What This Bill Does · Plain English
Summary · Congress.gov
Passport Sanity Act This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad with an unspecified (X) gender designation. The State Department must also ensure that applications for such documents include only male and female gender designations.
Action Timeline
2025-02-07
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2025-02-07
Introduced in House
2025-02-07
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.1139 pass?
HR.1139 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 23%.
What does HR.1139 do?
Passport Sanity Act This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad with an unspecified (X) gender designation. The State Department must also ensure that applications for such documents include only male and female gender designations.
Who sponsored HR.1139?
HR.1139 was sponsored by Chip Roy (R-Texas).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1139 IH: Passport Sanity Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1139 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2025 Mr. Roy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Passport Sanity Act . 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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