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S. 4649 116th Congress Senate

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based sol… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

Introduced: September 22, 2020 See on congress.gov
Education AthletesEducation programs fundingSchool athleticsSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Sep 22, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 22, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 22, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.

The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5702 Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020
  • HR 8932 Protect Women’s Sports Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Sep 29, 2020
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 22, 2020
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Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Sep 22, 2020
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Sep 22, 2020
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Sep 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4649: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4649/
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