Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025
Sponsored by W. Gregory Steube
Received in the Senate.
Jan 15, 2025
This bill amends Title IX to define sex as reproductive biology and genetics at birth, and makes it a violation of Title IX for federally funded education programs to allow individuals with male biological sex to participate in athletic programs designated for women or girls. The bill permits male individuals to train or practice with women's or girls' programs only if doing so does not reduce opportunities or benefits for female participants. The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on benefits to women and girls that would be lost due to male participation in single-sex sports, including documented psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects.
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Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 This bill generally prohibits school athletic programs from allowing individuals whose biological sex at birth was male to participate in programs that are for women or girls. Specifically, the bill provides that it is a violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded education programs or activities to operate, sponsor, or facilitate athletic programs or activities that allow individuals of the male sex to participate in programs or activities that are designated for women or girls. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities, including in public elementary and secondary schools and in colleges and universities.) Under the bill, sex is based on an individual's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. The bill does not prohibit male individuals from training or practicing with programs or activities for women or girls as long as such training or practice does not deprive any female of corresponding opportunities or benefits. The Government Accountability Office must report on the benefits for women or girls in single-sex sports that would be lost as a result of male participation. In particular, the report must document the negative psychological, developmental, participatory, and sociological effects of male participation on girls.