[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6432 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6432

   To prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce 
 measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the 
 preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal 
            name of such individual, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2023

   Mr. Ogles (for himself, Ms. Boebert, Mr. LaMalfa, Mrs. Miller of 
  Illinois, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Harris, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
 Crane, Mr. Norman, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Collins, 
Mr. Rosendale, and Mr. Duncan) introduced the following bill; which was 
       referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce 
 measures requiring certain employees to refer to an individual by the 
 preferred pronouns of such individual or a name other than the legal 
            name of such individual, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Safeguarding Honest Speech Act''.

SEC. 2. NO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR COMPELLED LANGUAGE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds may be used for the purpose of implementing, administering, or 
enforcing any rule, policy, guidance, recommendation, or memoranda 
requiring an employee or contractor of any Federal agency or Department 
to use--
            (1) another person's preferred pronouns if they are 
        incompatible with such a person's sex; or
            (2) a name other than a person's legal name when referring 
        to such a person.
    (b) Enforcement.--
            (1) In general.--All Federal agencies and Departments shall 
        ensure that, not later than 30 days following a written notice 
        from any employee or contractor regarding an alleged violation 
        of subsection (a), a formal response to the notice is issued to 
        the employee or contractor.
            (2) Private right of action.--In the case that the formal 
        response in subsection (a) does not represent a satisfactory 
        outcome for a federal employee or contractor, any employee or 
        contractor aggrieved by a violation of subsection (a) may 
        commence a civil action against the Federal agency or 
        Department responsible for the alleged violation.
            (3) Relief.--In any action under this subsection, the court 
        may award appropriate relief, including--
                    (A) temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive 
                relief;
                    (B) compensatory damages;
                    (C) punitive or exemplary damages, which may not 
                exceed $100,000; and
                    (D) reasonable fees for attorneys.
            (4) Statute of limitations.--An action under this 
        subsection shall be brought not later than one year after the 
        date on which the alleged violation of subsection (a) occurred.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Sex.--The term ``sex'' means sex recognized based 
        solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at 
        birth.
            (2) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual.
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