HR 28
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill amends Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to clarify that for the purpose of athletics, ‘sex’ is defined as an individual’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. It prohibits schools receiving federal funding from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls. The bill includes provisions for a study to assess the potential negative impacts on girls’ participation and opportunities in single-sex sports due to male participation.
Key provisions
- Defines ‘sex’ as reproductive biology and genetics at birth for athletic program compliance.
- Prohibits schools from allowing males to participate in programs designated for women or girls.
- Requires a study by the Comptroller General to assess the impact of male participation on girls’ sports.
- The study will examine psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects.
- Excludes restrictions on training or practice with designated programs, as long as female participation isn’t negatively impacted.
- Specifies that athletic programs include all programs conditional upon participation with an athletic team.
- Clarifies the definition of ‘benefit’ for the purposes of roster spots and other opportunities.
Who is affected
- Public elementary and secondary schools
- Colleges and universities
- Student athletes (female)
- School athletic programs
- Federal education funding recipients
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 28
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
This Act may be cited as the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
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Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) is amended by adding at the end the following:
It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal financial assistance who operates, sponsors, or facilitates an athletic program or activity to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
For the purposes of this subsection, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
For the purposes of this subsection, the term athletic programs and activities
includes, but is not limited to, all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletic program or activity.
The Comptroller General shall carry out a study to determine the meaning of the phrase any other benefit
as used in paragraph (4) by looking at benefits to women or girls of participating in single sex sports that would be lost by allowing males to participate. The study shall document the adverse psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing males to compete, be members of a sports team, or participants in athletic programs, that are designed for girls, including displacement or discouragement from sports participation, deprivation of a roster spot on a team or sport, loss of the opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, loss of a scholarship or scholarship opportunities, loss or displacement of admission to an educational institution, deprivation of the benefit of an environment free of hostility based on sexual assault or harassment, or loss of any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletics program or activity. Further, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report that contains the results of such study.