“To prohibit agencies from using the term "birthing person" in official documents.”
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This section prohibits agencies—as defined in the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551), generally including executive branch departments and independent establishments—from using the term "birthing person" (or any variation thereof) in any official document, including a regulation, guidance, form, or communication, effective 30 days after enactment. It requires such agencies to use the terms "female," "mother," "pregnant female," "pregnant woman," or "woman" when referring to a female who is pregnant, giving birth, or a parent of a child. The section defines "agency" by cross-reference to 5 U.S.C. 551 and provides biological definitions for "female" (a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell), "mother" (a female parent of a child), "pregnant female" (a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell and who is carrying an unborn child), "pregnant woman" (an adult human female who is carrying an unborn child), and "woman" (an adult human female).