H.R. 1139

Summary

H.R. 1139, the Passport Sanity Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 7, 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Foreign Affairs, and last saw action on Feb 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 1139 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 1139 IH: Passport Sanity Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1139  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 7, 2025   Mr. Roy  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Foreign Affairs    A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Passport Sanity Act  .
2.
Prohibition regarding certain gender designation on passports, passport cards, and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad issued by Department of State
(a)
In general
The Secretary of State shall—
(1)
ensure each application for a covered document includes only the gender designations male and female; and
(2)
prohibit the issuing of a covered document that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation.
(b)
Covered document defined
In this section, the term  covered document  means a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad issued by the Department of State.

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Sponsors

Rep. Chip Roy (R) sponsors H.R. 1139, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Chip Roy

Rep. · R–TX-21 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 7, 2025

Randy Weber

Rep. · R–TX-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 10, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1139 went before 1 committee: Foreign Affairs.

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Referred To · Feb 7, 2025 · 658 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1139 has taken 2 actions since Feb 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1139 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1139 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Passport Sanity Act — Display Title
• Passport Sanity Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To prohibit the Secretary of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad that includes the unspecified (X) gender designation, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 3 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1139 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1139 under Immigration, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1139’s is Immigration.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1139, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ROY:H.R. 1139.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H585]

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