Native American Language Resource Center Act
Latest action · Nov 5, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 5, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Native American Language Resource Center Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to make a grant to or enter into a contract with an eligible entity (e.g., an institution of higher education) to establish, operate, and staff a Native American language resource and training center. The center must serve as a resource to, among other things, improve the capacity to teach and learn Native American languages.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 5, 2020 to Dec 18, 2020; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Nov 5, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 5, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2020Introduced in House
- Nov 5, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 189, November 5, 2020, page H5725.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4510 | Native American Language Resource Center Act | Identical bill | Aug 6, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Native American language resource center.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Native American Language Resource Center Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
- Adult education and literacy
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Foreign language and bilingual programs
- Higher education
- Historical and cultural resources
- Indian social and development programs
- Intergovernmental relations
- Minority education
- Native Americans
- Preschool education
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 5, 2020Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
