,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ffbc ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #bd1 #bjbj,ms4 ,meng 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,case1 and ,ms4 ,eshoo7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to require all ,federal agencies to translate ,,covid-#ai materials into multiple languages1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,covid-#ai ,language ,access ,act4 #b4 ,translation of materials 7a7 ,in general ,each ,federal agency that receives ,federal assistance related to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic shall translate any ,english language written material prepared for the general public relating to such pandemic into the languages described in subsection 7b7 not later than #g days after any such material is made available in ,english4 7b7 ,languages covered ,the material described in subsection 7a7 shall be translated1 at a minimum1 into ,spanish1 ,arabic1 ,cambodian1 ,chinese1 ,haitian ,creole1 ,french1 ,hindi1 ,italian1 ,japanese1 ,korean1 ,laotian1 ,russian1 ,tagalog1 ,urdu1 ,vietnamese1 ,greek1 ,polish1 ,thai1 and ,portuguese4 7c7 ,definition of ,,covid-#ai pandemic ,in this section1 the term ,,covid-#ai pandemic means the public health emergency declared by the ,secretary pursuant to section #cai of the ,public ,health ,service ,act on ,january #ca1 #bjbj1 entitled ,determination that a ,public ,health ,emergency ,exists ,nationwide as the ,result of the #bjai ,novel ,coronavirus4