,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ah1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,crawford 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,bost1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4      
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,buck1 ,mr4 ,donalds1   
,mr4 ,norman1 ,mr4 ,gohmert1 ,mr4       
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,babin1 and ,mrs4      
,miller of ,illinois7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to secure the dignity and      
safety of incarcerated women4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,preventing ,violence ,against      
,female ,inmates ,act of #bjbb4  #b4    
,housing prisoners based on sex  7a7    
,federal prisons  7#a7 ,in general      
,chapter #cjc of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #djea4 ,bar on  
housing together prisoners of different 
sexes  7a7 ,definitions ,in this        
section3 7#a7 ,biological sex ,the term 
biological sex means the biological     

classification of male and female in the
 context of reproductive potential or   
capacity1 as indicated by sex           
chromosomes1 naturally occurring sex    
hormones1 gonads1 and nonambiguous      
internal and external genitalia present 
at birth1 without regard to a person's  
psychological1 chosen1 or subjectively  
experienced sense of identity or gender4
  7#b7 ,gender identity ,the term gender
 identity means a person's              
self-perceived identity1 self-concept1  
or asserted gender1 regardless of the   
person's biological sex4  7b7 ,bar ,the 
,bureau of ,prisons-- 7#a7 shall use the
 biological sex of persons charged with 
or convicted of offenses against the    
,united ,states in making determinations
 regarding housing such persons2 and    
7#b7 shall not co-locate in detention   
facilities persons charged with or      
convicted of offenses against the       
,united ,states if those persons are not
 of the same biological sex1 unless the 
,bureau of ,prisons co-locates such     

persons without regard to their         
purported gender identity4  4  7#b7     
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of sections for chapter #cjc of  
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #djea4 ,bar on housing      
together prisoners of different sexes4  
4  7b7 ,state prisons ,section #eja of  
title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control
 and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaeb7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7h7 ,bar on  
housing together prisoners of different 
sexes  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this       
subsection1 the terms biological sex and
 gender identity have the meanings given
 such terms in section #djea of title   
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,limitation on eligibility for funds    
,beginning in the first fiscal year     
beginning after the date of enactment of
 this subsection1 a ,state may not      
receive funds under this subpart for a  
fiscal year if the ,state does not      

submit to the ,attorney ,general a      
certification that the ,state-- 7,a7    
prohibits co-locating in detention      
facilities persons charged with or      
convicted of offenses under the law of  
the ,state if those persons are not of  
the same biological sex1 unless the     
,state co-locates such persons without  
regard to their purported gender        
identity2 and  7,b7 requires the use of 
the biological sex of persons charged   
with or convicted of offenses under the 
law of the ,state in making             
determinations regarding housing such   
persons4  4