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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3691 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To require the TSA to develop a plan to ensure that TSA 

material disseminated in major airports can be better 

understood by more people accessing such airports, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘TSA Reaching Across 

3 Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Trav4 eler Education Act’’ or the ‘‘TRANSLATE Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. PLAN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

8 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall 

9 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com11 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan 

12 to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major air13 ports can be better understood by more people accessing 

14 such airports. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan required under subsection 

16 (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) An identification of the most common lan18 guages other than English that are the primary lan19 guages of individuals that travel through or work in 

20 each major airport. 

21 (2) A plan to improve— 

22 (A) TSA materials to communicate infor23 mation in languages identified pursuant to 

24 paragraph (1); and 

25 (B) the communication of TSA material to 

26 individuals with vision or hearing impairments 


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1 or other possible barriers to understanding such 

2 material. 

3 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the plan re4 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator of the 

5 TSA, acting through the Office of Civil Rights and Lib6 erties, Ombudsman and Traveler Engagement of the TSA, 

7 shall take into consideration data regarding the following: 

8 (1) International enplanement. 

9 (2) Local populations surrounding major air10 ports. 

11 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the submission of the plan required under subsection 

13 (a), the Administrator of the TSA shall implement such 

14 plan. 

15 (e) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the 

16 implementation pursuant to subsection (d) of the plan re17 quired under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of 

18 the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

20 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

21 of the Senate a review of such implementation. 

22 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘airport’’ has the 

24 meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 

25 49, United States Code. 


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1 (2) MAJOR AIRPORTS.—The term ‘‘major air2 ports’’ means Category X and Category I airports. 

3 (3) TSA MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘TSA mate4 rial’’ means signs, videos, audio messages, websites, 

5 press releases, social media postings, and other com6 munications published and disseminated by the Ad7 ministrator of the TSA in Category X and Category 

8 I airports. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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