LANGUAGES

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (see S. 3365), S4821 [10JY]

FAA: modify regulations governing aircraft maintenance providers (see H.R. 6002), H3974 [21JN]

Federal employees: treat time spent abroad by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (see S. 3643), S7040 [28NO]

——— treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (see H.R. 6223), H5327 [26JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 2474), S2823 [26AP]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 3546), S6340 [13SE] (see H.R. 6399), H5999 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Azama, Yo: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages National Language Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1170 [28JN]

Bissell, Benjamin: Dept. of State Critical Language Scholarship recipient, E2038 [2JA]

Dept. of Defense: establish National Language Service Corps, H3033 [17MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H3624 [7JN]

——— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immigrant integration grants funding, H3546 [6JN]

English language: declare as national language of U.S., H1151 [5MR]

——— 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), H714 [14FE]

Federal employees: treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (H.R. 6223), H6650–H6652 [5DE]

Gillispie, Ilene: Dept. of State Critical Language Scholarship recipient, E2037 [2JA]

Immigration: reform, H7564 [1JA]

International Education Week: observance, E1760 [15NO]

Michetti, Amanda: Dept. of State Critical Language Scholarship recipient, E2038 [2JA]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: recognize importance of instruction in foreign language and culture in development of training programs to protect against cyber attacks and intrusions, H3299, H3300 [31MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Education: require report on the extent to which certain children are being taught by alternative route teachers in training who are deemed highly qualified, S6596 [21SE]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to States to develop and implement State court interpreter programs (S. 3365), S4823 [10JY]

Federal employees: treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (H.R. 6223), S8087, S8088 [17DE]

Hawaii: observance of Month of the Hawaiian Language, S257 [1FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (S. 2474), S2830 [26AP]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (S. 3546), S6849 [15NO]

Reports filed

Native American Languages Survival and Continuing Vitality Program Reauthorization: Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3546), S7744 [11DE]

Native Culture, Language, and Access for Success in Schools Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1252) (S. Rept. 112–262), S8363 [21DE]

Texts of

H.R. 6223, treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes, H6650 [5DE]

S. 3365, State Court Interpreter Grant Program Act, S4824 [10JY]