Truth in Gender Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would make federal policy treat sex as a fixed biological classification and bar the use of gender identity or "gender ideology" in federal programs and funding. It would require agencies to rewrite rules, forms, and documents to use the bill's sex definitions.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 6 mixed.
Passports and federal IDs show sex
If enacted, passports, visas, and Global Entry cards would need to list sex as defined in the bill. Agencies could not use gender identity on these IDs. OPM would ensure federal employee records report sex the same way. This would change how many people’s federal IDs and HR files are labeled.
Grants could not fund gender ideology
If enacted, federal funds could not be used to promote gender ideology. Agency heads would review grant rules and grantee preferences to stop this spending. This could change how nonprofits, schools, and clinics design programs paid for by federal grants.
New sex definition for all agencies
If enacted, this would define sex as biological male or female, not gender identity. HHS would issue public guidance on these definitions within 30 days. Federal agencies would need to use the term "sex" in rules, forms, and communications, and stop using materials that promote gender identity ideology. Agency heads would report progress to the President through OMB within 120 days. The bill’s rules would control if they conflict with other federal laws or guidance.
Sex-based housing and inmate medical limits
If enacted, males would not be housed in women’s prisons or women’s detention centers. DOJ and DHS could amend regulations and interpret ADA guidance to carry this out. The Bureau of Prisons would align medical policies with the bill. Federal funds could not pay for procedures, treatments, or drugs meant to make an inmate appear as the opposite sex.
DOJ guidance on sex rules at work
If enacted, the Attorney General would promptly issue guidance on how sex-based rules apply after the Bostock decision. The guidance would address free expression of the binary nature of sex and single-sex spaces at work and in federally funded entities covered by the Civil Rights Act. DOJ, the Labor Department, and EEOC would make these cases an enforcement priority. This could change how complaints are investigated and litigated in workplaces and programs.
No new right to sue
If enacted, this bill would not create any new rights you can enforce in court. People could not sue the United States or its officials to enforce this bill. This would limit private lawsuits based on the bill’s terms.
HUD rollback and single-sex shelter policy
If enacted, HUD would start a public rulemaking to rescind its 2016 rule on equal access based on gender identity. HUD would also seek public comment on a policy to protect women seeking single-sex rape shelters. These changes would move through notice-and-comment before taking effect.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
GA • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 12/1/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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