[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 109 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2237]
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 SENATE RESOLUTION 267--SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF JUNE 
   18 THROUGH JUNE 24, 2023, AS ``NATIONAL WOMEN'S SPORTS WEEK'' TO 
CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENACTMENT OF TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION 
          AMENDMENTS OF 1972 AND THE GROWTH OF WOMEN'S SPORTS

  Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Lankford, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Rubio, 
Mrs. Britt, Mr. Braun, and Mr. Cruz) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation:

                              S. Res. 267

       Whereas title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 
     U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) (referred to in this preamble as ``Title 
     IX'') was enacted 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 the purposes and benefits of Title IX 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 basis 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 female athletes;
       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; and
       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: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate supports--
       (1) observing ``National Women's Sports Week'' as the week 
     of June 18 through June 24, 2023, to recognize--
       (A) the incredible expansion of opportunities for female 
     athletes since the enactment of title IX 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.

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