Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8932
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2020-12-10
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Education programs funding

School athletics

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-12-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protect Women's Sports Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8932 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 10, 2020 Ms. Gabbard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be determined on the basis of biological sex as determined at birth by a physician.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020 . 2. Amendment Section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) It shall be a violation of subsection (a) for a recipient of Federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose biological sex at birth is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls. .