119-hr2378

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2378 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2378

 To establish clear and consistent biological definitions of male and 
 female.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 26, 2025

Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Onder, Mr. Moore 
 of Alabama, and Mr. Estes) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To establish clear and consistent biological definitions of male and 
 female.

 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 ``Defining Male and Female Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``SEX'', ``MALE'', ``FEMALE'', AND RELATED TERMS.

 Chapter 1 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

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SEC. 9. DEFINITION OF `SEX', `MALE', `FEMALE', AND RELATED TERMS.

 ``In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any 
ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various departments and 
Federal agencies of the United States, the term--
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    (1) `boy' means a minor human male;
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    (2) `father' means a male parent;
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    (3) `female', when used to refer to a natural person, 
 means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex 
 characterized by a reproductive system with the biological 
 function of producing eggs

    (ova) ;
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    (4) `gender identity' means an identity that reflects an 
 internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from 
 biological reality and sex and existing on an indeterminate 
 continuum, and, because such an identity does not provide a 
 meaningful basis for identification for purposes of Federal 
 law, the term shall not be recognized by the Federal Government 
 as a replacement for sex;
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    (5) `girl' means a minor human female;
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    (6) `male', when used to refer to a natural person, means 
 a person belonging, at conception, to the biological sex 
 characterized by a reproductive system with the biological 
 function of producing sperm;
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    (7) `man', except when used as a generic reference to 
 human beings, means an adult human male;
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    (8) `mother' means a female parent;
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    (9) `sex', when referring to a natural person's 
 individual's sex, means the person's immutable biological 
 classification as either male or female, as biologically 
 determined and defined by this section; and
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    (10) `woman' means an adult human female.''.
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