Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2023
This bill defines sex 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.)
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.
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 935 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 935
To clarify protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces and to
activities under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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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
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A BILL
To clarify protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces and to
activities under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
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 ``Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act
of 2023''.
SEC. 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.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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