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IV118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. RES. 536IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJune 22, 2023Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Norman, Ms. Mace, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mrs. Miller of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceRESOLUTIONSupporting the designation of the week including June 23, 2023, as National Women’s Sports Week to celebrate the anniversary of the passage of title IX and the growth of women’s sports.

Whereas Congress passed title IX of the Education Amendments on June 23, 1972, to end unjust sex discrimination in education, including in athletics;Whereas title IX transformed sports by guaranteeing women and girls the right to equal athletic opportunities;Whereas title IX’s purpose and benefit are negated for women whenever men claiming to be women are granted access to female sports;Whereas title IX has resulted in a 545-percent increase in the percentage of women playing college sports and a 990-percent increase in the percentage of women playing high school sports;Whereas athletic participation helps women and girls develop confidence, initiative, and leadership skills;Whereas policies allowing for the inclusion of men in women’s sports have no substantiation in biological fact or valid medical research;Whereas providing equal athletic opportunities in sports to women is impossible without single-sex teams and competitions reserved exclusively for females;Whereas without separate single-sex teams and competitions based on biological sex for men and women, men will dominate competitive sports where size, strength, and speed are factors, depriving female athletes of athletic and academic opportunities;Whereas the biological differences between men and women have led to women being injured by men competing in women’s sports;Whereas, since 2017, men have won at least 24 professional women’s sports titles and an innumerable number of unreported titles at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels;Whereas, in 2018, at least 300 high school-aged boys in the United States ran the 400-meter dash faster than the most decorated female Olympic champion in the world has run it in her lifetime; andWhereas the week of June 18 through June 24 is National Women’s Sports Week: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives supports—(1)observing National Women’s Sports Week to recognize—(A)the incredible expansion of opportunities for female athletes since the enactment of title IX in 1972 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); and(B)the role of the provisions of law described in subparagraph (A) in guaranteeing equal athletic opportunities for members of both sexes; and(2)marking the observance of National Women’s Sports Week with—(A)appropriate programs and activities that—(i)celebrate the contributions of individual female athletes in the United States;(ii)honor the coaches and parents who support female athletes in the United States;(iii)promote equal access to athletic opportunities for members of both sexes; and(iv)support the commitment of the United States to supporting female athletes; and(B)legislative efforts to protect single-sex sports.