Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Steube
In Committee
Summary
Biological sex-based eligibility: bans male-sex individuals from female amateur competitions. The bill would add reproductive-system-based definitions of 'female', 'male', and 'sex' to Title 36 and would prohibit a person whose sex is male from participating in competitions designated for females, women, or girls.
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- Female athletes: It would narrow who can compete in female-designated amateur events by tying eligibility to reproductive-system definitions of sex.
- Transgender and intersex athletes: People whose sex is defined as male under the bill would be barred from female competitions, with the definitions referencing developmental or genetic anomalies.
- Amateur sports organizations: Governing bodies would follow new statutory definitions when setting eligibility rules for amateur competitions.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Ban on male athletes in women's sports
This bill would add definitions of female, male, and sex to the federal amateur sports rules. It would define female and male by reproductive roles and include a clause about people who "would have" produced eggs or sperm but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident. The bill would bar a person whose sex is male from competing in amateur athletic events designated for females, women, or girls. Organizers of female-designated amateur competitions would have to apply these definitions to decide who can compete, and the rule would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Steube
FL • R
Cosponsors
Clyde
GA • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
LaMalfa
CA • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Mace
SC • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Burchett
TN • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Tenney
NY • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Owens
UT • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Miller (IL)
IL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Baird
IN • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Edwards
NC • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
De La Cruz
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Weber (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Zinke
MT • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Downing
MT • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Aderholt
AL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Kustoff
TN • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Buchanan
FL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Biggs (AZ)
AZ • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Messmer
IN • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Bost
IL • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Van Orden
WI • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Carter (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Gosar
AZ • R
Sponsored 2/5/2025
Miller-Meeks
IA • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Hinson
IA • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Palmer
AL • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Ogles
TN • R
Sponsored 2/6/2025
Crane
AZ • R
Sponsored 2/7/2025
Franklin, Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 2/10/2025
Bilirakis
FL • R
Sponsored 2/14/2025
James
MI • R
Sponsored 2/21/2025
Greene (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 6/27/2025
McCormick
GA • R
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Hunt
TX • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Schweikert
AZ • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Moore (AL)
AL • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Donalds
FL • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Biggs (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Guest
MS • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Alford
MO • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Stauber
MN • R
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Lee (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Yakym
IN • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Self
TX • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Smith (NE)
NE • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Moore (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Taylor
OH • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Burlison
MO • R
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Harrigan
NC • R
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Kelly (PA)
PA • R
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Cline
VA • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Moore (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 9/16/2025
Williams (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Harris (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Onder
MO • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Moore (NC)
NC • R
Sponsored 10/8/2025
Barr
KY • R
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Harris (MD)
MD • R
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Fry
SC • R
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Hudson
NC • R
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Houchin
IN • R
Sponsored 12/3/2025
Gill (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Van Drew
NJ • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Ellzey
TX • R
Sponsored 2/17/2026
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