S. 5152: Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act

This bill would change the federal charter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to make its membership rules more specific.

What the bill does

• It adds a new section to the DAR’s federal charter stating that membership is limited to women who also meet the organization’s existing genealogical and membership requirements.
• It defines “woman” as an adult human female.
• It further defines “female” in biological terms, referring to a person with the reproductive system associated with producing and using ova, including people who would have that system but for a congenital anomaly or other disruption.
• It also makes a technical update to the table of contents for the chapter in federal law that covers the DAR’s charter.

Practical effect

If enacted, the bill would clarify in federal law that DAR membership is only for women, as defined in the bill, in addition to the group’s other ancestry-based eligibility rules. It would not change the DAR’s broader purpose or its other membership requirements, but it would spell out who qualifies on the basis of sex under the federal charter.

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