I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7421 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national governing 
body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to participation in the 
Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur athlete may only partici-
pate in events corresponding to the sex of such athlete, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2026 
Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. ROSE, Mrs. LUNA, 
Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. 
BOEBERT, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, 
Ms. MACE, Mr. FINE, and Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that 
a national governing body shall have as an eligibility 
criteria related to participation in the Olympic Games, 
a requirement that an amateur athlete may only partici-
pate in events corresponding to the sex of such athlete, 
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 ‘‘Securing Actual Fe-
male Events in Olympic Sports Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Olym-
pic Sports Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS COR-
RESPONDING TO SEX OF ATHLETE IN THE 
OLYMPIC GAMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 220522 of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (15), by inserting ‘‘except as 
provided in paragraph (20),’’ before ‘‘does not have 
eligibility criteria’’; 
(2) in paragraph (18), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) has as an eligibility criteria related to 
participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic 
Games, the Pan-American Games, the Parapan 
American Games, or any other national, regional, 
State, or local event or competition sanctioned by 
such organization (including any national, regional, 
State, any local division thereof), a requirement that 
an amateur athlete may only participate in events 
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and competitions corresponding to the sex of such 
athlete.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 220501(b) of title 36, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(12) ‘sex’ means a person’s immutable biologi-
cal classification as either male or female, as bio-
logically determined. 
‘‘(13) ‘male’ means a person belonging, at con-
ception, to the biological sex characterized by a re-
productive system with the biological function of 
producing sperm. 
‘‘(14) ‘female’ means a person belonging, at 
conception, to the biological sex characterized by the 
reproductive system with the biological function of 
producing eggs.’’. 
SEC. 3. GRANTING SANCTIONS FOR AMATEUR ATHLETIC 
COMPETITIONS. 
220525 of title 36, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) CONTINUED SANCTIONING OF CERTAIN COM-
PETITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subject 
to 
section 
220522(20), for the sport that it governs, a national 
governing body (including any national, regional, 
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State, any local division thereof) shall continue sanc-
tioning an amateur athletic competition that— 
‘‘(A) meets the requirements to be sanc-
tioned under this section; 
‘‘(B) is solely for competition among males 
or solely for competition among females; and 
‘‘(C) is a competition (or a successor to a 
competition) that the national governing body 
sanctioned during the 10-year period prior to 
the date of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) CLARIFICATION
FOR
EVENTS
PREVIOUS 
SANCTIONED.—A national governing body may not 
rescind the sanctioning or alter the competition cat-
egories related to the sex of the athletes (except to 
comply with section 220522(20)) of any event de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that the national governing 
body sanctioned prior to the date of enactment of 
this subsection and that has not taken place as of 
such date of enactment. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—This sub-
section may not be construed to prohibit a national 
governing body from sanctioning an amateur athletic 
competition that is for competition among males and 
females.’’. 
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