Save Women’s Sports Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6728
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2023-12-12
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Save Women’s Sports Act of 2023</strong></p><p>This bill requires intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic teams or sports that are sponsored by a public school or a public college or university or a non-public school or institution receiving federal financial assistance to have three categories based on biological sex at birth:&nbsp;males, females, and coed. The membership of athletic teams or sports designated solely for females shall only be open to biological females at birth. All federal financial assistance shall be terminated for failure to comply.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6728 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2023 Mrs. McClain (for herself, Mr. Donalds , Mr. Timmons , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Burchett , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Sessions , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Fry , Ms. Mace , and Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require public school, and public institution of higher education, athletic teams and clubs to be designated for membership based on biological sex, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Women’s Sports Act of 2023 . 2. Required designation of school athletic teams (a) Types of designations An intercollegiate, intramural, or club athletic team or sport that is sponsored by a public school, or a public institution of higher education, or that is a competing team or sport sponsored by a non-public school or institution, and that receives Federal financial assistance, shall be expressly designated as, and composed of students of, only 1 of the following categories of team or club members based on biological sex at birth: (1) Males. (2) Females. (3) Coed members described in paragraphs (1) and (2). (b) Requirement The membership of athletic teams or sports designated only for females shall only be open to biological females at birth. 3. Penalty All Federal financial assistance shall be terminated for a failure to comply with section 2.