Johnson Votes to Protect Women’s Sports and Safety

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) voted to pass the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Actand the PreventingViolence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.

"House Republicans are getting straight to work on conservative priorities," said Johnson. "Protecting women's sports and ensuring illegal aliens are deported for sex offenses and domestic violence offenses are no brainers. We have to ensure the safety of American children, families, and communities."

Johnson also voted to pass both bills when they passed the House last Congress.

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act:

• Clarifies that a recipient of federal education funding violates Title IX's prohibition against sex discrimination if the recipient operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities and allows a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.
• States that sex in the athletic context must be recognized based only on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.
• Clarifies that the bill's provisions do not prohibit schools or institutions from permitting males to practice against women's sports teams, protecting the longstanding routine of some women's athletic programs of practicing or scrimmaging against males.

The Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act:

• Creates a ground of inadmissibility for aliens who are convicted of, who admit having committed, or who admit committing acts that constitute the essential elements of a sex offense.
• Closes a loophole in immigration law by establishing a new ground of inadmissibility for several domestic violence-related offenses.
• Expands the existing ground of removability for domestic violence offenses, ensuring that additional offenders can be removed from the country.