H.R. 6623 · 116th Congress
COVID–19 Language Access Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Grace Meng
- Introduced
- 2020-04-24
- Latest action
- 2020-04-28 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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.