H.R. 5275 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5275 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2016 Mr. Messer (for himself, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Massie, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Jordan, and Mr. Walker) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To protect the authority of States and local governments to enact and enforce policies regarding the use of sex-segregated bathrooms and sex-segregated locker rooms of educational institutions on the basis of gender identity. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prohibiting the Usurpation of Bathroom Laws through Independent Choice School Act (PUBLIC School Act) of 2016. 2. State and local authority regarding sex-segregated bathrooms and sex-segregated locker rooms of educational institutions It shall not be unlawful under any Federal law (including title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) for a State, or local government of a State, to enact or enforce a policy regarding the use of sex-segregated bathrooms, or sex-segregated locker rooms, of educational institutions on the basis of gender identity. Federal financial assistance may not be reduced or denied on the basis that a State, or local government of a State, enacts or enforces a policy regarding the use of sex-segregated bathrooms, or sex-segregated locker rooms, of an educational institution on the basis of gender identity. 3. Definition For purposes of this Act, the term gender identity shall have the meaning given it in section 249 of title 18 of the United States Code.