119-hr742

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 742 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 742

 To prohibit Federal funds from being used to provide certain gender 
 transition procedures to minors.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 28, 2025

Mr. McCormick (for himself, Mr. Clyde, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Scott Franklin of 
 Florida, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Collins, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guest, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Babin, 
 Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Norman, Mr. Webster of 
 Florida, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Wied, Mr. Rose, Mr. Austin Scott of 
Georgia, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Baird, Mr. Owens, Mr. Gooden, Mr. 
 Jackson of Texas, Mr. Finstad, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Johnson of South 
Dakota, Mr. Ogles, and Mr. Gosar) introduced the following bill; which 
 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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 A BILL

 To prohibit Federal funds from being used to provide certain gender 
 transition procedures to minors.

 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 ``Protecting Resources Of Taxpayers to 
Eliminate Childhood Transgender Surgeries Act of 2025'' or the 
``PROTECTS Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FEDERAL FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN 
 GENDER TRANSITION PROCEDURES TO MINORS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be used or otherwise made available to provide or 
refer for a specified gender transition procedure to an individual 
under the age of 18 or to reimburse any entity for providing such a 
procedure to such an individual.

    (b) Specified Gender Transition Procedure Defined.--

    (1) In general.--For purposes of this paragraph, except as 
 provided in paragraph

    (2) , the term ``specified gender 
 transition procedure'' means, with respect to an individual, 
 any of the following when performed for the purpose of 
 intentionally changing the body of such individual to no longer 
 correspond to their sex:
        (A) Performing any surgery, including--
            (i) castration;
            (ii) orchiectomy;
            (iii) scrotoplasty;
            (iv) vasectomy;
            (v) hysterectomy;
            (vi) oophorectomy;
            (vii) ovariectomy;
            (viii) metoidioplasty;
            (ix) penectomy;
            (x) phalloplasty;
            (xi) vaginoplasty;
            (xii) vaginectomy;
            (xiii) vulvoplasty;
            (xiv) reduction thyrochondroplasty;
            (xv) chondrolaryngoplasty;
            (xvi) mastectomy; and
            (xvii) any plastic, cosmetic, or aesthetic 
 surgery that feminizes or masculinizes the 
 facial or other body features of an individual.
        (B) Any placement of chest implants to create 
 feminine breasts.
            (C) Any placement of fat or artificial implants in 
 the gluteal region.
            (D) Administering, supplying, prescribing, 
 dispensing, distributing, or otherwise conveying to an 
 individual medications, including--
            (i) gonadotropin-releasing hormone

    (GnRH) analogues or other puberty-blocking drugs to 
 stop or delay normal puberty; and
            (ii) testosterone, estrogen, or other 
 androgens to an individual at doses that are 
 supraphysiologic than would normally be 
 produced endogenously in a healthy individual 
 of the same age and sex.

    (2) Exception.--Paragraph

    (1) shall not apply to the 
 following when furnished to an individual by a health care 
 provider with the consent of such individual's parent or legal 
 guardian:
        (A) Puberty suppression or blocking prescription 
 drugs for the purpose of normalizing puberty for an 
 individual experiencing precocious puberty.
        (B) Appropriate and medically necessary procedures 
 or treatments to correct for--
            (i) a medically verifiable genetic disorder 
 of sex development, including--
            (I) 46,XX chromosomes with 
 virilization;
            (II) 46,XY chromosomes with 
 undervirilization; and
            (III) both ovarian and testicular 
 tissue;
            (ii) sex chromosome structure, sex steroid 
 hormone production, or sex hormone action, if 
 determined to be abnormal by a physician 
 through genetic or biochemical testing; or
            (iii) infection, disease, injury, or 
 disorder caused or exacerbated by a previous 
 procedure described in paragraph

    (1) , or a 
 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical 
 illness that would, as certified by a 
 physician, place the individual in imminent 
 danger of death or impairment of a major bodily 
 function unless the procedure is performed, not 
 including procedures performed for the 
 alleviation of mental distress.

    (3) Certain terms.--For purposes of this section:
        (A) Sex.--The term ``sex'', when referring to 
 individual's sex, shall be understood to refer to 
 either male or female, as biologically determined.
        (B) Female.--The term ``female'', when referring to 
 a natural person, means an individual who naturally 
 has, had, will have, or would have, but for a 
 developmental or genetic anomaly or historical 
 accident, the reproductive system that at some point 
 produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for 
 fertilization.
            (C) Male.--The term ``male'', when referring to a 
 natural person, means an individual who naturally has, 
 had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental 
 or genetic anomaly or historical accident, the 
 reproductive system that at some point produces, 
 transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.
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