House Bill 6623
116th Congress(2019-2020)
COVID–19 Language Access Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Apr 24, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6623
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
April 24, 2020
04/28/2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
04/24/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
04/24/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:06 PM