WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) introduced the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act to block federal dollars from paying for gender transition procedures. The bill also bans federal healthcare facilities and personnel from providing these procedures.

The End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act would codify provisions in President Donald Trump’s executive order to protect children by prohibiting the use of federal funds for gender transition procedures on minors.

“Idaho taxpayers should not be forced to support radical medical procedures that can cause severe damage to our children and teens,” said Risch. “The End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act is commonsense legislation to protect our young people from these harmful procedures and extreme gender ideology.”

“After years of radical gender ideology under the Biden Administration, it’s time for a return to common sense,” said Marshall. “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.”

Risch and Marshall are joined by U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) in introducing the bill.

BACKGROUND:

• 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.?