Safeguarding Honest Speech Act

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to implement, administer, or enforce any rule, policy, guidance, recommendation, or memorandum that requires federal employees or contractors to use another person's preferred pronouns if they are incompatible with that person's sex, or to use a name other than a person's legal name when referring to them. It also establishes enforcement mechanisms including a formal response process and a private right of action for aggrieved employees or contractors.

Sec. 2, No federal funds for compelled language: No federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any rule, policy, guidance, recommendation, or memorandum requiring a federal agency or department employee or contractor to use another person's preferred pronouns if they are incompatible with that person's sex, or to use a name other than a person's legal name when referring to them. Within 30 days of a written notice from an employee or contractor about an alleged violation, the agency must issue a formal response. If the response is not satisfactory, the aggrieved employee or contractor may sue the agency. The court may award appropriate relief including injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages up to $100,000, and reasonable attorney fees. Lawsuits must be brought within one year of the alleged violation. The term 'person' means an individual, and 'sex' means sex recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.