Search Results: keywords:"amateur sports"

  • S. 3729 — To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:379

    S. 3729 aims to change the eligibility requirements for organizations that govern amateur sports in the United States. The bill introduces definitions for 'female,' 'male,' and 'sex' in the United States Code and specifies that individuals identified as male cannot...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to make sure that sports competitions are fair by only letting boys who are called boys at birth play in boys' games, and girls who are called girls at birth play in girls' games. It's trying to keep things fair for everyone by making new rules about who can play in which team.

  • H. R. 1028 — To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:505

    H.R. 1028, titled the "Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act," aims to change the rules for who can participate in sports designated for female athletes. The bill defines "male" and "female" based on biological reproductive systems and states that only...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1028 is a bill that wants to make sure that only girls play in sports meant for girls by saying people can only join based on their biological bodies. But this could be a problem for people who are transgender, meaning they were born as one gender but feel like they are another, because they might not be allowed to play on the team they feel matches who they are.

  • H. R. 7187 — To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:447

    H. R. 7187, named the “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act,” seeks to change the eligibility rules for amateur sports organizations. The bill introduces specific definitions for "female," "male," and "sex" within Section 220501(b) of the United States Code....

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 7187 says that in some sports games for children, only kids who were born girls can play in events for girls, and kids who were born boys can't play in those girls' events.