H.R. 7421

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7421 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7421

To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national 
governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to 
participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur 
athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such 
athlete, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 9, 2026

Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Luna, 
Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. Tenney, Ms. 
Boebert, Mr. Owens, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Mace, 
Mr. Fine, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national 
governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to 
participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur 
athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such 
athlete, 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 ``Securing Actual Female Events in 
Olympic Sports Act'' or the ``SAFE Olympic Sports Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS CORRESPONDING TO SEX OF 
ATHLETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

(a) In General.--Section 220522 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended--
(1) in paragraph (15), by inserting ``except as provided in 
paragraph (20),'' before ``does not have eligibility 
criteria'';
(2) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(20) has as an eligibility criteria related to 
participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the 
Pan-American Games, the Parapan American Games, or any other 
national, regional, State, or local event or competition 
sanctioned by such organization (including any national, 
regional, State, any local division thereof), a requirement 
that an amateur athlete may only participate in events and 
competitions corresponding to the sex of such athlete.''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 220501(b) of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(12) `sex' means a person's immutable biological 
classification as either male or female, as biologically 
determined.
``(13) `male' means a person belonging, at conception, to 
the biological sex characterized by a reproductive system with 
the biological function of producing sperm.
``(14) `female' means a person belonging, at conception, to 
the biological sex characterized by the reproductive system 
with the biological function of producing eggs.''.

SEC. 3. GRANTING SANCTIONS FOR AMATEUR ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS.

220525 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
``(c) Continued Sanctioning of Certain Competitions.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to section 220522(20), for the 
sport that it governs, a national governing body (including any 
national, regional, State, any local division thereof) shall 
continue sanctioning an amateur athletic competition that--
``(A) meets the requirements to be sanctioned under 
this section;
``(B) is solely for competition among males or 
solely for competition among females; and
``(C) is a competition (or a successor to a 
competition) that the national governing body 
sanctioned during the 10-year period prior to the date 
of enactment of this subsection.
``(2) Clarification for events previous sanctioned.--A 
national governing body may not rescind the sanctioning or 
alter the competition categories related to the sex of the 
athletes (except to comply with section 220522(20)) of any 
event described in paragraph (1) that the national governing 
body sanctioned prior to the date of enactment of this 
subsection and that has not taken place as of such date of 
enactment.
``(3) Rule of construction.--This subsection may not be 
construed to prohibit a national governing body from 
sanctioning an amateur athletic competition that is for 
competition among males and females.''.
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