H.R. 1139 119th Congress House

Passport Sanity Act

Official title: 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.

Introduced: February 7, 2025 Introduced by: Chip Roy Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Feb 7, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Passport Sanity Act

This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad with an unspecified (X) gender designation. The State Department must also ensure that applications for such documents include only male and female gender designations.

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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Weber, Randy K. Sr.

Texas · Feb 10, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1139: Passport Sanity Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1139/

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"H.R. 1139: Passport Sanity Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1139/.

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H.R. 1139, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1139/.

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