,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebjb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,lankford1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,cruz1    
,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,tuberville1 and     
,mrs4 ,blackburn7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of ,federal
 funds for gender transition in minors4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protecting ,our ,kids from     
,harmful ,research ,act4  #b4           
,prohibition on use of ,federal funds   
for gender transition in minors  7a7 ,in
 general ,notwithstanding any other     
provision of law1 no ,federal funds may 
be used to fund research or publications
 relating to gender transition in       
individuals under the age of #ah1       
including any observational studies that
 gather evidence on the provision of    
hormonal treatments or surgical         

procedures on minors1 for the purpose   
of-- 7#a7 affirming a minor's perception
 of his or her sex1 if that perception  
is incongruent with such minor's sex2 or
  7#b7 affirming a minor's asserted     
identity1 if the asserted identity is   
incongruent with such minor's sex4  7b7 
,definition ,for purposes of this       
section1 the term sex shall be          
recognized based solely on a person's   
reproductive biology and genetics at    
birth4