119 HR 3648 IH: Transit Captions Innovations Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-05-29 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3648IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 29, 2025Mr. Mullin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo direct the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for the deployment of innovative real-time transcription and translation technology to improve the transit rider experience for deaf, hard of hearing, and limited English proficient individuals.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Transit Captions Innovations Act.

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Innovations in language accessibility

Section 5312(e)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (B), by striking or at the end; (2)in paragraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (D)the deployment of real-time transcription and translation technology to improve the rider experience for deaf, hard of hearing, and limited English proficient individuals..

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Authorization of appropriations

Section 5338(a)(2)(G) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1)in paragraph (i), by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (ii), by inserting and at the end; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (iii)$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, $4,100,000 for fiscal year 2028, $4,202,500 for fiscal year 2029, $4,307,562 for fiscal year 2030, and $4,415,251 for fiscal year 2031 shall be available to carry out projects eligible under section 5312(e)(3)(D);.