TPA Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3101 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3101

  To prohibit the issuance of a passport with any gender designation 
       other than ``male'' or ``female'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2023

 Mrs. Lesko (for herself, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, and Mr. 
    Biggs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the issuance of a passport with any gender designation 
       other than ``male'' or ``female'', and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Traditional Passport Act'' or the 
``TPA Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State may not issue any passport 
that contains a gender designation other than ``male'' or ``female'', 
and may permit applicants for passports to select, between such 
designations, only the designation that matches the biological gender 
of the applicant.
    (b) Definition of Biological Gender.--For purposes of the 
prohibition in this section, the biological gender of an individual 
means the biological classification of the individual as of the male or 
female sex in the context of reproductive potential or capacity, as 
indicated by sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, 
and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth.
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