US Congress House Bill 6623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-0)
Status: Introduced on April 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-04-28 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

COVID–19 Language Access Act

Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Jahana Hayes [D-CT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Katie Porter [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Michael San Nicolas [D-GU]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-28	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E403)
2020-04-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2020-04-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6623/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6623/BILLS-116hr6623ih.pdf