Title: A resolution establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections afforded to women under Federal law.
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that (1) for purposes of federal law, an individual's sex means the individual's biological sex at birth; and (2) distinctions between the sexes are justified in certain settings, laws, and policies.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 644 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 644

  Establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections 
                  afforded to women under Federal law.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 19 (legislative day, May 17), 2022

 Mrs. Hyde-Smith (for herself, Ms. Lummis, and Mr. Cruz) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Establishing a Women's Bill of Rights to reaffirm legal protections 
                  afforded to women under Federal law.

Whereas male and female individuals possess unique and immutable biological 
        differences that manifest prior to birth and increase with age and 
        puberty;
Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that only females can get 
        pregnant, give birth, and breastfeed children;
Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that males are, on 
        average, larger in size and possess greater body strength than females;
Whereas biological differences between the sexes can expose females to greater 
        harm than males from specific forms of violence, including sexual 
        violence;
Whereas women have achieved inspirational and significant accomplishments in 
        education, athletics, and employment; and
 Whereas recent misguided court rulings relating to the definition of ``sex'' 
        have led to the endangerment of spaces and resources dedicated to women, 
        thereby necessitating clarification of certain terms: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the Senate reaffirms that--
            (1) for the purpose of Federal law, the ``sex'' of an 
        individual means his or her biological sex (either male or 
        female) at birth;
            (2) for the purpose of Federal law, the terms ``woman'' and 
        ``girl'' refer to human females, and the terms ``man'' and 
        ``boy'' refer to human males;
            (3) for the purpose of Federal law, the word ``mother'' 
        means a parent of the female sex and ``father'' is defined as a 
        parent of the male sex;
            (4) there are important reasons to distinguish between the 
        sexes with respect to athletics, prisons, domestic violence 
        shelters, restrooms, and with respect to other areas, 
        particularly where biology, safety, and privacy are implicated;
            (5) policies and laws that distinguish between the sexes 
        are subject to intermediate constitutional scrutiny and 
        permitted when they serve an important governmental objective 
        and are substantially related to achieving that objective; and
            (6) for the purposes of complying with Federal laws that 
        require State and local government agencies to collect or 
        report data disaggregated by sex, such as Federal 
        antidiscrimination laws, agencies are required to base such 
        data on the biological sex of individuals at birth.
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