WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill which would amend federal civil rights laws to bar most transgender student athletes from participating on female school sports teams, as dozens of states, including Wyoming, have passed similar laws in recent months.

A top Wyoming education official blasted a new policy proposed by President Joe Biden’s Department of Education impacting transgender athletes in schools. Cast by the administration as a compromise seeking to preserve the rights of transgender students and fairness for those competing against them, the new measure appears to have angered both advocates and opponents of transgender student protections.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Friday evening said he would enable Senate File 133, a controversial measure to prohibit transgender females from participating in interscholastic girls’ sports, to take effect without his signature.

Wyoming schools association policy allows for participation.