Truth in Gender Act of 2025

Bill Number: H.R. 3950
Origin Chamber: House
Congress: 119th Congress, Session 1
Policy Area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Status: Introduced
Latest Action: 2025-06-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Last Updated: 2026-05-16T08:07:12Z

AI-Generated Summary

Purpose This legislation establishes definitions of sex based on biological classification at conception and requires federal agencies to apply these definitions in policies, documents, and enforcement actions. It aims to maintain sex-based distinctions in law and administration while prohibiting the use of federal resources to promote alternative frameworks.

Key Provisions

Definitions: Establishes "sex" as an immutable biological category (male or female) determined at conception by reproductive cell production; defines "woman," "man," "female," and "male" accordingly; explicitly separates sex from gender identity.
Agency Requirements: Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to issue guidance; requires all federal agencies to use these definitions when interpreting statutes and conducting business; mandates replacement of "gender" with "sex" in policies; prohibits funding or promotion of gender ideology.
Identification and Records: Requires accurate reflection of biological sex on passports, visas, Global Entry cards, and federal personnel records.
Intimate Spaces: Prohibits housing males in female prisons or detention centers; directs rescission of the 2016 HUD rule on gender identity access to shelters; bars federal funding for medical procedures altering an inmate's sex characteristics; requires sex-based designation of intimate spaces.
Enforcement: Instructs the Attorney General to issue guidance correcting the application of Bostock v. Clayton County and to prioritize investigations protecting single-sex spaces and expression of binary sex.
Implementation: Requires agency reports within 120 days on compliance actions; provides that this Act supersedes conflicting provisions in other laws; directs rescission of inconsistent guidance documents.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

Overrides prior agency interpretations that treated gender identity as interchangeable with sex in federal programs.
Amends or rescinds specific regulations, including HUD's Equal Access rule and Bureau of Prisons medical policies.
Limits application of Bostock to prevent its use in expanding sex-based distinctions.
Prohibits federal funding for gender ideology across grants and agency activities.

Potential Impacts

Government Agencies: Requires revisions to forms, communications, regulations, and grant conditions within 120 days; agencies must remove references to gender identity and ensure sex-based data collection.
Citizens: Affects access to single-sex facilities in prisons, shelters, and workplaces; alters government-issued identification documents; may influence federally funded programs and employment practices under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
International Relations: Impacts passports, visas, and Global Entry cards by requiring biological sex designation, potentially affecting travel documentation for U.S. citizens.

Main Stakeholders Affected

Federal agencies and their employees.
Individuals in federal custody or using federal programs (prisons, shelters, identification services).
Recipients of federal grants and contractors.
Employers and employees subject to Civil Rights Act enforcement.
Organizations operating single-sex spaces.

Notable Legal, Constitutional, or Political Implications

Establishes a statutory definition of sex that supersedes conflicting agency guidance or interpretations.
Includes a severability clause and states that the Act creates no enforceable private rights.
Directs correction of judicial precedent application without amending the underlying statutes.
Requires notice-and-comment rulemaking for certain policy changes, such as the HUD rule rescission.

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Sponsor

Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]

Cosponsors (1)

Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

Recent Actions

2025-06-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-06-12: Introduced in House
2025-06-12: Introduced in House

Bill Versions

Truth in Gender Act of 2025 — issued 2025-06-12 — PDF (11 pages)