# Plain Language Summary: Stop the Invasion of Women's Spaces Act

This bill would cut off federal funding to any organization that allows people to use bathrooms, locker rooms, or changing facilities that don't match their biological sex. The rule would apply to schools, hospitals, government agencies, businesses, and any other organization that receives federal money—which includes most public institutions and many private ones that get grants or contracts from the government.

The bill defines biological sex based on reproductive biology and creates a blanket rule: if an organization permits someone to use a single-sex facility that doesn't correspond to their biological sex, that organization loses all federal funding. The only exceptions are for emergency medical personnel responding to emergencies and law enforcement officers actively pursuing suspects or conducting investigations. This means a school that allows a transgender student to use the bathroom matching their gender identity could lose federal education funding, or a hospital could lose Medicare and Medicaid payments.

The practical impact would be enormous because federal funding flows to virtually every public school, most colleges, hospitals, and many community organizations. Organizations would face an impossible choice: either enforce bathroom and facility policies based strictly on biological sex as defined in this bill, or lose potentially millions in federal support. This would likely affect transgender people most directly, as they would be prohibited from using facilities matching their gender identity in any federally-funded facility. The bill would also create significant legal and administrative challenges, as organizations would need to verify and enforce biological sex compliance across all their facilities.

Stop the Invasion of Women’s Spaces Act

Mace, Nancy

Stop the Invasion of Women’s Spaces ActThis bill bars provision of federal funds to entities (including private entities and state, local, and tribal governments) that permit an individual to access or use single-sex restrooms, locker rooms, or changing rooms on the entity's property other than those corresponding to the individual's biological sex.&nbsp;This prohibition does not apply to entities that permit such access for (1) emergency medical personnel responding to a medical emergency, or (2) law enforcement officers in active pursuit of a suspect or as part of an active investigation.