Search Results: keywords:"protection of women in olympic and amateur sports act"

  • 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.

  • S. 405 — To modify eligibility requirements for amateur sports governing organizations.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:379

    S. 405 is a bill introduced in the Senate to change the rules for organizations that manage amateur sports. Named the “Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act,” this bill aims to define ‘male’ and ‘female’ based on biological characteristics in the U.S. legal...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to change the rules for girls' and boys' sports teams by using the words "male" and "female" based on their bodies. It says only girls can play in sports teams for girls, which might upset people who think differently about boys and girls.