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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3296 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 1, 2021 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

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 TO IMPROVE MATERIALS DISSEMINATED BY 

2 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRA3 TION. 

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

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

6 submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

7 Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on 

8 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a plan 

9 to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major air10 ports can be better understood by individuals accessing 

11 such airports. 

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

13 (a) shall include the following: 

14 (1) An identification of the most common lan15 guages other than English that are the primary lan16 guages of individuals that travel through or work in 

17 each major airport. 

18 (2) A plan to improve— 

19 (A) TSA materials to communicate infor20 mation in languages identified pursuant to 

21 paragraph (1); and 

22 (B) the communication of TSA material to 

23 individuals with vision or hearing impairments 

24 or other possible barriers to understanding such 

25 material. 


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1 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the plan re2 quired under subsection (a), the Administrator, acting 

3 through the Office of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombuds4 man, and Traveler Engagement of the Transportation Se5 curity Administration, shall consider data regarding the 

6 following: 

7 (1) International enplanement. 

8 (2) Local populations surrounding major air9 ports. 

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

11 after the submission of the plan required under subsection 

12 (a), the Administrator shall implement such plan. 

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

14 implementation pursuant to subsection (d) of the plan re15 quired under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of 

16 the United States shall— 

17 (1) conduct a review of such implementation; 

18 and 

19 (2) submit to the Committee on Commerce, 

20 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

22 Representatives a report on such review. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Transpor3 tation Security Administration. 

4 (2) MAJOR AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘major air5 port’’ means an airport classified by the Transpor6 tation Security Administration as a Category X or 

7 Category I airport. 

8 (3) NON-TRAVELING INDIVIDUAL.—The term 

9 ‘‘non-traveling individual’’ has the meaning given 

10 such term in section 1560.3 of title 49, Code of Fed11 eral Regulations. 

12 (4) TSA MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘TSA mate13 rial’’ means signs, videos, audio messages, websites, 

14 press releases, social media postings, and other com15 munications published and disseminated by the Ad16 ministrator in major airports for use by both trav17 eling and non-traveling individuals. 

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