Title: 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 House of Representatives that (1) for purposes of federal law, a person's sex means the person'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]
[H. Res. 1136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1136

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2022

   Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mrs. 
 Harshbarger, Ms. Tenney, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Jackson, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) 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 males and females possess unique and immutable biological differences 
        that manifest prior to birth and increase as they age and experience 
        puberty;
Whereas biological differences between the sexes mean that only females may 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 more 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 related to the definition of ``sex'' have 
        led to endangerment of spaces and resources dedicated to women, thereby 
        necessitating clarification of certain terms: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives reaffirms that--
            (1) for purposes of Federal law, a person's ``sex'' means 
        his or her biological sex (either male or female) at birth;
            (2) for purposes of Federal law addressing sex, the terms 
        ``woman'' and ``girl'' refer to human females, and the terms 
        ``man'' and ``boy'' refer to human males;
            (3) for purposes 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 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 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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