In Case You Missed It, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) joined U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) in reintroducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. This legislation allows women and girls a fair playing field in competitive sports by ensuring that school athletics comply with the Title IX recognition of a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
“Title IX was created to give women and girls equal access to education and sports. Unfortunately, the intent of Title IX is under direct assault from the radical left. Allowing biological males to compete against women jeopardizes competition and fair play, both critical tenets of sports. Rep. Steube’s Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act will help stop attempts to include biological males in girls’ and women’s sports, ensuring fairness and a level playing field,” said Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI).
"The radical left is not in step with the American people on the issue of protecting women's sports," said Rep. Steube. "Americans have loudly spoken that they do not want men stealing sports records from women, entering their daughters' locker rooms, replacing female athletes on teams, and taking their daughters' scholarship opportunities. My legislation stands for truth, safety, and reality: men have no place in women's sports. Republicans have promised to protect women's sports, and under President Trump's leadership, we will fulfill this promise."
This bill ensures that biological females compete against other biological females in women’s sports that are operated, sponsored, or facilitated by a recipient of federal funding.
President Trump has vowed to keep men out of women's sports and has said that "under the Trump administration, it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders — male and female."
Read the bill text here.
BACKGROUND
On July 11, 2024, the House passed H.J. Res. 165, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Biden-Harris administration’s Title IX rule.
On June 26, 2024, Speaker Johnson led a panel discussion on protecting women’s sports and the Biden administration’s attempts to expunge decades of progress for women and girls across America. The event included former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Heather Higgins of Independent Women’s Forum, and former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines.
On April 20, 2023, House Republicans passed H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023, which amends Title IX to protect the law’s intent and the integrity of women’s athletics.
