,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eifb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mrs4     
,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,ms4
 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 
,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1  
,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4       
,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,lee of    
,california1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1  
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4  
,neguse1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4
 ,quigley1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1  
,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and ,ms4 ,velzquez7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the    
,secretary of ,state to require the     
inclusion of a gender neutral           
designation in a passport1 passport     
card1 or ,consular ,report of ,birth    
,abroad1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,gender ,inclusive ,passport ,act4  

#b4 ,inclusion of gender neutral        
designation option in passports  7a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 the ,secretary of     
,state shall1 not later than one year   
after the date of the enactment of this 
section1 permit an applicant for a      
passport1 passport card1 or ,consular   
,report of ,birth ,abroad to record     
gender in an application for such       
passport1 passport card1 or ,consular   
,report of ,birth ,abroad with a sex    
data element authorized by the          
,international ,civil ,aviation         
,organization 7,,icao7 specified in     
,,icao ,doc #icjc1 ,machine ,readable   
,travel ,documents4  7b7 ,gender        
designation  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
,secretary of ,state1 in accordance with
 subsection 7a71 shall permit an        
applicant for a passport1 passport card1
 or ,consular ,report of ,birth ,abroad 
to use an unspecified 7,x7 gender       
designation4 ,such designation shall be 
made available without restriction to   

all applicants for a passport1 passport 
card1 or ,consular ,report of ,birth    
,abroad4  7#b7 ,prohibitions ,the       
,secretary of ,state may not-- 7,a7 deny
 the issuance of a passport1 passport   
card1 or ,consular ,report of ,birth    
,abroad to an otherwise qualified       
applicant based solely on a request by  
such applicant for an unspecified 7,x7  
gender designation2 or  7,b7 require    
such an applicant to select the         
unspecified 7,x7 gender designation on  
an application for passport1 passport   
card1 or ,consular ,report of ,birth    
,abroad1 including1 without limitation1 
an applicant who has one or more        
identity documents bearing a sex or     
gender designation other than male 7,m7 
or female 7,f74