COVID–19 Language Access Act
United States116th CongressHR-6623House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 28, 2020
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.
Bill texts
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
House of Representatives
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
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