HR 6623
116th Congress
House
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COVID–19 Language Access Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
Apr 24, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Apr 24, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
COVID-19 Language Access Act
This bill requires each federal agency that receives federal assistance related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic to translate any English language written material prepared for the general public relating to the pandemic into specified languages not later than seven days after such material is made available in English.
Such languages shall include, at a minimum, the following: Spanish, Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Haitian Creole, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, Greek, Polish, Thai, and Portuguese.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
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