender transition in any form, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Empower Parents to Protect Their Kids Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3037is/xml/BILLS-117s3037is.xml 2021-10-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.