S 251
117th Congress
Senate
Education
Athletes
Education programs funding
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1