US Congress Senate Bill 4512 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on August 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-08-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires federal agencies to take specified steps to ensure that individuals with limited English proficiency and people with disabilities can access the services, activities, programs, and benefits of those agencies, particularly during national or public health emergencies or under other specified circumstances. Specifically, each federal agency shall, within specified timeframes conduct demographic assessments of individuals with limited English proficiency and individuals with disabilities who are eligible to be served or likely to be encountered by that agency, establish within the agency a Language Access Working Group, prepare and submit to the Department of Justice (DOJ) an access plan for federally conducted programs and activities, and issue guidance for recipients of federal financial assistance under the agency's jurisdiction. DOJ shall review (1) each plan submitted within 120 days after receipt of the plan, and (2) the most recently submitted plan from each relevant agency not later than 7 days after an emergency has been declared. Agencies shall ensure stakeholder input to ensure meaningful access.

Equal Access to Information Act of 2020

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB8682 (Same As) 2020-10-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4512/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s4512/BILLS-116s4512is.pdf