Calendar No. 2

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 9


To 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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 7, 2025

Mr. Tuberville (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cramer, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Daines, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Lee, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Sheehy, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Paul, Mr. Graham, Mr. Scott of Florida, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Sullivan, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Banks and Mr. Scott of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

January 8, 2025

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To 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.

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 “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. 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.”.

Calendar No. 2
119th CONGRESS
     1st Session
S. 9
A BILL
To 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.
January 8, 2025
Read the second time and placed on the calendar