Passport Sanity Act
S 2959 (Passport Sanity Act) requires U.S. passports, passport cards, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad to list only "male" or "female" gender designations, prohibiting the "X" option. It directly affects individuals who currently use or seek to use the "X" gender designation on these travel documents. The bill mandates that all new applications must select one of the two binary gender options, and the Department of State must not issue any covered document with the "X" designation. This policy change applies to all Department of State-issued travel documents covered under the bill.
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in committee
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Introduction
Oct 2025
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Introduced Oct 1, 2025
Last action Oct 1, 2025
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Oct 1, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Oct 1, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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Roger Marshall
RRepublican
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Ashley Moody
RRepublican
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Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
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Pete Ricketts
RRepublican
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