Roger Marshall (R-KS)
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025
A Republican bill with 14 Republican cosponsors · See all 14 cosponsors
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025," aims to prohibit the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures. It restricts federal money from being used for these procedures, the health benefit plans that cover them, and services provided by federal employees or facilities. The legislation also modifies the Internal Revenue Code to disallow certain tax credits for health plans that include such coverage. However, it allows for separate coverage for these procedures as long as they are paid for entirely with non-federal funds.
Yes
- Scored +5
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill increases federal power by imposing broad prohibitions on how federal funds and agencies can be utilized regarding gender transition.
The opposite· 3 of 8
- Scored -9
Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?
The bill is highly negative for the LGBTQ community as it targets and restricts access to gender-affirming care.
- Scored -8
Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?
The bill negatively impacts LGBTQ rights by restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare through the loss of federal subsidies.
- Scored -5
Would households on low incomes be better off under this?
The bill negatively impacts low-income households by removing federal subsidies for gender-affirming health care.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Treatment of Complications: The bill does not apply to the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder caused or worsened by a gender transition procedure. This ensures that individuals can still receive care for resulting medical issues (Section 306).
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Medical Exceptions for Specific Conditions: Coverage is not prohibited for services provided to individuals with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, or when a physician diagnoses a specific disorder of sexual development via genetic or biochemical testing (Section s 307(B)(i)-(ii)).
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Emergency Medical Care: The bill excludes from its prohibition any procedure undertaken because an individual suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place them in imminent danger of death or impairment of major bodily function, as certified by a physician (Section 307(B)(iv)).
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Treatment for Precocious Puberty: The bill excludes puberty suppression or blocking drugs used for the purpose of normalizing puberty for a minor experiencing precocious puberty (Section 307(B)(v)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Loss of Federal Funding for Procedures: The bill prohibits any federal funds or money in any federal trust fund from being spent on gender transition procedures (Section 301).
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Restrictions on Health Benefit Plans: Federal funds cannot be used for health benefit coverage that includes gender transition procedures (Section 302).
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Limitations on Federal Healthcare Services: Health care services provided by federal employees or in facilities owned or operated by the Federal Government may not include gender transition procedures (Section 303).
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Loss of ACA Tax Credits: The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow refundable credits and cost-sharing reductions for qualified health plans that include coverage for gender transition procedures (Section 201(a)(1)(A)).
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Loss of Small Employer Credits: The bill excludes health plans that include gender transition procedures from being considered "qualified health plans" for the purpose of the small employer health insurance expense credit (Section 201(a)(2)(A)).
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Restrictions on Multi-State Plans: The bill requires that multi-state qualified health plans offered on an Exchange must not provide coverage for which federal expenditure is prohibited by this act (Section 201(b)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would LGBTQ people be better off under this? — The bill is highly negative for the LGBTQ community as it targets and restricts access to gender-affirming care. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill negatively impacts low-income households by removing federal subsidies for gender-affirming health care.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people? — The bill negatively impacts LGBTQ rights by restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare through the loss of federal subsidies. Does this narrow the gap between how men and women are treated? — The bill negatively impacts gender equality by restricting medical services specific to gender transition.
- Healthcare
- Does this make health care easier to get in general? — The bill limits healthcare access for transgender individuals by prohibiting federal funding and subsidies for gender transition procedures. Does this strengthen the Affordable Care Act? — The bill negatively impacts ACA support by disallowing premium credits and cost-sharing reductions for plans covering gender transition procedures.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill increases federal power by imposing broad prohibitions on how federal funds and agencies can be utilized regarding gender transition.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill reduces small business support by disqualifying health plans with gender transition coverage from the small employer health insurance expense credit. Does this reduce what the federal government spends? — The bill reduces federal spending by prohibiting the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures.
- 5/11/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 10/22/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/12/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 12 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
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