Rep. Nancy Mace Files NDAA Amendment To End Taxpayer-Funded Gender Transition Procedures

(Washington, D.C., September 9, 2025)- Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) has introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) prohibiting the Department of War from allocating taxpayer resources toward gender-transition procedures or treatments through TRICARE.

"Under President Trump's leadership, we are restoring truth and common sense to the government," said Congresswoman Mace."Taxpayer dollars should never be used to fund gender-bending surgeries or hormone treatments. Our military's purpose is to defend America, not to indulge radical experiments in gender ideology. This amendment ensures defense resources strengthen our fighting force and protect our nation, not bankroll procedures with no place in our armed forces."

The amendment draws a clear line: TRICARE, the military's health care program, may not cover gender-transition treatments.

This amendment reinforces President Trump's leadership in restoring common sense across the federal government. In the President's executive order, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth, President Trump made clear taxpayer resources must not be wasted on gender ideology. Rep. Mace's amendment applies the same standard to the Department of War, ensuring defense dollars go to strengthening our military, not funding gender-transition procedures.

Background:

• Creates a new section of Title 10, U.S. Code, codifying gender-transition procedures as ineligible for coverage under TRICARE.
• Bars TRICARE from offering these services to dependents of service members.
• Prohibited treatments include surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormone therapies for the purpose of gender transition.
• Exceptions apply only for rare cases of disorders of sex development, ambiguous biological sex characteristics, or medical care required due to injury, infection, or disease.

This amendment builds on legislation previously introduced by Rep. Mace as part of her broader fight to stop radical gender ideology, including the following bills:

• Protecting Girls' Sports for Military Kids Act -Puts a stop to biological men taking away opportunities from female athletes in women's sports. The legislation ensures female athletes at schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) get the fair playing field they deserve.
• Gender-Affirming Child Abuse Prevention Act- Holds predators accountable by giving victims of so-called "gender-affirming care" as minors the right to seek justice in court. This bill makes clear: mutilating children isn't medicine, it's abuse.
• Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act- Puts an end to woke policies by requiring federal facilities to keep bathrooms, locker rooms, and other single-sex spaces reserved for biological women, protecting privacy, dignity, and common sense.
• Restoring Biological Truth in Government Act - Restores common sense in government by requiring federal forms and surveys to reflect biological reality: male or female, nothing else.
• Prison Rape Prevention Act -Bans housing biological men in women's correctional facilities, preventing dangerous individuals from endangering female inmates.
• TRANS MICE Act- Puts an end to the use of taxpayer dollars for radical transgender-related experiments on animals.

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