3.0.0 3188 2023-01-11T13:30:26Z 2023-01-11T13:30:26Z House HR 2015-07-23 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GRAVES of Missouri:H.R. 3188.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to lay andcollect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, and to pay thedebts levied by such expenses.[[Page H5468]][Page H5467]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-07-23T14:02:35Z 2015-07-23 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-07-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 N F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 2015-07-28 False K000362 Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] Steve King R IA 4 2015-07-28 False J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2015-09-09 False Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-At Large] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 0 2015-09-15 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 2015-07-23 Introduced in House 2015-08-12T15:42:40Z Cost of Services and Translations Act or the COST 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 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 annual financial management status report of the OMB 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 to issue guidance that an agency Chief Financial Officer must follow in compiling multilingual services accounting information.

]]> COST Act Display Title COST 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 IH Short Titles as Introduced COST Act Short Titles as Introduced Cost of Services and Translations Act Introduced in House 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3188ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3188ih.xml 2015-07-23 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.