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Congress·In Committee·about 1 year ago

Passports: Removing the "X" Gender Option

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Key Points

  • This bill would stop the State Department from letting people choose "X" as their gender on official travel documents. This includes U.S. passports, passport cards, and reports for children born to U.S. citizens in other countries.
  • If passed, anyone applying for these documents would only be able to choose "male" or "female" on the application forms. The government would be banned from printing any other gender option on the final documents.
  • The goal of the bill is to return to a system where only two gender options are recognized for federal identification. This would change the current policy that allows people to select a neutral "X" marker if they do not identify as male or female.
  • This change would affect non-binary and intersex Americans who currently use or want to use the "X" marker for travel. It could also impact how these individuals are identified when going through security or customs in other countries.

Milestones

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Feb 7, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Feb 7, 2025

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Passport Sanity Act

Bill NumberHR 1139
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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