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The bill stops federal funding for research that would medically affirm gender identity in minors—reducing taxpayer support for controversial studies and satisfying opponents—while substantially limiting evidence, scientific freedom, and policy recognition that affect transgender youth, clinicians, researchers, and families.
Parents and families (and policymakers who oppose medical gender‑affirming care for under‑18s) will see federal funding blocked for research intended to medically affirm minors' gender identities, aligning research spending with those policy preferences.
Taxpayers may pay less for federally funded studies about providing hormones or surgeries to minors because the bill prevents use of federal dollars for that research.
Children and clinicians will lose access to federally funded research evidence on the safety and effectiveness of gender‑affirming care for minors, reducing the information needed to guide clinical decisions.
Transgender youth and others will face reduced legal and policy recognition of gender identity because the bill defines sex solely by birth biology, which can restrict services and undermine identity‑affirming policies.
Researchers, academic publishers, and students relying on federal grants may lose funding or be unable to publish studies on youth gender identity, harming scientific freedom, careers, and the research ecosystem.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal funding for research or publications on gender transition for persons under 18 when the research purpose is to affirm a minor’s asserted gender identity and defines sex by birth biology.
Official title: Prohibit the use of Federal funds for gender transition for minors.
Introduced July 30, 2026 by Mike Lee · Last progress July 30, 2026
Prohibits the use of federal funds for research or publications about gender transition for people under 18. It bars federally funded studies, including observational research that collects evidence about providing hormonal treatments or surgical procedures to minors, when the research purpose is to affirm a minor’s perception of their sex or an asserted identity that differs from the minor’s sex at birth, and defines “sex” by reproductive biology and genetics at birth. The bill does not create new programs or appropriations; it restricts what kinds of research and publications may be supported with federal money and establishes a birth‑biology definition of sex for the purposes of this restriction.