H.R. 4554

Summary

H.R. 4554, the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 21, 2025 by Rep. Greg Steube (R) with 7 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jul 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 4554 has 7 co-sponsors.

119 HR 4554 IH: Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-21
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4554  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 21, 2025   Mr. Steube  (for himself,  Ms. Mace ,  Mr. Moore of Alabama , and  Mr. McDowell ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act  .
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Prohibited unlawful employment action
Section 703 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(o)
(1)
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee engages in covered expression, that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex. For purposes of this paragraph, the term  covered expression  means expression, inside or outside of a workplace, through means including speech, writing, or a depiction, or owning or using an item that contains speech, writing, or a depiction, and includes the use of pronouns.
(2)
It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to take an action described in subsection (a) because an employee requests or uses a single-sex area that is a bathroom, changing area, or other area where physical privacy is desirable.
(3)
It shall not be a defense to the use of a practice described in paragraph (1) or (2) that use of the practice is job related for the position in question or consistent with business necessity.
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Prohibited retaliation
Section 704(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000e–3(a) ) is amended by inserting  , including an unlawful employment practice prohibited under section 703(o)  after  by this title .

Tracker

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To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex.

Sponsors

Rep. Greg Steube (R) sponsors H.R. 4554, and 7 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Greg Steube

Rep. · R–FL-17 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 21, 2025

Nancy Mace

Rep. · R–SC-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Addison McDowell

Rep. · R–NC-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Barry Moore

Rep. · R–AL-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 21, 2025 · Original

Mary Miller

Rep. · R–IL-15 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 29, 2025

Harriet Hageman

Rep. · R–WY-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 23, 2026

Anna Luna

Rep. · R–FL-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 3, 2026

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 6, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 4554 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Jul 21, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4554 has taken 2 actions since Jul 21, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4554 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4554, as Identical bill.

S 2037Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace ActJun 11, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 4554 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act — Display Title
• Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination against employees on the basis of expression that describes, asserts, or reinforces the binary or biological nature of sex. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 18 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 4554 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Defense, Education, Family issues/Abortion/Adoption, Foreign Relations, Health Issues, Housing.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4554 under Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4554’s is Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 4554, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 124 (Monday, July 21, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEUBE:H.R. 4554.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8[Page H3527]

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