House Republicans are attempting to bring to the House floor a bill that makes it illegal for biological males to participate in sports designated for females.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) submitted a discharge petition on April 26 to bring “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” (H.R. 426) out of the Committee on Education and Labor, which did not act on the bill since Steube introduced it in the House in January 2021.
The bill is the first attempt at the federal level to bar transgender athletes from participating in single-sex sports by amending Title IX, a law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational institutions.
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