I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4363 
To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher 
education to ensure biological fairness in women’s sports as a condition 
of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2025 
Mr. BARR (for himself, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. TENNEY, Mrs. 
LUNA, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. BICE, Mr. DONALDS, Ms. MACE, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, Mr. ELLZEY, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. MOORE of North 
Carolina, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BEAN of Florida, Mr. SHREVE, Mr. GILL of 
Texas, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. BARRETT, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
COLLINS, Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, 
Mr. 
STAUBER, 
Mr. 
WILLIAMS
of 
Texas, 
Mrs. 
HARSHBARGER, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. HUNT, Mr. YAKYM, Mr. 
MCGUIRE, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. CREN-
SHAW, Mr. MESSMER, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. 
HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. JAMES, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. ROSE, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
FINSTAD, Mr. PATRONIS, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, and Mr. MCDOWELL) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institu-
tions of higher education to ensure biological fairness 
in women’s sports as a condition of receiving Federal 
funds, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defend Girls Athletics 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 8524 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8524A. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL 
FAIRNESS IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving funds 
under this Act, a local educational agency shall ensure 
that each school under the jurisdiction of such agency 
complies with the requirements of Executive Order 14201 
(90 Fed. Reg 9279; relating to keeping men out of wom-
en’s sports), as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
section. 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—On an annual basis not later 
than August 15 of each year, each local educational agen-
cy subject to the requirements of this section shall certify 
in writing to the relevant State educational agency that 
the local educational agency is in compliance with such 
requirements and will remain in compliance with such re-
quirements until August 15 of the following year. The 
State educational agency shall report to the Secretary by 
September 15 of each year a list of those local educational 
agencies that have not filed the certification or against 
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which complaints have been made to the State educational 
agency that the local educational agencies are not in com-
pliance with this section. 
‘‘(c) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines 
that a local educational agency has violated the require-
ments of this section or if a State educational agency does 
not submit the report required under subsection (b) by 
the deadline indicated in such subsection— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall direct the State or local 
educational agency (as the case may be) to return to 
the Secretary any funds received under this Act 
(whether directly or through a subgrant from an-
other entity) that are unobligated as of the date of 
such determination; and 
‘‘(2) such agency shall be ineligible to receive 
funds under this Act until the agency complies with 
such requirements or submits such report, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 3. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title I of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 124. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BIOLOGICAL 
FAIRNESS IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, no institution of higher education shall be 
eligible to receive funds or any other form of financial as-
sistance under any Federal program, including participa-
tion in any federally funded or guaranteed student loan 
program, unless the institution certifies to the Secretary, 
not later than July 1 of each year, that the institution 
is in compliance and will remain in compliance with the 
requirements of Executive Order 14201 (90 Fed. Reg 
9279; relating to keeping men out of women’s sports), as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Secretary determines 
that an institution of higher education has violated the 
requirements of subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall direct the institution to 
return to the Secretary any funds received under 
this Act that are unobligated as of the date of such 
determination; and 
‘‘(2) such institution shall be ineligible to re-
ceive funds or otherwise participate in programs 
under this Act until the institution complies with 
such requirements, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
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