“To clarify protections related to sex and sex-segregated spaces and to activities under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.”
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This section adds to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 definitions of "female," "male," "sex," and "sex-segregated" when referring to natural persons or individuals' sex. (1) "Female" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have (but for a congenital anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or unintentional disruption) the reproductive system that produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization; (2) "male" means an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have (but for a congenital anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or unintentional disruption) the reproductive system that produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization; (3) "sex" means male or female, as biologically determined; and (4) "sex-segregated" means limited to or separated by sex. This section further provides that Title IX neither prohibits educational institutions from maintaining sex-segregated spaces (e.g., bathrooms and locker rooms), nor authorizes the Secretary of Education to prohibit such spaces or condition federal funding on forgoing them; nor does it prohibit or authorize prohibiting sex-segregated athletic or academic programs or conditioning funding on forgoing them.