This bill requires U.S. national sports governing bodies to establish eligibility rules for Olympic and other sanctioned competitions that limit participation to events matching an athlete's biological sex at conception. The legislation defines "male" and "female" based on reproductive biology and applies to the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Pan-American Games, and other competitions sanctioned by national governing bodies. The bill also requires these organizations to continue sanctioning single-sex athletic competitions that they previously sanctioned in the 10 years before the law's enactment and prevents them from changing the sex categories of existing events, except to comply with this new requirement. The legislation does not prevent governing bodies from creating mixed-sex competitions. There is no specific funding mechanism or implementation timeline specified in the bill beyond its date of enactment.
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