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H.R. 8781119th CongressEducation
Title IX Clarification Act of 2026
Sponsored by Rep. Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX) · 44 active : 44 Republicans
Latest action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.
Where it standsBefore the House68 representatives score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- House: next
- Senate: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govTitle IX Clarification Act of 2026
This bill defines the terms
sex
,
female
, and
male
for purposes of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs that receive federal financial assistance.
Specifically, the bill defines
sex
as an individual’s biologically determined sex, as either male or female. Therefore, Title IX's prohibition on sex discrimination only applies to biological sex under the bill.
The bill defines
female
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, when used with respect to a natural person, as an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes the large gamete (ova) for fertilization.
The bill defines
male
, when used with respect to a natural person, as an individual who naturally has, had, will have, or would have, but for a congenital anomaly, historical accident, or intentional or unintentional disruption, the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes the small gamete (sperm) for fertilization.
(A January 20, 2025,
executive order
stated that it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes—male and female—which are not changeable. On February 4, 2025, the Department of Education announced its intent to enforce its Title IX regulations consistent with this executive order. For more information on the status of these regulations, see
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Education and Workforce · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Education programs funding
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score. The bill is not before the Senate right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
44 activeShow all 44 cosponsors
- Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6)
- Adrian Smith (R-NE-3)
- August Pfluger (R-TX-11)
- Barry Moore (R-AL-1)
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
- Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL)
- Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
- Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2)
- Mike Bost (R-IL-12)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN-8)
- Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
- Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2)
- Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1)
- Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
- Thomas Massie (R-KY-4)
- Tracey Mann
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
