119-sres295

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 295 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
S. RES. 295

 Supporting the designation of the week of June 23 through June 29, 
2025, as ``National Women's Sports Week'' to celebrate the anniversary 
 of the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and 
 the growth of women's sports.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 23, 2025

 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. 
 Risch, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Britt, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Hawley) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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 RESOLUTION

 Supporting the designation of the week of June 23 through June 29, 
2025, as ``National Women's Sports Week'' to celebrate the anniversary 
 of the enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and 
 the growth of women's sports.

Whereas title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) 
 (referred to in this preamble as ``Title IX'') was enacted on June 23, 
 1972, to end unjust sex discrimination in education, including in 
 athletics;
Whereas Title IX transformed sports by guaranteeing women and girls the right to 
 equal athletic opportunities;
Whereas the purposes and benefits of Title IX are negated for women whenever men 
 claiming to be women are granted access to female sports;
Whereas Title IX has resulted in a 545 percent increase in the percentage of 
 women playing college sports and a 990 percent increase in the 
 percentage of women playing high school sports;
Whereas athletic participation helps women and girls develop confidence, 
 initiative, and leadership skills;
Whereas policies allowing for the inclusion of men in women's sports have no 
 basis in biological fact or valid medical research;
Whereas providing equal athletic opportunities in sports to women is impossible 
 without single-sex teams and competitions reserved exclusively for 
 female athletes;
Whereas, without separate single-sex teams and competitions based on biological 
 sex for men and women, men will dominate competitive sports where size, 
 strength, and speed are factors, depriving female athletes of athletic 
 and academic opportunities;
Whereas the biological differences between men and women have led to women being 
 injured by men competing in women's sports;
Whereas, since 2017, men have won at least 24 professional women's sports titles 
 and an innumerable number of unreported titles at the middle school, 
 high school, and collegiate levels;
Whereas, in 2018, at least 300 high school-aged boys in the United States ran 
 the 400-meter dash faster than the most decorated female Olympic 
 champion in the world has run it in her lifetime; and
Whereas Executive Order 14201 (90 Fed. Reg. 9279; relating to keeping men out of 
 women's sports) emphasizes opposition to male competitive participation 
 in women's sports as ``a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and 
 truth'': Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the Senate supports--

    (1) observing ``National Women's Sports Week'' as the week 
 of June 23 through June 29, 2025, to recognize--
        (A) the incredible expansion of opportunities for 
 female athletes since the enactment of title IX of the 
 Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); 
 and
        (B) the role of the provisions of law described in 
 subparagraph
        (A) in guaranteeing equal athletic 
 opportunities for members of both sexes; and

    (2) marking the observance of National Women's Sports Week 
 with--
        (A) appropriate programs and activities that--
            (i) celebrate the contributions of 
 individual female athletes in the United 
 States;
            (ii) honor the coaches and parents who 
 support female athletes in the United States;
            (iii) promote equal access to athletic 
 opportunities for members of both sexes; and
            (iv) support the commitment of the United 
 States to supporting female athletes; and
        (B) legislative efforts to protect single-sex 
 sports.
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