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<item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="251" measure-id="id117s251" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-02-04" update-date="2021-03-17">
<title>Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021</title>
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<action-date>2021-02-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.</p> <p>The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.</p>]]></summary-text>
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