Defend Girls Athletics Act

3.0.0 4363 2025-11-19T09:07:20Z 2025-11-19T09:07:20Z House H HR 2025-07-14 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4363 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 120 (Monday, July 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BARR:H.R. 4363.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, whichprovides Congress the power to ``provide for the commonDefence and general Welfare of the United States,'' includingthrough the conditional appropriation of federal funds toeducational institutions.Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which grants Congress theauthority to make all laws necessary and proper for carryinginto execution its enumerated powers, including the spendingpower.Furthermore, this legislation falls within Congress'sauthority to regulate the terms and conditions ofparticipation in federal education programs pursuant to itsspending power under the Constitution.[Page H3245]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-07-14T16:02:15Z 2025-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 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[R-TX-12] Craig Goldman R TX A. 12 2025-11-18 False Education Education 2025-09-04T14:50:33Z Defend Girls Athletics Act Display Title 45 Defend Girls Athletics Act 2025-07-24T05:23:23Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Defend Girls Athletics Act 2025-07-24T05:23:21Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure biological fairness in women's sports as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes. 2025-07-24T05:18:43Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-07-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr4363ih/xml/BILLS-119hr4363ih.xml 2025-07-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 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. 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