Prison Rape Prevention Act of 2024

This bill, titled "Prison Rape Prevention Act of 2024" (HR 10497), would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons to house inmates only with others of the same biological sex and prohibit transportation of inmates with others of a different biological sex. It bans the Bureau from providing or funding gender-related medical treatments, defined as procedures addressing a person's perception that their sex does not match their biological sex (including hormone therapy, surgeries like hysterectomies or phalloplasty, and puberty blockers). The bill directly affects incarcerated individuals in federal prisons, particularly transgender and gender-nonconforming people, by restricting their housing and medical care options. It defines "biological sex" based on reproductive anatomy and excludes certain medical treatments for intersex conditions or injuries from the ban. The bill's title is misleading, as it does not address prison rape prevention.