SAFE Olympic Sports Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7421 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7421 To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such athlete, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2026 Mr. Cloud (for himself, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Luna, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Owens, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Mace, Mr. Fine, and Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide that a national governing body shall have as an eligibility criteria related to participation in the Olympic Games, a requirement that an amateur athlete may only participate in events corresponding to the sex of such athlete, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Actual Female Events in Olympic Sports Act'' or the ``SAFE Olympic Sports Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS CORRESPONDING TO SEX OF ATHLETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES. (a) In General.--Section 220522 of title 36, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in paragraph (15), by inserting ``except as provided in paragraph (20),'' before ``does not have eligibility criteria''; (2) in paragraph (18), by striking ``and'' at the end; (3) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (4) by