118 HR 8425 IH: Small Business Language Accessibility Act U.S. House of Representatives 2024-05-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8425IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 16, 2024Ms. Caraveo (for herself and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small BusinessA BILLTo direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to revise a rule relating to language translation assistance with respect to certain needs assessments, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Small Business Language Accessibility Act.

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Determination with respect to language translation assistance at small business development centers

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall revise section 130.330(a) of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, to require that a needs assessment performed by a small business development center (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) includes a determination with respect to whether language translation assistance at such center is necessary.