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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4809 
To require the White House and each agency to provide an official website 
in the five most commonly used languages in the United States other 
than English as determined by the Census data and any other languages 
determined to be appropriate by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. COSTA, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. HAALAND, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JUDY CHU of 
California, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. ROUDA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, 
Ms. LEE of California, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SOTO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To require the White House and each agency to provide 
an official website in the five most commonly used lan-
guages in the United States other than English as deter-
mined by the Census data and any other languages de-
termined to be appropriate by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘White House Account-
ability for Language Diversity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In the past decades it has become standard 
practice to publish versions of the White House and 
other agency websites in Spanish. 
(2) At least 36,000,000 United States residents 
who speak Spanish as their first language depend 
upon these websites to access important information 
that can play a critical role in their life. 
(3) In 2010, for 59,000,000 people, English 
was not their first language. 
(4) In addition to English, the top languages in 
the United States are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, 
Vietnamese, and French. 
(5) Millions of people within the United States 
will benefit by having websites translated into mul-
tiple languages. 
(6) The United States of America is a diverse 
Nation and, as such, does not have an official lan-
guage. 
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(7) Since our founding, our country has been in 
a constant state of growth. We have consistently 
grown more multilingual because of people from 
across the world seeking a better future while car-
rying a hope of achieving the American dream. 
(8) As this is happening, the United States 
must adapt and make our democracy more accessible 
for everyone. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to— 
(1) require the White House and agencies to 
provide resources in multiple languages so that peo-
ple can read information in the language they are 
most comfortable with; and 
(2) acknowledge the diversity of our country 
and use creative solutions to make sure that there 
is equity in accessing information from our govern-
ment. 
SEC. 4. FIVE MOST COMMONLY USED LANGUAGE WEBSITES 
REQUIRED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the White House and 
the head of each agency shall establish an official website 
in the five most commonly used languages in the United 
States other than English as determined by the Census 
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data and any other language determined to be appropriate 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
to increase accessibility to everyone residing in the United 
States. Any such website may only include official content 
and is not required to translate external websites that are 
not official content. Any website in a language other than 
English shall be substantially similar in design and scope 
of content to the English version. 
(b) LINK ON MAIN PAGE.—A link to the website re-
quired under subsection (a) shall be easily accessible and 
in plain view on the main page of the English version of 
the White House and agency website. The link shall be 
in the language of that website. 
(c) MAINTENANCE OF WEBSITE.—The President and 
the head of each agency shall maintain and update the 
website required under subsection (a) on a regular basis. 
(d) AGENCY DEFINED.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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