​Executive Order 14201 of February 5, 2025

Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and thelaws of the United States of America, and to protect opportunities for womenand girls to compete in safe and fair sports, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.Policy and Purpose. In recent years, many educational institutionsand athletic associations have allowed men to compete in women’s sports.This is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denieswomen and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitivesports.Moreover, under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (TitleIX), educational institutions receiving Federal funds cannot deny womenan equal opportunity to participate in sports. As some Federal courts haverecognized, "ignoring fundamental biological truths between the two sexesdeprives women and girls of meaningful access to educational facilities."Tennessee v. Cardona, 24–cv–00072 at 73 (E.D. Ky. 2024). See alsoKansas v. U.S. Dept. of Education, 24–cv–04041 at 23 (D. Kan. 2024) (highlighting"Congress’ goals of protecting biological women in education").Therefore, it is the policy of the United States to rescind all funds fromeducational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities, which results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of womenand girls and deprives them of privacy. It shall also be the policy of theUnited States to oppose male competitive participation in women’s sportsmore broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.

Sec. 2.Definitions. The definitions in Executive Order 14168 of January20, 2025 (Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and RestoringBiological Truth to the Federal Government), shall apply to this order.

Sec. 3.Preserving Women’s Sports in Education.(a) In furtherance of thepurposes of Title IX, the Secretary of Education shall promptly:

​(b) All executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall review grantsto educational programs and, where appropriate, rescind funding to programsthat fail to comply with the policy established in this order.

(c) The Department of Justice shall provide all necessary resources, inaccordance with law, to relevant agencies to ensure expeditious enforcementof the policy established in this order.

Sec. 4.Preserving Fairness and Safety in Women’s Sports. Many sportspecific governing bodies have no official position or requirements regardingtrans-identifying athletes. Others allow men to compete in women’s categoriesif these men reduce the testosterone in their bodies below certain levelsor provide documentation of "sincerely held" gender identity. These policiesare unfair to female athletes and do not protect female safety. To addressthese concerns, it is hereby ordered:

(a) The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall, within 60days of the date of this order:

(b) The Secretary of State, including through the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Sports Diplomacy Division and the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, shall:

(c) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security shallreview and adjust, as needed, policies permitting admission to the UnitedStates of males seeking to participate in women’s sports, and shall issueguidance with an objective of preventing such entry to the extent permittedby law, including pursuant to section 212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigrationand Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)).

(d) The Secretary of State shall use all appropriate and available measuresto see that the International Olympic Committee amends the standards governing Olympic sporting events to promote fairness, safety, and the bestinterests of female athletes by ensuring that eligibility for participation inwomen’s sporting events is determined according to sex and not genderidentity or testosterone reduction.

Sec. 5.General Provisions.(a) Nothing in this order shall be construedto impair or otherwise affect:

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law andsubject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party ​against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provisionto any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder ofthis order and the application of its provisions to any other persons orcircumstances shall not be affected thereby.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 5, 2025.