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End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-977| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2025
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (13)
Rick Scott (Republican)Jim Banks (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This legislation aims to prohibit the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures, including any funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or from federal trust funds. This prohibition extends to health benefits coverage that includes such procedures and prevents federal government-owned or operated health care facilities and federal employees from furnishing these services. The bill broadly defines "gender transition procedure" to encompass various hormonal and surgical interventions, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and numerous specific surgeries. However, it explicitly excludes treatment for complications arising from these procedures, services for medically verifiable disorders of sex development, and interventions for life-threatening physical conditions or precocious puberty. Individuals, entities, or states may still use entirely non-federal funds to purchase separate coverage for these procedures, but not through federally subsidized matching programs like Medicaid. Furthermore, the bill amends the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to disallow premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions for qualified health plans that cover gender transition procedures. Small employer health insurance expense credits would also not apply to plans covering these procedures, ensuring federal subsidies under the ACA do not support such coverage. While federal subsidies are restricted, individuals and employers retain the option to purchase separate, unsubsidized plans, and the prohibition also applies to multi-State plans offered through ACA exchanges.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1595
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-777
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2202
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1595
    End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-777
    End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021


  • March 12, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • March 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2202
    Introduced in House

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2202: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025

End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-977| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2025
This legislation aims to prohibit the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures, including any funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or from federal trust funds. This prohibition extends to health benefits coverage that includes such procedures and prevents federal government-owned or operated health care facilities and federal employees from furnishing these services. The bill broadly defines "gender transition procedure" to encompass various hormonal and surgical interventions, such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and numerous specific surgeries. However, it explicitly excludes treatment for complications arising from these procedures, services for medically verifiable disorders of sex development, and interventions for life-threatening physical conditions or precocious puberty. Individuals, entities, or states may still use entirely non-federal funds to purchase separate coverage for these procedures, but not through federally subsidized matching programs like Medicaid. Furthermore, the bill amends the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to disallow premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions for qualified health plans that cover gender transition procedures. Small employer health insurance expense credits would also not apply to plans covering these procedures, ensuring federal subsidies under the ACA do not support such coverage. While federal subsidies are restricted, individuals and employers retain the option to purchase separate, unsubsidized plans, and the prohibition also applies to multi-State plans offered through ACA exchanges.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1595
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-777
End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 18, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2202
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1595
    End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-777
    End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2021


  • March 12, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • March 18, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2202
    Introduced in House
Roger Marshall

Roger Marshall

Republican Senator

Kansas

Cosponsors (13)
Rick Scott (Republican)Jim Banks (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Mike Lee (Republican)James E. Risch (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Roger F. Wicker (Republican)Tim Sheehy (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Ted Budd (Republican)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2202: End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted