Passport Sanity Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2959

 To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport 
card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified 
           ``X'' gender designation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 1, 2025

   Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Ricketts, and Mrs. 
Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                 to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport 
card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified 
           ``X'' gender designation, 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 ``Passport Sanity Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DESIGNATION ON PASSPORTS, 
              PASSPORT CARDS, AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD 
              ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``covered document'' 
means a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad 
issued by the Department of State.
    (b) In General.--The Secretary of State shall--
            (1) ensure each application for a covered document only 
        includes the gender designation male or female; and
            (2) prohibit the issuance of a covered document that 
        includes the unspecified ``X'' gender designation.
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