Months ago, the Trump administration moved to overturn Biden administration guidance on Title IX that required public schools to allow trans students access to school sports teams and sex-segregated facilities aligning with their gender identities.
Trump's order barred students assigned male at birth from participating in girls' and women's sports.
Now, Barr — a Senate candidate — wants to add stronger enforcement mechanisms to the order. If passed, it would condition federal education funding on compliance with the Trump policy.
"The bottom line is that biological boys do not belong in girls' sports — period. Biological men do not belong in the private spaces of our girls and daughters," Barr said on Fox News. "And this bill... would give the Trump administration the tools to enforce President Trump's executive order."
While the NCAA has indicated it intends to comply with the order, Barr argues the bill is necessary to necessary to force compliance at schools or institutions that might push back.
A similar measure passed the US House but did not clear the Senate. The ACLU described that bill as " an ugly effort to codify discrimination."