Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1417
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2021-02-26
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes

Education programs funding

Educational facilities and institutions

Elementary and secondary education

Genetics

Higher education

School athletics

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill addresses protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces. <i>Sex</i> is defined as sex determined solely by a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.</p>  <p>The bill prohibits construing the provisions of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a manner that would require forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces (such as bathrooms) and of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1417 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2021 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mrs. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Harris , Mr. Cline , Mr. Brooks , Mr. Roy , Mr. Norman , Mr. Steube , Mr. Guest , Ms. Herrell , Mr. Babin , Mr. Aderholt , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Palmer , Mr. Owens , Mr. Clyde , and Mr. Davidson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To clarify protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces and to activities under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2021 . 2. Amendment to title ix of the education amendments of 1972 Section 901 of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 ) is amended by adding at end the following: (d) For purposes of this title— (1) the term sex means sex determined solely by a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth; and (2) the term sex-segregated means limited to or separated by sex. (e) Nothing in this title may be construed— (1) to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated spaces by educational institutions, including bathrooms and locker rooms; or (2) to prohibit, to authorize the Secretary to prohibit, or to authorize the Secretary to make receipt of funding under this title contingent upon an educational institution forgoing the maintenance of sex-segregated athletic or academic programs by educational institutions. .