,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #d1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,cruz 7for himself and ,mr4 ,budd7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,act4  #b4
 ,no ,federal funds for compelled       
language  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 no ,federal funds may be used for  
the purpose of implementing1            
administering1 or enforcing any rule1   
policy1 guidance1 recommendation1 or    
memorandum 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 person's sex2 or 
7#b7 a name other than a person's legal 
name when referring to such 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 described in     
subsection 7a7 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 issued under paragraph  
7#a7 does not represent a satisfactory  
outcome for the employee or contractor1 
any employee or contractor described in 
subsection 7a7 and 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 #a year after 
the date on which the alleged violation 
of subsection 7a7 occurred4  7c7        
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,person ,the term person means an       
individual4  7#b7 ,sex ,the term sex    
means sex recognized based solely on a  
person's reproductive biology and       
genetics at birth4