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Ben Cline (R-VA)

Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.

H.R. 9701 · House bill Congress

A Republican bill with 50 Republican cosponsors · See all 50 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is called the Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act. It makes changes to the Federal charter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The main purpose of the bill is to clarify the rules for who is allowed to join the organization. It adds specific membership eligibility requirements to the group's federal charter.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would women be better off under this?

    Specifically ensures membership is reserved for biological women.

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill uses federal law to define membership terms for a federally chartered corporation.

The opposite

  • Scored -8

    Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?

    Excludes transgender women from membership via a strict biological definition.

  • Scored -7

    Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?

    The bill restricts membership based on biological sex, excluding transgender women.

  • Scored -5

    Does this narrow the gap between how men and women are treated?

    The bill reinforces strict biological definitions of gender for organization membership.