S 2959 United States Senate · 119th Congress

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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Introduced Oct 1, 2025 Last action Oct 1, 2025
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