3.0.0 3828 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z Senate S S 2006-08-03 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-08-04T01:21:25Z National Language Act of 2005 109 4408 HR 2006-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Identical bill CRS 2006-08-03 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-08-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8845-8846) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2006-09-05 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2006-09-07 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2006-09-29 False Government Operations and Politics Allegiance Bilingualism Citizenship Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Discrimination Economics and Public Finance English language Entitlements Federal preemption Government publications Immigration Income tax Local laws Loyalty oaths Minorities Naturalization Social Welfare State laws Tax returns Taxation Translating and interpreting Voting Voting rights Government Operations and Politics 00 2006-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-13T17:44:37Z Provides that this Act shall not apply to the use of a language other than English for religious purposes, for training in foreign languages for international communication, or in school programs designed to encourage students to learn foreign languages. States that this does not prevent the U.S. government from providing interpreters for persons over age 62.

Repeals provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 regarding bilingual election requirements and regarding congressional findings of voting discrimination against language minorities, prohibition of English-only elections, and other remedial measures.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that all public ceremonies in which the oath of allegiance is administered pursuant to such Act be conducted solely in English.

Specifies that this Act shall not preempt any state law.]]>

National Language Act of 2006 Display Title National Language Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 4, United States Code, to declare English as the official language of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Language Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3828is/xml/BILLS-109s3828is.xml 2006-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.