3.0.0 1010 2023-01-11T13:19:03Z 2023-01-11T13:19:03Z Senate S S 2009-05-07 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-05-07T21:01:14Z 2009-05-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5294-5295) IntroReferral 2009-05-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5293) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-05-07 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2009-05-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-05-07 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-05-19 False Education Elementary and secondary education Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Foreign language and bilingual programs Higher education State and local government operations Education 00 2009-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-19T17:52:41Z National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 - Establishes, in the Executive Office of the President, a National Foreign Language Coordination Council to: (1) oversee and implement continuing national security and education language initiatives; (2) develop a national foreign language strategy; (3) conduct a survey of the status of federal agency foreign language and area expertise and agency needs for such expertise; and (4) monitoring the implementation of such strategy.

Establishes a National Language Advisor, to be appointed by the President, to: (1) chair the Council; (2) develop and monitor implementation of the strategy, built upon the efforts of the National Security Language Initiative; (3) establish formal relationships among major stakeholders, including federal, state, and local government agencies, academia, industry, labor, and heritage communities; and (4) coordinate and lead a public information campaign.

Requires the Council to consult with states to provide for designation of state contact persons. Encourages formation of state interagency councils, or designation of state lead agencies, to coordinate with the Council and state and local agencies.

]]> National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 Display Title National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a National Foreign Language Coordinator Council. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Foreign Language Coordination Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1010is/xml/BILLS-111s1010is.xml 2009-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5294-5295) 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.