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S. 1988Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to prohibit the participation of males in athletic programs or activities at the military service academies that are designated for women or girls.

Sponsored by Tommy TubervilleSen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Introduced June 9, 2025

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This bill would bar male cadets and midshipmen from competing in athletic programs at the United States Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies that are specifically designated for women or girls. It still permits men to train or practice with those teams if doing so does not displace a female participant or affect her scholarship, roster spot, or other benefits. The legislation also provides definitions for the terms “athletic programs and activities” and “sex.”

Key Provisions

  • The Secretary of Defense must make sure that the Army, Naval, and Air Force academies do not allow men to compete in sports that are designated for women or girls.
  • The rule does not stop a school from letting men train or practice with a women’s team, as long as a woman’s spot on the roster, scholarship, or other benefit is not taken away.
  • The bill defines “athletic programs and activities” as any program tied to participation on a sports team, and defines “sex” based on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 9, 2025

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Introduced in Senate

June 9, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 9, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 9, 2025

II

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1988

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 9, 2025

Mr. Tuberville introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To prohibit the participation of males in athletic programs or activities at the military service academies that are designated for women or girls.

1.

Prohibition on participation of males in athletic programs or activities at the military service academies that are designated for women or girls

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy do not permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.

(b)

Rule of construction

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a recipient from permitting males to train or practice with an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls so long as no female is deprived of a roster spot on a team or sport, opportunity to participate in a practice or competition, scholarship, admission to an educational institution, or any other benefit that accompanies participating in the athletic program or activity.

(c)

Definitions

In this section—

(1)

the term athletic programs and activities includes all programs or activities that are provided conditional upon participation with any athletic team; and

(2)

the term sex means a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.