HR1028119th CongressWALLET

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

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

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

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  • Zinke

    MT • R

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  • Fulcher

    ID • R

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  • 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

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  • Gosar

    AZ • R

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  • Miller-Meeks

    IA • R

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  • Hinson

    IA • R

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  • Palmer

    AL • R

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  • Johnson (SD)

    SD • R

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  • Ogles

    TN • R

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  • Crane

    AZ • R

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  • Franklin, Scott

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/10/2025

  • Bilirakis

    FL • R

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  • James

    MI • R

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  • Greene (GA)

    GA • R

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  • McCormick

    GA • R

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  • Hunt

    TX • R

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  • Schweikert

    AZ • R

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  • Moore (AL)

    AL • R

    Sponsored 8/8/2025

  • Donalds

    FL • R

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Moore (WV)

    WV • R

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  • Williams (TX)

    TX • R

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  • Harris (NC)

    NC • R

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  • Onder

    MO • R

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  • 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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