Requirement to participate in events corresponding to sex of athlete in the Olympic Games
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(a) In general Section 220522 of title 36, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (15), by inserting except as provided in paragraph (20), before does not have eligibility criteria; (2) in paragraph (18), by striking and at the end; (3) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (20) has as an eligibility criteria related to participation in the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games, the Pan-American Games, the Parapan American Games, or any other national, regional, State, or local event or competition sanctioned by such organization (including any national, regional, State, any local division thereof), a requirement that an amateur athlete may only participate in events and competitions corresponding to the sex of such athlete.. (b) Definitions Section 220501(b) of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (12) sex means a person’s immutable biological classification as either male or female, as biologically determined. (13) male means a person belonging, at conception, to the biological sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing sperm. (14) female means a person belonging, at conception, to the biological sex characterized by the reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs..