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Fair Play for Girls Act

To require the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report relating to violence against women in athletics.

Introduced Jan 13, 2025

Latest action (Jan 13, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (7)
Assault and harassment offensesAthletesCongressional oversightCrimes against womenSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSex offensesSports and recreation facilities

Summary
  • Requires the Attorney General to submit a report to Congress within one year on violence against females in athletics in the United States
  • Requires the report to analyze impediments to fair and safe competition for biological female athletes and the prevalence of female athletes losing opportunities to biological males in competition
  • Requires the report to analyze the effectiveness of state and federal laws addressing competition between biological males and females in women's sports and preventing sexual harassment and abuse in athletics
  • Requires the report to analyze the prevalence and root causes of online violence, harassment, and abuse against women and girls in athletics
  • Requires the report to include policy recommendations to address the analyzed issues

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Jan 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 543 — Fair Play for Women Act · Introduced Feb 12, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 4363 — Defend Girls Athletics Act · Introduced Jul 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 1183 — Fair Play for Women Act · Introduced Feb 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 5149 — Protecting Girls’ Sports for Military Kids Act · Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 711 — FAIR Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • S 9 — Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jan 13, 2025

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Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 13, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Crapo, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Sheehy, and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To require the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report relating to violence against women in athletics.

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 “Fair Play for Girls Act”.

SEC. 2. REPORT.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report on violence against females in athletics in the United States that includes—

(1) an analysis of—

(A) the impediments to fair and safe competition for biological female athletes;

(B) the prevalence of biological female athletes losing opportunities, including medals and championships, when competing against biological males;

(C) the effectiveness of State laws aimed at mitigating the risk of bodily harm and loss of opportunity associated with the permitting of biological men to compete in women’s sports;

(D) the prevalence and root causes of online violence, harassment, and abuse against women and girls in athletics;

(E) the prevalence of sexual harassment and abuse of women and girls in athletics; and

(F) the effectiveness of Federal and State laws aimed at preventing the sexual harassment and abuse of women and girls in athletics; and

(2) policy recommendations to solve the issues described in paragraph (1). <all>

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