S. 3296 · 117th Congress · Senate

TRANSLATE Act

Active· Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
Introduced
Dec 1, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act or the TRANSLATE Act

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports is better understood by people accessing such airports, including by foreign language speakers and people with vision or hearing impairments.

In developing a plan, the TSA must take into consideration data regarding international enplanement and local populations surrounding major airports.

The Government Accountability Office must also review the implementation of the plan.

Previous Versions

00Dec 1, 2021

TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act or the TRANSLATE Act

This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports is better understood by people accessing such airports, including by foreign language speakers and people with vision or hearing impairments.

In developing a plan, the TSA must take into consideration data regarding international enplanement and local populations surrounding major airports.

The Government Accountability Office must also review the implementation of the plan.

Action Timeline

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  1. DEC 12, 2022Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    Reported by Senator Cantwell with amendments. Without written report.

  2. DEC 12, 2022Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    Reported by Senator Cantwell with amendments. Without written report.

  3. DEC 12, 2022Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.

  4. MAR 22, 2022Committee

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.

  5. DEC 01, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  6. DEC 01, 2021IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committees

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Dec 12, 2022

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Mar 22, 2022

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Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Referred: Dec 1, 2021

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