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HCONRES 4 105th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Alaska Arts, Culture, Religion Bilingual education Education Elementary and secondary education English language Hawaiians Indian education Information technology Language and languages Minorities Native Americans Pluralism (Social sciences) Science, Technology, Communications

Entitled, the "English Plus Resolution".

Introduced: January 7, 1997 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Jan 7, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 7, 1997
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Government should pursue policies that: (1) encourage all residents of this country to become fully proficient in English by expanding educational opportunities and access to information technologies; (2) conserve and develop the Nation's linguistic resources by encouraging all residents to learn or maintain skills in a language other than English; (3) assist Native Americans, Native Alaskans, Native Hawaiians, and other peoples indigenous to the United States in their efforts to prevent the extinction of their languages and cultures; (4) continue to provide services in languages other than English as needed to facilitate access to essential functions of government, promote public health and safety, ensure due process, promote equal educational opportunity, and protect fundamental rights; and (5) recognize the importance of multilingualism to vital national interests and individual rights, and oppose "English-only" measures and similar language restrictionist measures.

What's happening now January 31, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

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