,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ad1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,stockman introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require  
annual reports from agencies detailing  
the cost of multilingual services1 to   
end speculation about the cost of       
multilingual services provided by the   
,federal ,government1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,report the ,costs  
,act4  #b4 ,report on cost of           
multilingual services  7a7 ,in general  
,chapter #i of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in    
section #ijb7;a77#f7--  7,a7 by striking
 and at the end of subparagraph 7,d72   
7,b7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 
as subparagraph 7,f72 and  7,c7 by      
inserting after subparagraph 7,d7 the   
following3  7,e7 a report detailing the 

annual cost of multilingual services1   
described by section #ijd1 in accordance
 with guidance issued under section     
#ceag2 and  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  #ijd4 ,cost of     
multilingual services defined4 ,in this 
chapter1 the term cost of multilingual  
services means the costs to the agency  
associated with--  7#a7 hiring          
interpreters2  7#b7 helping agency      
employees or contractors learn a        
language other than ,english2  7#c7     
preparing or producing agency materials 
in a language other than ,english2  7#d7
 compensating an employee or a          
contractor for the ability of the       
employee or contractor to speak a       
language other than ,english2 and  7#e7 
any other services provided or performed
 by an agency in a language other than  
,english that incur additional cost to  
the agency4  4  7b7 ,applicability ,the 
amendments made by this section apply   
with respect to any reports prepared    
under section #ijb7;a77#f7 of title #ca1

 ,united ,states ,code1 for a fiscal    
year beginning on or after ,october #a1 
#bjaf4  7c7 ,conforming amendment ,the  
table of sections at the beginning of   
chapter #i of title #ca1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #ijc the   
following3  #ijd4 ,cost of multilingual 
services4  4  #c4 ,multilingual services
 expenses report  7a7 ,multilingual     
services expenses report ,subchapter    
,,ii of chapter #ce of title #ca1       
,united ,states ,code is amended--  7#a7
 in section #ceab7;a77#b7--  7,a7 by    
striking and at the end of subparagraph 
7,e72  7,b7 by redesignating            
subparagraph 7,f7 as subparagraph 7,g72 
and  7,c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,e7 the following3  7,f7 a
 ,multilingual ,services ,expense       
,report that includes--  7i7 a summary  
and analysis of the cost of multilingual
 services 7as described in section #ijd7
 detailed in reports prepared under     
section #ijb7;a77#f77;,e72  7ii7 a      

description of any changes needed to    
report accurately the cost of           
multilingual services for each agency2  
and  7iii7 any other information the    
,director considers appropriate to fully
 inform the ,congress of the costs of   
all multilingual services provided by   
the ,federal ,government2 and  2 and    
7#b7 by adding at the end the following3
  #ceag4 ,multilingual services         
guidelines4 ,the ,director of the       
,office of ,management and ,budget shall
 issue guidance that each agency ,chief 
,financial ,officer shall follow in     
compiling a report required under       
section #ijb7;a77#f77;,e7 on the cost of
 multilingual services4  4  7b7         
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
this section apply to any reports       
prepared under title #ceab7;a7 of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 for a fiscal
 year beginning on or after ,october #a1
 #bjaf4  7c7 ,deadline for guidance ,not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         

,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall issue guidance under  
section #ceag of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as added by subsection   
7a74  7d7 ,conforming amendment ,the    
table of sections at the beginning of   
chapter #ce of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section #ceaf
 the following3  #ceag4 ,multilingual   
,services ,accounting ,guidelines4  4