I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8206 
To repeal Executive Order 13988 and prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
from carrying out certain requirements relating to sexual orientation 
and gender identity for participation in school meal programs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2022 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. GOHMERT, 
Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. TIFFANY, 
Mr. ROSENDALE, and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To repeal Executive Order 13988 and prohibit the Secretary 
of Agriculture from carrying out certain requirements 
relating to sexual orientation and gender identity for 
participation in school meal programs, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Wrongs to Our 
Kids’ Educational Meals (W.O.K.E.) Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In enacting title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), after 
careful deliberation and debate and more than 250 
educational proposals leading up to the introduction 
and enactment of title IX, Congress explicitly envi-
sioned a prohibition against ‘‘discrimination on the 
basis of sex,’’ to mean any discrimination based on 
biological distinctions between male and female. This 
is supported by the plain and ordinary meaning of 
the statutory text, by the Congressional Record, and 
by title IX’s enacting regulations. 
(2) Executive branch administrative or regu-
latory actions, policies, or guidances, from the U.S. 
Department of Education, the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, or other agencies or entities, that seek 
to rewrite or reinterpret the plain and unambiguous 
language of title IX as having meaning beyond 
‘‘sex’’ as the biological distinctions between male and 
female—including such constructs as ‘‘sexual ori-
entation and gender identity’’—not only inappropri-
ately misconstrue title IX’s plain and clear statutory 
language, but they also contravene congressional in-
tent behind its enactment, and misapply Supreme 
Court precedent on sex discrimination. Additionally 
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and importantly, any such administrative actions by 
fiat usurp and circumvent legislative powers that are 
the sole province of Congress under article I, section 
1 of the Constitution. 
(3) In its 2020 decision Bostock v. Clayton 
County, 140 S. Ct. (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court 
expressly limited its decision to and narrowly ad-
dressed employment issues, did not construe title IX, 
and expressly disclaimed application to ‘‘other fed-
eral or state laws that prohibit sex discrimination’’. 
Thus, it is altogether and entirely improper, inap-
propriate, and misguided to construe Bostock as ap-
plying to title IX. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13988. 
(a) REPEAL.—Executive Order 13988, 86 Fed. Reg. 
7023 (January 25, 2021), is hereby repealed. 
(b) RELATED ACTION.—Any regulations, guidance, 
or other agency action related to such Executive order 
shall not have any force or effect and are hereby repealed 
or revoked, as applicable. 
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SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELAT-
ING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER 
IDENTITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL 
MEAL PROGRAMS. 
In carrying out the school lunch program authorized 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast program 
established by section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773), the Secretary of Agriculture shall not 
require a State or local agency, program operator, or spon-
sor that participates in such programs to— 
(1) investigate allegations of discrimination 
based on gender identity or sexual orientation; or 
(2) update non-discrimination policies and sign-
age to include prohibitions against discrimination 
based on gender identity and sexual orientation. 
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