,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1     
#bjbe ,mr4 ,banks introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,vii of the    
,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd to prohibit
 discrimination against employees on the
 basis of expression that describes1    
asserts1 or reinforces the binary or    
biological nature of sex4  #a4  ,short  
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,restoring ,biological ,truth to the    
,workplace ,act4  #b4  ,prohibited      
unlawful employment action  ,section    
#gjc of the ,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e-#b7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3  7o7
  7#a7 ,it shall be an unlawful         
employment practice for an employer to  
take an action described in subsection  
7a7 because an employee engages in      
covered expression1 that describes1     

asserts1 or reinforces the binary or    
biological nature of sex4 ,for purposes 
of this paragraph1 the term covered     
expression means expression1 inside or  
outside of a workplace1 through means   
including speech1 writing1 or a         
depiction1 or owning or using an item   
that contains speech1 writing1 or a     
depiction1 and includes the use of      
pronouns4  7#b7 ,it shall be an unlawful
 employment practice for an employer to 
take an action described in subsection  
7a7 because an employee requests or uses
 a single-sex area that is a bathroom1  
changing area1 or other area where      
physical privacy is desirable4  7#c7 ,it
 shall not be a defense to the use of a 
practice described in paragraph 7#a7 or 
7#b7 that use of the practice is job    
related for the position in question or 
consistent with business necessity4  4  
#c4  ,prohibited retaliation  ,section  
#gjd7;a7 of the ,civil ,rights ,act of  
#aifd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e-#c7;a77 is 
amended by inserting 1 including an     

unlawful employment practice prohibited 
under section #gjc7o7after by this      
title4