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The bill modernizes statutory language to be gender-neutral and clearer while preserving legal substance, but it creates administrative costs, potential transitional interpretation ambiguity, and occasional drafting disputes during implementation.
Women, LGBTQ individuals, and people with disabilities will see federal statutes use inclusive, gender-neutral language, reducing gendered references in law.
Taxpayers and businesses will have existing rights and obligations preserved because the revisions are implemented without changing legal substance.
Legal professionals and state governments may find statutes clearer when singular 'they' or specific nouns replace ambiguous gendered pronouns, improving readability and application.
Courts and regulated entities could face transitional ambiguity in legal interpretation as courts and agencies adapt to revised gender-neutral phrasings.
Federal employees and taxpayers will bear added administrative workload and costs from implementing comprehensive statutory revisions by the Law Revision Counsel and congressional committees.
Legal professionals and state governments may face disputes and case-by-case judgments because mandated uniform replacements (e.g., 'they/them') can conflict with existing drafting conventions in some titles.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs the House Law Revision Counsel to replace gendered pronouns and nouns in the U.S. Code with specified gender-neutral language where meaning does not change.
Requires the House Law Revision Counsel to revise the wording of the United States Code to replace gender-specific pronouns and nouns with gender-neutral language wherever doing so would not change the legal meaning. It specifies replacement forms (e.g., "the individual," singular or plural "they/them/their/theirs," or the title/position noun) and directs the Counsel to submit revisions for titles enacted into positive law to the House Judiciary Committee and to draft a bill to change nonpositive-law titles. The change is limited to wording; it must not alter substantive meaning. "Gender-neutral language" is defined as language that refers to people of any gender without exclusion.
Introduced July 14, 2025 by Summer Lee · Last progress July 14, 2025