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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1139
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2025
Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Passport Sanity Act
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Sec. 2. Prohibition regarding certain gender designation on passports, passport cards, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad issued by Department of State
(a) In general
The Secretary of State shall—
(1)
ensure each application for a covered document includes only the gender designations male and female; and
(2)
prohibit the issuing of a covered document that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation.
(b) Covered document defined
In this section, the term covered document
means a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State.