The Safeguarding Honest Speech Act would prohibit federal agencies from spending money on policies that require employees or contractors to use someone's preferred pronouns (if different from pronouns matching their sex at birth) or to use a name other than a person's legal name. The bill affects all federal employees and contractors across government agencies. It establishes an enforcement mechanism requiring agencies to respond within 30 days to complaints about violations, and it allows affected employees or contractors to sue the federal government for damages up to $100,000, plus attorney fees, with a one-year deadline to file suit. The legislation contains no specific funding amount but functions as a spending restriction on existing federal budgets. The bill was introduced in March 2025 and is under review by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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