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<dc:title>119 HR 3728 IH: Language Access in Transit Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-04</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 3728</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250604">June 4, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001225">Mr. Mullin</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HPW00">Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take affirmative action to ensure meaningful language access to persons who are limited English proficient.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HBE9419B1FDDE46598307DF419F35FDD1" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H0C046C50EAFB40DF86770367B068B3AC" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Language Access in Transit Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HD1C9AFE6AFCD4D5C9C614E3C42B53F3F"><enum>2.</enum><header>Nondiscrimination in language access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5332 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC2CE58F253D45F3895EC57F9EB6AD9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H9C2C13FAE013470AAFB80E3D9039F596" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAE8E990F5E6B414E8DA02F2A7E156766"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDFBEE2C58F4E41FF9D1BF88CEABCE145"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b) and (c)(3)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> </legis-body></bill>

