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S. 5179 119th Congress Senate

Title IX Clarification Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to clarify that for purposes of Federal nondiscrimination requirements applicable to education programs or activities receiving Federal financial assist… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to clarify that for purposes of Federal nondiscrimination requirements applicable to education programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance, discrimination prohibited under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is based on the biological reality of sex.

Introduced: July 30, 2026 Introduced by: Marsha Blackburn Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Jul 30, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5179: Title IX Clarification Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5179/
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"S. 5179: Title IX Clarification Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5179/.
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S. 5179, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5179/.
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[S. 5179: Title IX Clarification Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5179/)
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