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substantiveNov 18, 2021 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — H R 5574 — TRANSLATE Act

TRANSLATE ACT

In plain language

  • House bill in the 117th Congress.
  • Directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major.
  • House passed it on Nov 18, 2021 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea369

Democrat: 217 · Republican: 152

Nay49

Republican: 49

Present0

Not Voting15

Democrat: 3 · Republican: 12

How each member voted (433)

Yea (369)

Nay (49)

Not Voting (15)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.