in effect
This is Executive Order 14201, signed February 5, 2025, a presidential directive to federal agencies. It sets a U.S. government policy against allowing males to compete in women’s and girls’ sports, and it instructs agencies to use Title IX (the 1972 law barring sex discrimination in federally funded education) as the basis for enforcement. It builds on definitions set in an earlier order, EO 14168.
The order directs the Secretary of Education to keep in force the court-ordered vacatur of a 2024 Title IX rule (89 FR 33474) and to prioritize enforcement actions against schools and athletic associations that let males compete in, or be unclothed in front of females in, the women’s category. All federal agencies are told to review their education grants and, where appropriate, rescind funding from programs that do not comply, with the Department of Justice providing enforcement resources. Within 60 days, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy must convene major athletic governing bodies, affected female athletes, and state attorneys general on fair-and-safe policies. The Secretary of State is directed to end support for identity-based sports exchanges, push for sex-based eligibility rules at the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee, and—with the Secretary of Homeland Security—review and adjust visa/admission policies to try to bar entry of males seeking to compete in women’s sports, citing immigration law (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)).
Schools, colleges, and athletic associations that receive federal funds are directly affected, since noncompliance can trigger Title IX enforcement and loss of grant money. Federal agencies—Education, Justice, State, and Homeland Security—carry specific implementation duties, and sports governing bodies (domestic, international, and the IOC) plus visa applicants are targets of the outreach and policy changes. The order states it creates no new legal rights enforceable by any person and is subject to available funding and existing law.