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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2023 

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 

RESOLUTION 

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. 

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; 


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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 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate supports— 

2 (1) observing ‘‘National Women’s Sports Week’’ 

3 as the week of June 18 through June 24, 2023, to 

4 recognize— 

5 (A) the incredible expansion of opportuni6 ties for female athletes since the enactment of 

7 title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); and 

9 (B) the role of the provisions of law de10 scribed in subparagraph (A) in guaranteeing 

11 equal athletic opportunities for members of both 

12 sexes; and 

13 (2) marking the observance of National Wom14 en’s Sports Week with— 

15 (A) appropriate programs and activities 

16 that— 

17 (i) celebrate the contributions of indi18 vidual female athletes in the United States; 

19 (ii) honor the coaches and parents 

20 who support female athletes in the United 

21 States; 

22 (iii) promote equal access to athletic 

23 opportunities for members of both sexes; 

24 and 


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1 (iv) support the commitment of the 

2 United States to supporting female ath3 letes; and 

4 (B) legislative efforts to protect single-sex 

5 sports. 

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