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After South CarolinaRepublican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S. Capitol at the end of the 118th Congress last year, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has quietly announced a rule restricting bathroom usage in the 119th Congress.

The policy, detailed on page 26 of the 87-page January 3 edition of the Congressional Record, mandates that single-sex facilities—restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms—be used solely based on a person’s gender assigned at birth. Notably, the rule was not included in the high-profile House rules package debated and voted on last week. Instead, it relies on unilateral authority delegated to Johnson under the House rules, which gives him “general control” over House-controlled facilities.

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