,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjbe   
,mr4 ,steube 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,walberg1 ,mr4 ,estes1 ,mrs4 ,houchin1  
,mr4 ,finstad1 ,mr4 ,higgins of         
,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,fulcher1 ,ms4 ,mace1  
,mr4 ,ogles1 ,ms4 ,hageman1 ,mr4        
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4        
,gooden1 ,mr4 ,meuser1 ,mr4 ,johnson of 
,south ,dakota1 ,mr4 ,brecheen1 ,mr4    
,stauber1 ,mr4 ,owens1 ,mr4 ,ciscomani1 
,ms4 ,foxx1 ,mr4 ,ezell1 ,mr4 ,weber of 
,texas1 ,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4 ,self1 ,mr4
 ,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4  
,nehls1 ,mr4 ,fleischmann1 ,mr4         
,kustoff1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,fitzgerald1 
,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 ,mr4 ,aderholt1 ,mr4  
,guest1 ,mr4 ,feenstra1 ,mr4 ,webster of
 ,florida1 ,mr4 ,davidson1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1
 ,mr4 ,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4  
,bean of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,green of       
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,zinke1 ,mr4           
,arrington1 ,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1
 ,mr4 ,comer1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mrs4       

,miller of ,illinois1 ,mrs4 ,miller of  
,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,huizenga1 ,mr4   
,moore of ,west ,virginia1 ,mrs4 ,biggs 
of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,crank1 ,mr4  
,buchanan1 ,mr4 ,scott ,franklin of     
,florida1 ,ms4 ,de ,la ,cruz1 ,mr4      
,smith of ,missouri1 and ,mr4 ,burlison7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,education ,amendments of 
#aigb to provide that for purposes of   
determining compliance with title ,,ix  
of such ,act in athletics1 sex shall be 
recognized based solely on a person's   
reproductive biology and genetics at    
birth4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,protection of ,women   
and ,girls in ,sports ,act of #bjbe4    
#b4 ,amendment ,section #ija of the     
,education ,amendments of #aigb 7#bj    
,u4,s4,c4 #afha7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7d7  7#a7 ,it  
shall be a violation of subsection 7a7  
for a recipient of ,federal financial   

assistance who operates1 sponsors1 or   
facilitates an athletic program or      
activity to permit a person whose sex is
 male to participate in an athletic     
program or activity that is designated  
for women or girls4  7#b7 ,for the      
purposes of this subsection1 sex shall  
be recognized based solely on a person's
 reproductive biology and genetics at   
birth4  7#c7 ,for the purposes of this  
subsection1 the term athletic programs  
and activities includes1 but is not     
limited to1 all programs or activities  
that are provided conditional upon      
participation with any athletic team4   
7#d7 ,nothing in this subsection shall  
be construed to prohibit a recipient    
from permitting males to train or       
practice with an athletic program or    
activity that is designated for women or
 girls so long as no female is deprived 
of a roster spot on a team or sport1    
opportunity to participate in a practice
 or competition1 scholarship1 admission 
to an educational institution1 or any   

other benefit that accompanies          
participating in the athletic program or
 activity4  7#e7 ,the ,comptroller      
,general shall carry out a study to     
determine the meaning of the phrase any 
other benefit as used in paragraph 7#d7 
by looking at benefits to women or girls
 of participating in single sex sports  
that would be lost by allowing males to 
participate4 ,the study shall document  
the adverse psychological1              
developmental1 participatory1 and       
sociological results to girls of        
allowing males to compete1 be members of
 a sports team1 or participants in      
athletic programs1 that are designed for
 girls1 including displacement or       
discouragement from sports              
participation1 deprivation of a roster  
spot on a team or sport1 loss of the    
opportunity to participate in a practice
 or competition1 loss of a scholarship  
or scholarship opportunities1 loss or   
displacement of admission to an         
educational institution1 deprivation of 

the benefit of an environment free of   
hostility based on sexual assault or    
harassment1 or loss of any other benefit
 that accompanies participating in the  
athletics program or activity4 ,further1
 the ,comptroller ,general shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,workforce of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate a report that  
contains the results of such study4  4