HR 4809 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

Introduced Oct 23, 2019 Originated House Sponsor J. Luis Correa D-CA

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Latest action · Oct 23, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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  1. IntroducedOct 23, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

This bill requires the White House and each federal agency to establish official websites in the five most commonly used languages in the United States other than English to increase accessibility. The websites must be of a similar scope and content as the English version.

The President and each agency shall maintain and update the websites on a regular basis.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2019 to Nov 19, 2019; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-WAAdam SmithOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NYAlexandria Ocasio-CortezOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-ILBill FosterOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NMDebra A. HaalandOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAGilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.OriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAHarley RoudaOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAJim CostaOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-MALori TrahanOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CARo KhannaOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-TXSylvia R. GarciaOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalOct 23, 2019
D-ILMike QuigleyNov 19, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 23, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House
  2. Oct 23, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1332)
  3. Oct 23, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1332J. Luis Correa D-CAOct 23, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: (1) The U.S. Constitution including Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 168, October 23, 2019, page H8457.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5182White House Accountability for Language Diversity ActReintroduced BillSep 7, 2021

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the White House and each agency to provide an official website in the five most commonly used languages in the United States other than English as determined by the Census data and any other languages determined to be appropriate by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 23, 2019Introduced in House

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