Greg Hilburn

USA TODAY Network

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Congressman Ralph Abraham has filed a measure he hopes will undo President Obama's directive for schools to allow students to use any bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.

Abraham, R-Alto, who represents the 5th Congressional District, said he believes Congressional action is the only way to protect those public schools that don't comply from losing federal funds.

"We have to stand up to what I believe is the president's unconstitutional behavior that advances his liberal social agenda unchecked," Abraham said in an interview with Gannett Louisiana.

Obama's directive is based on Title IX, which became law in 1972 and outlawed discrimination on campuses based on sex, particularly concerning athletic opportunities and after school programs.

Abraham's House Resolution 5307 amends Title IX by simply clarifying that “the term ‘sex’ means with respect to an individual the biological sex of such individual.”

“For 40 years, society and law have interpreted Title IX to refer to a person’s biological sex," Abraham said. "Now the president and liberal activists are distorting that meaning to circumvent Congress to enact their radical social agenda.

"My bill removes any ambiguity in the law to ensure that Title IX's true intent is respected. Transgender bathroom policy decisions should be made on the local and state levels, not by an overreaching executive branch that twists the law to suit its own purposes,” Abraham said.

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