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The bill protects exclusive female-designated athletic opportunities and mandates a GAO study, but does so by requiring birth-sex verification and excluding transgender women from female teams, creating significant privacy, access, and administrative/legal risks.
Cisgender female students (girls and women) keep exclusive access to teams, roster spots, scholarships, and competition opportunities designated for females.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must study and report on adverse effects to girls, providing data that could inform future policymaking and evidence-based decisions by schools and governments.
Transgender students who were assigned male at birth but identify as female would be barred from participating on girls' or women's teams, denying them access to those athletic opportunities.
The bill's verification requirements could force schools to collect or demand sensitive medical records about a student's sex recorded at birth, raising privacy concerns and risks for vulnerable students.
Institutions that receive federal funds (schools and universities) may face increased litigation risk and administrative compliance burdens from disputes over sex determinations and eligibility.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits recipients of federal education funds from allowing persons who are male at birth to compete on women’s or girls’ athletic teams, defines sex by birth biology/genetics, permits limited non‑competition training, and orders a GAO study.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by W. Greg Steube · Last progress January 15, 2025
Prohibits any recipient of federal education funds that runs or sponsors athletic programs from allowing persons whose sex is male at birth to participate in athletic teams or activities designated for women or girls. It defines “sex” for this rule as reproductive biology and genetics at birth, allows limited non‑competition training if no female loses roster spots or benefits, and orders a Comptroller General study on harms to girls from permitting males in single‑sex sports.