Statement of Administration Policy: S. 9 - Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025

STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY

(Senate)
(Sen. Tuberville, R-AL, and 39 cosponsors)

The Administration strongly supports passage of S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025. Through an amendment to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, this bill would expressly recognize what is already federal law-that it is an illegal act of discrimination for a man to participate in a federally funded athletic program or activity designated for women or girls. This bill also recognizes that "sex," as used in the statutory scheme, is based solely on reproductive biology and genetics. Men participating in women's sports not only is demeaning and dangerous to women and girls, but it erodes the integrity of our Nation's civil rights laws. Congress's affirmative vote on this bill would complement both federal court rulings and President Trump's February 5, 2025 Executive Order, "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports."

If this bill were presented to the President in its current form, his advisors would recommend that he sign it into law.