{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-734","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 734","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-02-01","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-04-20","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h192","question":"On Passage","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act","result":"Passed","yea":219,"nay":203,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll192.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2023-04-25"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 169","sponsor":"Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]","purpose":"Amendment requires the Comptroller General to carry out a study to determine the adverse effects of allowing biological men to compete in women's sports. The amendment looks at the adverse psychological, developmental participatory, and sociological results to girls of allowing males to compete, be members of a sports team, or participants in athletic programs that are designed specifically for girls, including hostile environment creation, sexual assault, and sexual harassment.","result":"Agreed to","date":"2023-04-20","yea":216,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll190.xml"}],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-04-20","question":"On Agreeing to the Amendment","title":"","result":"Agreed to","yea":216,"nay":205,"present":0,"not_voting":19,"kind":"amendment","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll190.xml"},{"chamber":"house","date":"2023-04-20","question":"On Motion to Recommit","title":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act","result":"Failed","yea":204,"nay":218,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"kind":"procedural","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll191.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-04-20","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023"},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":215},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to make it a violation for a recipient of Federal financial assistance to permit a person whose sex is male to take part in an athletic program or activity designated for women or girls, with sex defined by reproductive biology and genetics at birth.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}]},"core_areas":["Title IX compliance in school athletics","Definition of sex for athletic programs under Title IX","Comptroller General study and report on single-sex sports"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Makes it a violation of Title IX for a recipient of Federal financial assistance that operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in a program or activity designated for women or girls.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}},{"text":"Provides that, for this purpose, sex is recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}},{"text":"Defines athletic programs and activities to include, but not be limited to, all programs or activities provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}},{"text":"Allows a recipient to permit males to train or practice with a women's or girls' program, as long as no female is deprived of a roster spot, an opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, a scholarship, admission to an educational institution, or any other benefit of participating.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}},{"text":"Directs the Comptroller General to study the meaning of 'any other benefit' in the training and practice provision and to submit a report of the results to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#HD937E822307E40FC959310E8375E3911"}},{"text":"Sets the short title as the \"Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh#H05A4D14CBFC543BF886B7A77F47FAAA3"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-04-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-734.png","v":"be6137c285e9","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 734, 118th Congress: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. House: 219 Yea, 203 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Apr 2023."}}