Title IX Clarification Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5307
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2016-05-23
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Education programs funding

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Title IX Clarification Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define &quot;sex&quot; as the biological sex of an individual for purposes of enforcing the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex under education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5307 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2016 Mr. Abraham (for himself, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , and Mr. Rogers of Alabama ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to define the term sex for purposes of such title.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Title IX Clarification Act of 2016 . 2. Amendments Section 901(c) of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681(c) ) is amended— (1) by striking title an educational institution and inserting the following: title— (1) the term educational institution means , (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and , and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) the term sex means with respect to an individual the biological sex of such individual. .