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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3691 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2019 

Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Trav6 eler Education Act’’ or the ‘‘TRANSLATE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PLAN. 

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

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

4 the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shall 

5 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com7 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan 

8 to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major air9 ports can be better understood by more people accessing 

10 such airports. 

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

12 (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) An identification of the most common lan14 guages other than English that are the primary lan15 guages of individuals that travel through or work in 

16 each major airport. 

17 (2) A plan to improve— 

18 (A) TSA materials to communicate infor19 mation in languages identified pursuant to 

20 paragraph (1); and 

21 (B) the communication of TSA material to 

22 individuals with vision or hearing impairments 

23 or other possible barriers to understanding such 

24 material. 

25 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the plan re26 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator of the 


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1 TSA, acting through the Office of Civil Rights and Lib2 erties, Ombudsman and Traveler Engagement of the TSA, 

3 shall take into consideration data regarding the following: 

4 (1) International enplanement. 

5 (2) Local populations surrounding major air6 ports. 

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

8 after the submission of the plan required under subsection 

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

10 plan. 

11 (e) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than one year after the 

12 implementation pursuant to subsection (d) of the plan re13 quired under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of 

14 the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

15 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 

16 the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

17 of the Senate a review of such implementation. 

18 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

20 meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 

21 49, United States Code. 

22 (2) MAJOR AIRPORTS.—The term ‘‘major air23 ports’’ means Category X and Category I airports. 

24 (3) TSA MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘TSA mate25 rial’’ means signs, videos, audio messages, websites, 


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1 press releases, social media postings, and other com2 munications published and disseminated by the Ad3 ministrator of the TSA in Category X and Category 

4 I airports. 

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