,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dhji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1        
#bjai,mr4 ,correa 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,costa1 
,ms4 ,snchez1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4
 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4    
,norton1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1
 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,mr4     
,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4      
,barragn1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,smith of
 ,washington1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,porter1
 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mr4       
,crdenas1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4
 ,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1    
,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4            
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mrs4        
,trahan1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,garca of  
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,titus1 and ,mr4        
,espaillat7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to require the ,white ,house  
and each agency to provide an official  

website in the five most commonly used  
languages in the ,united ,states other  
than ,english as determined by the      
,census data and any other languages    
determined to be appropriate by the     
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,white ,house ,accountability   
for ,language ,diversity ,act4  #b4     
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,in the past decades it has      
become standard practice to publish     
versions of the ,white ,house and other 
agency websites in ,spanish4  7#b7 ,at  
least #cf1jjj1jjj ,united ,states       
residents who speak ,spanish as their   
first language depend upon these        
websites to access important information
 that can play a critical role in their 
life4  7#c7 ,in #bjaj1 for #ei1jjj1jjj  
people1 ,english was not their first    
language4  7#d7 ,in addition to         
,english1 the top languages in the      
,united ,states are ,spanish1 ,chinese1 

,tagalog1 ,vietnamese1 and ,french4     
7#e7 ,millions of people within the     
,united ,states will benefit by having  
websites translated into multiple       
languages4  7#f7 ,the ,united ,states of
 ,america is a diverse ,nation and1 as  
such1 does not have an official         
language4  7#g7 ,since our founding1 our
 country has been in a constant state of
 growth4 ,we have consistently grown    
more multilingual because of people from
 across the world seeking a better      
future while carrying a hope of         
achieving the ,american dream4  7#h7 ,as
 this is happening1 the ,united ,states 
must adapt and make our democracy more  
accessible for everyone4  #c4 ,purpose  
,the purpose of this ,act is to-- 7#a7  
require the ,white ,house and agencies  
to provide resources in multiple        
languages so that people can read       
information in the language they are    
most comfortable with2 and  7#b7        
acknowledge the diversity of our country
 and use creative solutions to make sure

 that there is equity in accessing      
information from our government4  #d4   
,five most commonly used language       
websites required  7a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the ,white     
,house and the head of each agency shall
 establish an official website in the   
five most commonly used languages in the
 ,united ,states other than ,english as 
determined by the ,census data and any  
other language determined to be         
appropriate by the ,director of the     
,office of ,management and ,budget to   
increase accessibility to everyone      
residing in the ,united ,states4 ,any   
such website may only include official  
content and is not required to translate
 external websites that are not official
 content4 ,any website in a language    
other than ,english shall be            
substantially similar in design and     
scope of content to the ,english        
version4  7b7 ,link on main page ,a link
 to the website required under          

subsection 7a7 shall be easily          
accessible and in plain view on the main
 page of the ,english version of the    
,white ,house and agency website4 ,the  
link shall be in the language of that   
website4  7c7 ,maintenance of website   
,the ,president and the head of each    
agency shall maintain and update the    
website required under subsection 7a7 on
 a regular basis4  7d7 ,agency defined  
,the term agency has the meaning given  
that term in section #eea of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code4