3.0.0 1715 2019-11-15T21:10:14Z 2019-11-15T21:10:14Z House H HR 2011-05-04 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. FOXX:H.R. 1715.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article 1 of the Constitutionwhich states ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, butin consequence of appropriations made by Law; and a regularstatement and account of receipts and expenditures of allpublic money shall be published from time to time.''[Page H3061]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee Referred to 2011-05-13T14:18:17Z Referred to 2011-05-04T14:01:40Z 2011-05-13 hsgo24 Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management . Committee 2011-05-04 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000450 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] Virginia Foxx R NC 5 N M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2011-05-04 True A000358 Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] W. AKIN R MO TODD 2 2011-05-04 True L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2011-05-04 True L000576 Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] Billy Long R MO 7 2011-05-10 False P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2011-05-10 False D000615 Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] Jeff Duncan R SC 3 2011-07-11 False R000487 Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-40] ED ROYCE R CA 40 2011-08-01 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] KEN CALVERT R CA 44 2011-09-22 False F000445 Rep. Forbes, J. Randy [R-VA-4] J. Forbes R VA Randy 4 2011-10-24 False R000409 Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-46] DANA ROHRABACHER R CA 46 2011-11-17 False W000796 Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] Lynn Westmoreland R GA A. 3 2012-01-31 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Foreign language and bilingual programs Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-05-04 Introduced in House 2011-05-17T20:22:13Z Multilingual Services Accounting Act - Requires federal agency Chief Financial Officers to include multilingual services accounting information in their mandatory annual reports to the agency head and to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Defines multilingual services to include: (1) services provided by interpreters hired by an agency; (2) services resulting in additional expenses which an agency provides to assist its employees or contractors to learn a non-English language; (3) agency preparation, translation, printing, or recordation of materials in a language other than English; and (4) services provided or performed for the federal government by agency employees or contractors that require speaking a non-English language that result in wage differentials or benefits provided by the agency.

Requires the OMB Director's annual financial management status report to certain congressional committees to contain a Multilingual Services Expenses Report that includes: (1) a summary and analysis of the multilingual services accounting information prepared by each agency Chief Financial Officer, and (2) a description of any changes to the existing financial management structure of the federal government needed to establish an integrated individual agency accounting of all multilingual services conducted by each agency.

Requires the OMB Director to issue guidance that an agency Chief Financial Officer must follow in compiling multilingual services accounting information.

]]> Multilingual Services Accounting Act Short Titles as Introduced Multilingual Services Accounting Act Display Title Multilingual Services Accounting Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 31, United States Code, to end speculation on the current cost of multilingual services provided by the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1715ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1715ih.xml 2011-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial Management . 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.