[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2310 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2310

    To prohibit agencies from using the term ``Latinx'' in official 
                        communications or forms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2023

  Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit agencies from using the term ``Latinx'' in official 
                        communications or forms.

    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 ``Respect for Hispanic Americans 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF ``LATINX''.

    (a) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Prohibition.--The head of an agency and any employee of the 
agency may not use the term ``Latinx'' in any official communication or 
form of the agency.
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