117 S251 IS: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 U.S. Senate 2021-02-04 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.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 251IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESFebruary 4, 2021Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Paul) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021.

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Amendment

Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the following:(d)(1)It shall be a violation of subsection (a) 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.(2)For purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth..