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Bills/119th Congress · Senate

S. 9

Introduced

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

Sponsor
RTommy Tuberville· Alabama
Introduced
January 7, 2025
Policy area
Sports and Recreation
Latest action
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 100. (CR S1455-1456)March 3, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 9 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

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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.

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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

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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

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