Nancy Mace: Last News

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) announced on Nov. 20 that she planned to introduce a bill that would prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms and other “single sex facilities” that do not conform to their gender assigned at birth in all U.S. government buildings nationwide and all D.C. government buildings.

The broad wording of the bill appears to include D.C. public schools, which operate in D.C.-owned buildings, as well as D.C. public libraries and recreation facilities.

The proposed bill, which Mace posted on X, is called the “Protecting Woman’s Private Spaces Act.”

It defines a single-sex facility as “a space intended for the use of one biological sex (male or female), including (A) restroom; (B) locker room; or (C) changing rooms.”

It defines “federal property” as “any building, land, or other real property owned, leased, or occupied by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (including the Department of Defense and the United States Postal Service), or any other instrumentality wholly owned by the United States, or by any department or agency of the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States.”

An official with the House Periodical Press Gallery said the bill did not appear to have been placed in the House bill “hopper” as of Thursday, Nov. 21, and would likely be formally introduced and assigned to a committee when the House returns from its Thanksgiving recess on Dec. 3. Both the House and Senate began their holiday recess on Thursday, Nov. 21.

Congressional observers have said Democrats will almost certainly block the bill from being passed in the current Congress, where Democrats control the Senate until January, when the Republican-controlled House and Senate takes office.

But most observers familiar with Congress believe a bill such as this one is still likely to be blocked by a Senate filibuster waged by one or more LGBTQ supportive senators. Under the Senate filibuster rule, 60 votes are needed

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