Safety and Opportunity for Girls Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5050 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5050

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

                            August 26, 2025

 Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Mace, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. 
  Cloud, Mr. Burchett, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Grothman, Mrs. Biggs of South 
Carolina, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Fulcher) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        Education and 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 2025''.

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) Female.--The term `female', when used to refer to a 
        natural person, means an individual who naturally has, had, 
        will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, 
        historical accident, or intentional or unintentional 
        disruption, the reproductive system that at some point 
        produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization.
            ``(2) Male.--The term `male', when used to refer to a 
        natural person, means an individual who naturally has, had, 
        will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, 
        historical accident, or intentional or unintentional 
        disruption, the reproductive system that at some point 
        produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
            ``(3) Sex.--The term `sex', when referring to an 
        individual's sex, means to refer to either male or female, as 
        biologically determined.
            ``(4) Sex-segregated.--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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