Bill Details
HR.1866 - 119th Congress
Status
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2025-03-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced Date
2025-03-05
Policy Area
Families
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This bill would change a federal child abuse law to say that a state cannot receive certain federal child protection funds if it punishes or treats parents, guardians, or legal representatives differently because they oppose medical treatment, counseling, or social changes for a minor that relate to gender identity. In simple terms, the bill is aimed at protecting adults who do not want a child to receive gender-related care or changes such as different clothing, names, or pronouns. It also gives those adults a way to challenge a state in court if they believe the state used this issue to take action against them or to keep funds that the bill says should not have been given.
- The bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which helps fund state programs that deal with child abuse prevention and treatment.
- A state could lose funding under this law if it discriminates against parents or guardians who oppose gender-related medical care or social transition for a minor.
- The bill specifically mentions opposition to medical, surgical, drug-based, psychological, and other interventions, as well as changes in clothing, name, or pronoun use.
- If a state gets funding in a way that violates this rule, a parent or guardian could sue in federal or state court to try to stop the funding and make the state return the money.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1866 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1866
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to disqualify any
State that discriminates against parents or guardians who oppose
medical, surgical, pharmacological, psychological treatment, or
clothing and social changes related to affirming the subjective claims
of gender identity expressed by any minor if such claimed identity is
inconsistent with such minor's biological sex from receiving funding
under such Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2025
Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Grothman, Mrs.
Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Moore
of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to disqualify any
State that discriminates against parents or guardians who oppose
medical, surgical, pharmacological, psychological treatment, or
clothing and social changes related to affirming the subjective claims
of gender identity expressed by any minor if such claimed identity is
inconsistent with such minor's biological sex from receiving funding
under such Act.
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 ``Guaranteeing Unalienable and
Anatomical Rights for Dependents Act'' or the ``GUARD Act''.
SEC. 2. STATE GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 3 the following:
``SEC. 4. STATE GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
State may receive funding under this Act if such State takes any
adverse action or otherwise discriminates against parents, guardians,
or legal representatives who oppose medical, surgical, pharmacological,
psychological treatment, or other medical intervention, or clothing,
name or pronoun use, or other social changes or practices related to
transitioning to or affirming the claims or expressions of gender
identity of any minor under the charge, care, or supervision of the
parent, guardian, or legal representative, if such gender identity is
inconsistent, in such parent's, guardian's, or legal representative's
estimation, with such minor's biological sex, as determined
definitively at or before birth, regardless of any medical diagnosis or
indication of gender dysphoria, body dysphoria, dissociative identity
disorder, or social anxiety disorder.
``(b) Enforcement.--In the case of an award made by the Secretary
under this Act in violation of subsection (a), any parent, guardian, or
legal representative who experienced an adverse action or other
discrimination described in subsection (a) by a State receiving funding
under this Act may bring an action, in an appropriate Federal district
court of the United States or State court, against the Department of
Health and Human Services, seeking to enjoin the Secretary from
continuing such award to such State and to require the State awarded
amounts in violation of subsection (a) to return such funds to the
Treasury.''.
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