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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1139 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1139
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2025
Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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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.
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 ``Passport Sanity Act''.
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.
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