[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2785 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2785

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for gender transition in minors.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2021

    Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Wicker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for gender transition in minors.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Kids from Harmful 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR GENDER TRANSITION IN 
              MINORS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be used to fund research or publications relating to 
gender transition in individuals under the age of 18, including any 
observational studies that gather evidence on the provision of hormonal 
treatments or surgical procedures on minors, for the purpose of--
            (1) affirming a minor's perception of his or her sex, if 
        that perception is incongruent with such minor's sex; or
            (2) affirming a minor's asserted identity, if the asserted 
        identity is incongruent with such minor's sex.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``sex'' 
shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and 
genetics at birth.
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