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To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified ``X'' gender designation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the Secretary of State from issuing passports, passport cards, or Consular Reports of Birth Abroad with an unspecified "X" gender designation. The bill requires that all applications for these documents only include male or female as gender designation options. The bill restricts the current practice of allowing an "X" option for gender on these documents.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Roger Marshall’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $46,314
- PYRAMID SOUND $19,800
- GROWITZ EQUITY $13,200
- SPECCHEM $13,200
- ONYX EQUITY PARTNERS $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Roger Marshall → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Oct 1, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Oct 1, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 1, 2025
Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Ricketts, and Mrs. Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified “X” gender designation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Passport Sanity Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CERTAIN GENDER DESIGNATION ON PASSPORTS, PASSPORT CARDS, AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH ABROAD ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) Defined Term.—In this section, the term “covered document” means a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State.
(b) In General.—The Secretary of State shall—
(1) ensure each application for a covered document only includes the gender designation male or female; and
(2) prohibit the issuance of a covered document that includes the unspecified “X” gender designation. <all>
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