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H.R. 1009

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COVID–19 Language Access Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · February 11, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Congress
117th (2021–2023)
Introduced
February 11, 2021
Cosponsors (49)
49D 0R
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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, including COVID-19 vaccine distribution and education, 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, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Russian, Tagalog, Urdu, Vietnamese, Greek, Polish, Thai, and Portuguese.

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