Nancy Mace seeks to bar transgender women from using female bathrooms on Capitol Hill after first trans member elected to House

Washington — Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced legislation Monday to change House rules to prohibit transgender women from using women's bathrooms and other facilities on Capitol Hill, a proposal that comes just before the House prepares to swear-in the first openly transgender member of Congress.

Mace's two-page resolution would bar House members, officers and employees from using single-sex facilities in the Capitol or House office buildings that do not correspond with their biological sex. Her proposal claims that allowing biological males into women's restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms "jeopardizes the safety and dignity" of female lawmakers, officers and Capitol Hill employees. 

The House sergeant-at-arms would be tasked with enforcing the measure, if approved.