SAFE Olympic Sports Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7421 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7421

   To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national 
    governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to 
   participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur 
athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such 
                    athlete, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2026

 Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Luna, 
  Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. Tenney, Ms. 
Boebert, Mr. Owens, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Mace, 
 Mr. Fine, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national 
    governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to 
   participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur 
athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such 
                    athlete, 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 ``Securing Actual Female Events in 
Olympic Sports Act'' or the ``SAFE Olympic Sports Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS CORRESPONDING TO SEX OF 
              ATHLETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    (a) In General.--Section 220522 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (15), by inserting ``except as provided in 
        paragraph (20),'' before ``does not have eligibility 
        criteria'';
            (2) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) has as an eligibility criteria related to 
        participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the 
        Pan-American Games, the Parapan American Games, or any other 
        national, regional, State, or local event or competition 
        sanctioned by such organization (including any national, 
        regional, State, any local division thereof), a requirement 
        that an amateur athlete may only participate in events and 
        competitions corresponding to the sex of such athlete.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 220501(b) of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) `sex' means a person's immutable biological 
        classification as either male or female, as biologically 
        determined.
            ``(13) `male' means a person belonging, at conception, to 
        the biological sex characterized by a reproductive system with 
        the biological function of producing sperm.
            ``(14) `female' means a person belonging, at conception, to 
        the biological sex characterized by the reproductive system 
        with the biological function of producing eggs.''.

SEC. 3. GRANTING SANCTIONS FOR AMATEUR ATHLETIC COMPETITIONS.

    220525 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(c) Continued Sanctioning of Certain Competitions.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to section 220522(20), for the 
        sport that it governs, a national governing body (including any 
        national, regional, State, any local division thereof) shall 
        continue sanctioning an amateur athletic competition that--
                    ``(A) meets the requirements to be sanctioned under 
                this section;
                    ``(B) is solely for competition among males or 
                solely for competition among females; and
                    ``(C) is a competition (or a successor to a 
                competition) that the national governing body 
                sanctioned during the 10-year period prior to the date 
                of enactment of this subsection.
            ``(2) Clarification for events previous sanctioned.--A 
        national governing body may not rescind the sanctioning or 
        alter the competition categories related to the sex of the 
        athletes (except to comply with section 220522(20)) of any 
        event described in paragraph (1) that the national governing 
        body sanctioned prior to the date of enactment of this 
        subsection and that has not taken place as of such date of 
        enactment.
            ``(3) Rule of construction.--This subsection may not be 
        construed to prohibit a national governing body from 
        sanctioning an amateur athletic competition that is for 
        competition among males and females.''.
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