I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7170 
To remove linguistic barriers to participation in Gun Violence Prevention 
Strategies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2026 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. 
MOSKOWITZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. FROST, Mr. EVANS of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHOLTEN, and Mr. GOLDMAN of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To remove linguistic barriers to participation in Gun Violence 
Prevention Strategies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Language Access to 
Gun Violence Prevention Strategies Act of 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a 
neighborhood or community-based organization, as 
that term is defined in section 901 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251). 
(2) EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER.—The 
term ‘‘extreme risk protection order’’ means a writ-
ten order or warrant, issued by a State or Tribal 
court or signed by a magistrate (or other com-
parable judicial officer), the primary purpose of 
which is to reduce the risk of firearm-related death 
or injury by doing 1 or more of the following: 
(A) Temporarily prohibiting a named indi-
vidual from owning, purchasing, possessing, re-
ceiving, or having under the custody or control 
of the individual, a firearm. 
(B) Having a firearm temporarily removed 
or requiring the temporary surrender of a fire-
arm from a named individual. 
(3) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 921 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(4) GUN VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘gun violence’’ 
includes mass shooting incidents, other firearm 
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homicides or assaults, firearm suicides or self-harm, 
unintentional firearm deaths and injuries, and fire-
arm-related crime. 
(5) GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY.— 
The term ‘‘Gun Violence Prevention Strategy’’ 
means programs, policies, or practices that have the 
potential to reduce firearm-related violence, injuries, 
death, or crime within populations or settings experi-
encing elevated risk. 
(6) INDIVIDUAL WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PRO-
FICIENCY.—The 
term 
‘‘individual 
with 
limited 
English proficiency’’ means an individual who does 
not speak English as the individual’s primary lan-
guage and has a limited ability to read, write, speak, 
or understand English. 
(7) LANGUAGE ACCESS.—The term ‘‘language 
access’’ means the provision of culturally competent 
and effective language services to an individual with 
limited English proficiency designed to enhance that 
individual’s access to, understanding of, or benefit 
from the services, activities, programs, or benefits 
provided by a Federal agency. 
(8) LIMITED
ENGLISH
PROFICIENT
POPU-
LATION.—The term ‘‘limited English proficient pop-
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ulation’’ means the sum of all individuals with lim-
ited English proficiency. 
(9) PRIORITY LANGUAGES.—The term ‘‘priority 
languages’’ means, at a minimum, the 10 most com-
monly spoken languages in the United States other 
than English, which shall include Mandarin, Can-
tonese, Japanese, and Korean. 
(10) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(11) SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE.—The term ‘‘sig-
nificant resource’’ means, in the case of a Federal 
agency, any material, digital or otherwise, prepared 
by the Federal agency that contains information 
critical for education, awareness, and participation 
in public education campaigns, such as informational 
and outreach materials. 
SEC. 3. TRANSLATION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MATERIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General and the 
Secretary shall ensure that all significant resources for 
services, activities, benefits, and programs of the Depart-
ment of Justice and the Department of Health and 
Human Services, respectively, that are prepared for the 
general public relating to gun violence prevention and fire-
arm safety are competently translated and provided in ac-
cessible formats in priority languages. 
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(b) SPECIFIC
RESOURCES.—The significant re-
sources described in subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) extreme risk protection orders and safe gun 
storage materials; and 
(2) 
significant 
resources 
prepared 
using 
amounts appropriated under division B of the Bipar-
tisan Safer Communities Act (Public Law 117–159; 
136 Stat. 1338) for Federal grant programs and 
other activities carried out by the Attorney General 
and the Secretary that were in effect as of the date 
of enactment of that Act to support mental health 
services, crisis response, school-based mental health, 
and suicide prevention. 
(c) COMMUNITY REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of ensuring 
that significant resources described in subsection (a) 
are culturally competent and accessible by the in-
tended audience, the Attorney General and the Sec-
retary shall ensure all translated materials are re-
viewed by community-based organizations with dem-
onstrated relationships with speakers of a given lan-
guage prior to publishing. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Attorney General and the 
Secretary shall provide amounts appropriated to 
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carry out this Act to community-based organizations 
to carry out paragraph (1). 
SEC. 4. PRIORITY GRANT APPLICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall en-
sure that applications for grants for the creation and im-
plementation of extreme risk protection orders, State cri-
sis intervention court proceedings, and other gun violence 
reduction efforts incorporate meaningful engagement with 
limited English proficient populations by giving priority 
to applications that demonstrate a targeted outreach plan. 
(b) PUBLIC
OUTREACH
AND
EDUCATION
EF-
FORTS.—Section 501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(I)(iv)— 
(A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (IV), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(V) public outreach and edu-
cation efforts, which shall include— 
‘‘(aa) meaningful engage-
ment with community-based or-
ganizations directly serving lim-
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ited English proficient popu-
lations (as defined in section 2 of 
the Language Access to Gun Vio-
lence Prevention Strategies Act 
of 2026); and 
‘‘(bb) translation of public 
facing documents into any lan-
guage other than English spoken 
by a limited English proficient 
population that constitutes not 
less than 3 percent or 500 indi-
viduals, whichever is less, of the 
population served or encoun-
tered.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) measures that have been taken by each 
grant 
recipient 
to 
comply 
with 
subsection 
(a)(1)(I)(iv)(V).’’. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
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issue guidance related to the requirements set forth in 
subsections (a)(1)(I)(iv)(V) and (h)(5) of section 501 of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152), as added by subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GUN VIOLENCE PREVEN-
TION PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of increasing lan-
guage access to community-based gun violence prevention 
strategies, the Attorney General, acting through the Di-
rector of the Office of Justice Programs, and in coordina-
tion with the Community-Based Violence Intervention and 
Prevention Initiative of the Office of Justice Programs, 
shall develop and implement a national public awareness 
campaign to increase awareness of federally supported gun 
violence prevention strategies, such as extreme risk protec-
tion orders, with a focus on outreach and engagement with 
limited English proficient populations. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The public awareness cam-
paign under this section shall include— 
(1) the provision of in-language and culturally 
appropriate messaging to disseminate scientific and 
evidence-based information; and 
(2) the dissemination of information on sub-
grants to community-based organizations educating 
professionals and community stakeholders. 
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(c) COORDINATION.—The public awareness campaign 
under this section shall be complementary to, and coordi-
nated with, any other Federal, State, Tribal, and local ef-
forts, as appropriate. 
(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Attorney General 
shall submit a report to Congress detailing how funds ap-
propriated to carry out this section were used. 
SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HEATH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PUBLIC AWARE-
NESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of increasing lan-
guage access to gun violence prevention strategies, the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with 
the Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention 
and Control, shall develop and implement a national public 
education campaign to increase awareness of gun violence 
prevention strategies and firearm safety programs sup-
ported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
such as safe gun storage practices, with a focus on out-
reach and engagement with limited English proficient pop-
ulations. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The public awareness cam-
paign under this section shall include— 
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