United States · Bill · S
S. 251 (117th)
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021
Introduced
4 February 2021
Last action
4 February 2021 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT], Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN], Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS], Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO], Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX], Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND], Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL], Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS], Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY], Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY], Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN], Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Subjects
Education
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 This bill 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. The bill specifies that sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
4 February 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
4 February 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 4 February 2021 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 February 2021
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 February 2021
ViewDownloadOpen at official source
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 February 2021
Leesvertaling
Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.
Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.
Sponsors
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
- · sshr00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/251
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/251
- us · 117-s-251 · source updated 5 December 2025