3.0.0 1836 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z Senate S 2019-06-13 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-13T17:28:39Z 2019-06-13 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-06-13 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2019-06-13 True Social Welfare Advisory bodies Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Elementary and secondary education Hearing, speech, and vision care Higher education Language arts Science and engineering education Special education Teaching, teachers, curricula Social Welfare 00 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-25T16:05:57Z Access to Free Speech for All Act or the AFSFA Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support national resource centers, as well as to establish an advisory committee, to address augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports (which supplement or replace speech or sign language for individuals with disabilities that inhibit those forms of communication).

]]> AFSFA Act Display Title AFSFA Act Short Title(s) as Introduced AFSFA Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Access to Free Speech for All Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to support national training, technical assistance, and resource centers to ensure that all individuals with significant disabilities affecting communication have access to augmentative and alternative communication devices, services, and supports the individuals need to interact with others, in order to learn, work, socialize, and take advantage of all aspects of society in the United States. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1836is/xml/BILLS-116s1836is.xml 2019-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.