I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6764 
To secure the dignity and safety of incarcerated women. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2022 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. BOST, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. BUCK, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. BABIN, and Mrs. MILLER of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To secure the dignity and safety of incarcerated women. 
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 ‘‘Preventing Violence 
Against Female Inmates Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. HOUSING PRISONERS BASED ON SEX. 
(a) FEDERAL PRISONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘§ 4051. Bar on housing together prisoners of dif-
ferent sexes 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BIOLOGICAL
SEX.—The term ‘biological 
sex’ means the biological classification of male and 
female in the context of reproductive potential or ca-
pacity, as indicated by sex chromosomes, naturally 
occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous 
internal and external genitalia present at birth, with-
out regard to a person’s psychological, chosen, or 
subjectively experienced sense of identity or gender. 
‘‘(2) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘gender 
identity’ means a person’s self-perceived identity, 
self-concept, or asserted gender, regardless of the 
person’s biological sex. 
‘‘(b) BAR.—The Bureau of Prisons— 
‘‘(1) shall use the biological sex of persons 
charged with or convicted of offenses against the 
United States in making determinations regarding 
housing such persons; and 
‘‘(2) shall not co-locate in detention facilities 
persons charged with or convicted of offenses 
against the United States if those persons are not 
of the same biological sex, unless the Bureau of 
Prisons co-locates such persons without regard to 
their purported gender identity.’’. 
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(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of sections for chapter 303 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘4051. Bar on housing together prisoners of different sexes.’’. 
(b) STATE PRISONS.—Section 501 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10152) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) BAR ON HOUSING TOGETHER PRISONERS OF 
DIFFERENT SEXES.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘biological sex’ and ‘gender identity’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 4051 of title 
18, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
ELIGIBILITY
FOR 
FUNDS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, a 
State may not receive funds under this subpart for 
a fiscal year if the State does not submit to the At-
torney General a certification that the State— 
‘‘(A) prohibits co-locating in detention fa-
cilities persons charged with or convicted of of-
fenses under the law of the State if those per-
sons are not of the same biological sex, unless 
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