Rep. LaMalfa Reintroduces End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act
Washington, D.C.—Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) reintroduced H.R. 2202, the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.
“Taxpayers should never be forced to fund gender reassignment surgeries and treatments. The End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act puts an end to the misuse of federal dollars on these controversial procedures, protecting taxpayers from being complicit in this radical agenda,” said Rep. LaMalfa. “I thank Senator Marshall for standing with me to ensure that taxpayer money is used for real healthcare priorities, not for funding gender experimentation.”
Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Rep. LaMalfa in introducing the Senate companion of this legislation.
“After years of radical gender ideology under the Biden Administration, it’s time for a return to common sense,” Senator Marshall said. “Americans have spoken loud and clear – they do not want their hard-earned taxpayer dollars paying for gender transition procedures. Sixty percent of Americans say sex is assigned at birth, and seventy-two percent of Americans think it should be illegal for doctors to perform gender transition procedures on minors. By prohibiting the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures, this bill restores the dignity of men and women across the country and delivers another major win for the American people.”
“There are only two sexes–male and female–and denying this biological truth hurts real people. Children who experience discomfort with their sex need the loving embrace of family, not risky drugs and life-altering procedures that send them down a one-way path of lifetime medicalization,” said Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Matt Sharp. “ADF commends Sen. Roger Marshall and Rep. Doug LaMalfa for introducing the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act, which prohibits federal funding for dangerous “gender transition” efforts on vulnerable kids. In no world should American taxpayers be subject to footing the bill for experimental procedures that harm children.”
BACKGROUND:
- Congressman LaMalfa previously introduced the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act during the 116th, 117th, and 118th Congresses.
- From 2016 to 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense spent approximately $15 million on gender transition procedures for only 1,892 service members.
- Twenty-five states and D.C. have Medicaid policies that explicitly cover transgender-related health care.
- Over 276,000 of the 1.3 million transgender adults are enrolled in Medicaid.
- The bill’s restrictions regarding the use of federal funds do not apply to treatment of individuals with medically verifiable disorders of sex development, such as individuals born with atypical development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomical sex.
Congressman Doug LaMalfa is Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus and a lifelong farmer representing California’s First Congressional District, including Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba Counties.
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