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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

Title IX Clarification Act of 2026

S. 5179 · Senate bill Education

A Republican bill with 12 Republican cosponsors · See all 12 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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

The Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 aims to clarify the meaning of sex within Federal nondiscrimination requirements for education programs receiving Federal financial assistance. It amends the Education Amendments of 1972 to define "sex" as an individual's biologically determined sex as either male or female. The bill provides specific biological definitions for the terms "female" and "male" based on the production and use of gametes. These changes take effect on the date of enactment.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Would women be better off under this?

    The biological definition of female may reinforce sex-segregated spaces and protections for biological women.

  • Scored +3

    Would men be better off under this?

    The biological definition of male may reinforce sex-segregated spaces and protections for biological men.

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill mandates a specific federal definition of sex for all education programs receiving federal aid.

The opposite· 3 of 4

  • Scored -9

    Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?

    The bill explicitly defines sex biologically, which excludes transgender and non-binary identities from the legal definition of sex under Title IX.

  • Scored -8

    Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?

    The bill limits the definition of sex to biological reality, which likely excludes transgender identities from Title IX protections.

  • Scored -2

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

    By restricting the definition of sex, it may limit protections for gender-nonconforming individuals.