119 HR 4554 IH: Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4554IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 21, 2025Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Mace, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. McDowell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and WorkforceA BILLTo amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act.

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Prohibited unlawful employment action

Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–2) is amended by adding at the end the following:(o)(1)It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee engages in covered expression, that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex. For purposes of this paragraph, the term covered expression means expression, inside or outside of a workplace, through means including speech, writing, or a depiction, or owning or using an item that contains speech, writing, or a depiction, and includes the use of pronouns. (2)It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee requests or uses a single-sex area that is a bathroom, changing area, or other area where physical privacy is desirable.(3)It shall not be a defense to the use of a practice described in paragraph (1) or (2) that use of the practice is job related for the position in question or consistent with business necessity..

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Prohibited retaliation

Section 704(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–3(a)) is amended by inserting , including an unlawful employment practice prohibited under section 703(o) after by this title.