[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10127 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10127

   To prohibit the use of Federal funds to conduct, support, or fund 
research that studies the effects of gender-related medical treatment, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 20, 2026

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of Federal funds to conduct, support, or fund 
research that studies the effects of gender-related medical treatment, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Terminating Radical Attempts to 
Negate Sex Through Government Research Act'' or the ``TRANS Government 
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
              RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be made available to directly or indirectly conduct, 
support, or fund covered research.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered research.--The term ``covered research'' means 
        research that studies the effects of--
                    (A) gender-related medical treatment; or
                    (B) any other means of altering the body or 
                physical appearance of a person to no longer correspond 
                to the sex of such person, including by--
                            (i) disrupting the natural development of 
                        the body of such person;
                            (ii) inhibiting the natural functions of 
                        the body of such person; and
                            (iii) modifying the physical appearance or 
                        attire of such person.
            (2) Female.--The term ``female'' means an individual who, 
        but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical 
        accident, naturally has, had, will have, or would have a 
        reproductive system that produces, transports, and utilizes 
        eggs for fertilization.
            (3) Gender-related medical treatment.--The term ``gender-
        related medical treatment'' means--
                    (A) with respect to an individual who is female, 
                medical treatment provided for the purpose of 
                addressing the perception of such individual that such 
                individual is not female, including--
                            (i) a surgical procedure, including--
                                    (I) a vaginectomy;
                                    (II) a hysterectomy;
                                    (III) an oophorectomy;
                                    (IV) the reconstruction of the 
                                urethra;
                                    (V) a metoidioplasty;
                                    (VI) a phalloplasty;
                                    (VII) a salpingo-oophorectomy;
                                    (VIII) a scrotoplasty;
                                    (IX) the implantation of erection 
                                or testicular protheses;
                                    (X) a subcutaneous mastectomy;
                                    (XI) vocal cord surgery;
                                    (XII) pectoral implantation; and
                                    (XIII) penile transplantation;
                            (ii) an exogenous dose of testosterone or 
                        other androgen; and
                            (iii) a puberty blocker, including--
                                    (I) a gonadotropin-releasing 
                                hormone (GnRH) agonist; and
                                    (II) a synthetic drug that--
                                            (aa) suppresses the 
                                        production of estrogen and 
                                        progesterone; or
                                            (bb) delays or suppresses 
                                        pubertal development; and
                    (B) with respect to an individual who is male, 
                medical treatment provided for the purpose of 
                addressing the perception of such individual that such 
                individual is not male, including--
                            (i) a surgical procedure, including--
                                    (I) a penectomy;
                                    (II) an orchiectomy;
                                    (III) a vaginoplasty;
                                    (IV) a clitoroplasty;
                                    (V) a vulvoplasty;
                                    (VI) an augmentation mammoplasty;
                                    (VII) facial feminization surgery;
                                    (VIII) vocal cord surgery;
                                    (IX) a chondrolaryngoplasty;
                                    (X) gluteal augmentation; and
                                    (XI) uterine transplantation;
                            (ii) an exogenous dose of estrogen; and
                            (iii) a puberty blocker, including--
                                    (I) a gonadotropin-releasing 
                                hormone (GnRH) agonist; and
                                    (II) a synthetic drug that--
                                            (aa) suppresses the 
                                        production of testosterone; or
                                            (bb) delays or suppresses 
                                        pubertal development.
            (4) Male.--The term ``male'' means an individual who, but 
        for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, 
        naturally has, had, will have, or would have a reproductive 
        system that produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for 
        fertilization.
            (5) Sex.--The term ``sex'' means the biological 
        determination with respect to whether an individual is male or 
        female.
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