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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 3728

Introduced

Language Access in Transit Act

Sponsor
DKevin Mullin· California
Introduced
June 4, 2025
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.June 5, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3728 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3728

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take affirmative action to 
ensure meaningful language access to persons who are limited English 
proficient.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2025

Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take affirmative action to 
ensure meaningful language access to persons who are limited English 
proficient.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Language Access in Transit Act''.

SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION IN LANGUAGE ACCESS.

Section 5332 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
``(3) The Secretary shall take affirmative action to ensure 
all persons receiving financial assistance under this chapter 
provide meaningful language access to services provided with 
such financial assistance to persons who are limited English 
proficient.''; and
(2) in subsection (d) by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)(3)''.
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