,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hehg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,ogles 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,boebert1    
,mr4 ,clyde1 ,mr4 ,crane1 ,mr4 ,gosar1  
and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the use of funds to implement1 
administer1 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 individual1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,safeguarding ,honest ,speech ,act of   
#bjbf4  #b4 ,no ,federal funds for      
compelled language  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no funds may be used for the       
purpose of implementing1 administering1 
or enforcing any rule1 policy1 guidance1
 recommendation1 or memoranda requiring 

an employee or contractor of any        
,federal agency or ,department to use-- 
7#a7 another person's preferred pronouns
 if they are incompatible with such a   
person's sex2 or  7#b7 a name other than
 a person's legal name when referring to
 such a person4  7b7 ,enforcement  7#a7 
,in general ,all ,federal agencies and  
,departments shall ensure that1 not     
later than #cj days following a written 
notice from any employee or contractor  
regarding an alleged violation of       
subsection 7a71 a formal response to the
 notice is issued to the employee or    
contractor4  7#b7  ,private right of    
action  ,in the case that the formal    
response in subsection 7a7 does not     
represent a satisfactory outcome for a  
,federal employee or contractor1 any    
employee or contractor aggrieved by a   
violation of subsection 7a7 may commence
 a civil action against the ,federal    
agency or ,department responsible for   
the alleged violation4  7#c7  ,relief   
,in any action under this subsection1   

the court may award appropriate relief1 
including--  7,a7 temporary1            
preliminary1 or permanent injunctive    
relief2  7,b7 compensatory damages2     
7,c7 punitive or exemplary damages1     
which may not exceed #ajj1jjj2 and  7,d7
 reasonable fees for attorneys4  7#d7   
,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 7a7 occurred4  7c7           
,definitions  ,in this section3 7#a7    
,female ,the term female refers to an   
individual who has1 had1 will have1 or  
would have1 but for a developmental or  
genetic anomaly or historical accident1 
the reproductive system that at some    
point produces1 transports1 and utilizes
 eggs for fertilization4  7#b7  ,male   
,the term male refers to an individual  
who has1 had1 will have1 or would have1 
but for a developmental or genetic      
anomaly or historical accident1 the     
reproductive system that at some point  

produces1 transports1 and utilizes sperm
 for fertilization4  7#c7  ,sex  ,the   
term sex refers to biological sex1      
either male or female4  7#d7  ,person   
,the term person refers to a natural    
person4