[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3165-S3166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 692--RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY 
 OF THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972 INTO 
                                  LAW

  Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Ms. Ernst, and Mrs. Hyde-
Smith) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 692

       Whereas, on June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon 
     signed the Education Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92-318; 
     86 Stat. 235) into law;
       Whereas title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
     U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is commonly referred to and referenced 
     in common vernacular as ``title IX'';
       Whereas title IX originally read, ``No person in the United 
     States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation 
     in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to 
     discrimination under any education program or activity 
     receiving Federal financial assistance'';
       Whereas Representatives Patsy T. Mink of Hawaii and Edith 
     Green of Oregon and Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana are 
     recognized as the early authors and sponsors of the 
     legislative proposal that would eventually become title IX;
       Whereas, on May 4, 1980, the Department of Education began 
     enforcing title IX through the creation of the Office for 
     Civil Rights;
       Whereas, on February 26, 1992, in Franklin v. Gwinnett 
     County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992), the Supreme Court 
     of the United States unanimously ruled that students who are 
     subjected to sexual harassment in public schools may sue for 
     monetary damages under title IX;
       Whereas only 1 in 27 girls participated in school sports 
     before title IX was enacted, and 2 in 5 girls now participate 
     in school sports;
       Whereas, in 1972, 12 percent more men than women received 
     college degrees, but today, women are more likely than men to 
     receive college degrees; and
       Whereas, since title IX became the law of the land, women 
     and girls have enjoyed increased access to higher education, 
     graduation, athletic participation, and overall advancement 
     in every facet of education: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes and celebrates the 50th anniversary of title 
     IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 on June 23, 2022;
       (2) honors and commemorates the work of women's rights 
     activists who led the fight for the equal treatment of men 
     and women in education; and
       (3) encourages all women and girls in the United States to 
     continue pursuing academic and athletic accomplishments, if 
     they so choose.

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