LANGUAGES

Articles and editorials

Federal Funding Helps Defray Local Cost of ESL Programs, S3962 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions

Choctaw Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 674), H390 [11FE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (see S. 1733), S12607 [15OC]

Dept. of State: require text of passports be written in English and Spanish (see H.R. 1452), H2401 [26MR]

Employment: improve workforce investment and adult education systems relative to English language training (see S. 1543), S10618 [31JY]

———provide integrated workforce training programs for adults with limited English proficiency (see S. 1690), S12277 [1OC]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 931), H1394 [26FE]

———encourage status as primary language and recognize importance of multilingualism (see H. Con. Res. 5), H60 [7JA]

———reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1462 [27FE]

———repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H137 [8JA]

FCC: require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (see S. 1525), S10618 [31JY] (see S. 1563), S10906 [1AU] (see H.R. 3027), H8016 [5SE]

Immigration: assist aliens transplanted as children in continuing their education and successfully integrating into society (see H.R. 84), H54 [7JA]

———naturalization of individuals over 65 relative to English language requirements (see H.R. 3123), H8381 [17SE]

Medicare: make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 568), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1995), H3683 [6MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H10977 [6NO]

National security: strengthen through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (see H.R. 3676), H12919 [8DE]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 540), S3163 [5MR] (see H.R. 1093), H1640 [5MR]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (see S. 575), S3369 [7MR] (see H.R. 2362), H5043 [5JN] (see H.R. 2690), H6464 [9JY]

Public welfare programs: ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 770), S4702 [2AP]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 302), H6263 [26JN]

University of New Mexico: authorize Native American language demonstration program in consortium with the Linguistic Institute for Native Americans (see S. 1377), S9049 [8JY]

Years of Foreign Language Study: designate (see S. Res. 170), S7832 [12JN]

Excerpts

Articles highlighting adversity faced by persons with limited English proficiency: U.S. English, Inc., E465 [13MR]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: discharge of linguistic personnel relative to sexual orientation, E947 [14MY]

Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Health Care: establish, H11504 [18NO]

Education: use of computer software for multilingual education, H6380 [9JY]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (H.R. 997), E464 [13MR]

FCC: require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (H.R. 3027), E1728 [5SE]

Haitian Television Network of America: debut in Miami, FL, H2912 [8AP]

Immigration: effects of multiculturalism and immigration on U.S. culture, H1390-H1393 [26FE], H2696 [2AP], H3442-H3447 [29AP], H8895-H8898 [24SE]

Intelligence services: hiring and retention of minorities in the intelligence community, H5892-H5894 [25JN]

———increase language proficiency and workforce diversity, H9625, H9626 [17OC], H11670, H11673, H11674 [20NO]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 3459), H11362, H11367, H11504 [18NO], H11862-H11868 [20NO], E2268 [6NO]

National security: strengthen through expansion and improvement of foreign language study (H.R. 3676), E2493 [8DE]

Native Americans: support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (H.R. 2362), E1162 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: discharge of linguistic personnel relative to sexual orientation, S2984 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (S. 1733), S12610 [15OC]

Employment: improve workforce investment and adult education systems relative to English language training (S. 1543), S10671 [31JY]

FCC: require report on ownership and control of broadcast stations used to serve language minorities (S. 1563), S10914 [1AU]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (S. 540), S6617 [19MY]

———support the development of Native American Language Survival Schools (S. 575), S3371 [7MR]

Public welfare programs: ensure fair treatment and due process protections for enhanced data collection and reporting requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 770), S4708-S4712 [2AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Discharge of Armed Forces linguistic personnel relative to sexual orientation: Linguistic Society of America, E948 [14MY]

Texts of

S. 770, Fair Treatment and Due Process Protection Act, S4709-S4712 [2AP]

S. 1733, State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act, S12611 [15OC]

S. Res. 170, Years of Foreign Language Study, S7844 [12JN]