Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-935
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
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: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of </b><b>2023</b></p> <p>This bill defines <i>sex</i> under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as a person's biological sex at birth. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities.) </p> <p>The bill also specifies that Title IX does not prohibit schools from having sex-segregated bathrooms, locker rooms, or athletic or academic programs, nor does it authorize the Department of Education to require schools to forgo such sex-segregated facilities or programs in order to receive funding.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 935 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2023 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Duncan , Mr. Banks , Mr. Clyde , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. Rosendale , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Jackson of Texas , Mr. Lamborn , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 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 2023 . 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. .