Facing refusal by Democratic leaders to allow the House of Representatives to vote on his bill protecting women’s sports, Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) filed a discharge petition on behalf of H.R. 426, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021.
First filed by Steube in January 2021, House Democratic leaders have kept H.R. 426 bottled up in the House Committee on Education and Labor without a hearing.
The proposal makes it “a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors or facilitates athletic programs or activities, to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
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