HR 4363 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

Defend Girls Athletics Act

Introduced Jul 14, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Andy Barr R-KY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 14, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 57

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 14, 2025 to Nov 18, 2025; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAaron BeanOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-NCAddison P. McDowellOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-AZAndy BiggsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLAnna Paulina LunaOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-IAAshley HinsonOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-GABarry LoudermilkOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MNBrad FinstadOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXBrandon GillOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-KYBrett GuthrieOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLByron DonaldsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXDan CrenshawOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLDaniel WebsterOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TNDiana HarshbargerOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-GAEarl L. "Buddy" CarterOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-INErin HouchinOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXJake EllzeyOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-INJefferson ShreveOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLJimmy PatronisOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-VAJohn J. McGuire IIIOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MIJohn JamesOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MIJohn R. MoolenaarOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TNJohn W. RoseOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MILisa C. McClainOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-INMark B. MessmerOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-INMarlin A. StutzmanOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-GAMike CollinsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLMike HaridopolosOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-NYNick LaLotaOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MNPete StauberOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-SCRalph NormanOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXRoger WilliamsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXRonny JacksonOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-INRudy Yakym IIIOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MTRyan K. ZinkeOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-SCSheri BiggsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-OKStephanie I. BiceOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-NCTim MooreOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-MITom BarrettOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXTroy E. NehlsOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-FLVern BuchananOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXWesley HuntOriginalJul 14, 2025
R-TXBeth Van DuyneJul 15, 2025
R-OHMichael A. RulliJul 16, 2025
R-CAKen CalvertJul 22, 2025
R-ILMary E. MillerJul 25, 2025
R-TXKeith SelfSep 3, 2025
R-NCMark HarrisOct 6, 2025
R-TXCraig A. GoldmanNov 18, 2025

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jul 14, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jul 14, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which provides Congress the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States,'' including through the conditional appropriation of federal funds to educational institutions. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which grants Congress the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers, including the spending power. Furthermore, this legislation falls within Congress's authority to regulate the terms and conditions of participation in federal education programs pursuant to its spending power under the Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 120, July 14, 2025, page H3245.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education to ensure biological fairness in women's sports as a condition of receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Defend Girls Athletics Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 14, 2025Introduced in House

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