TRANSLATE ACT
Bill: H.R.5574 | Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina (D-NV)
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act or the TRANSLATE Act
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to develop a plan to ensure that TSA material disseminated in major airports is better understood by people accessing such airports, including by foreign language speakers and people with vision or hearing impairments.
In developing the plan, the TSA must take into consideration data regarding international enplanement and local populations surrounding major airports.

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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TSA Reaching Across Nationalities, 
Societies, and Languages to Advance Traveler Education Act'' or the 
``TRANSLATE Act''.

SEC. 2. PLAN.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration (TSA) shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate a plan to ensure that TSA material 
disseminated in major airports can be better understood by more people 
accessing such airports.
    (b) Contents.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
            (1) An identification of the most common languages other 
        than English that are the primary languages of individuals that 
        travel through or work in each major airport.
            (2) A plan to improve--
                    (A) TSA materials to communicate information in 
                languages identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and
                    (B) the communication of TSA material to 
                individuals with vision or hearing impairments or other 
                possible barriers to understanding such material.
    (c) Considerations.--In developing the plan required under 
subsection (a), the Administrator of the TSA, acting through the Office 
of Civil Rights and Liberties, Ombudsman, and Traveler Engagement of 
the TSA, shall take into consideration data regarding the following:
            (1) International enplanement.
            (2) Local populations surrounding major airports.
    (d) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the submission 
of the plan required under subsection (a), the Administrator of the TSA 
shall implement such plan.
    (e) GAO Review.--Not later than one year after the implementation 
pursuant to subsection (d) of the plan required under subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
review of such implementation.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Airport.--The term ``airport'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code.
            (2) Major airports.--The term ``major airports'' means 
        Category X and Category I airports.
            (3) Non-traveling individual.--The term ``non-traveling 
        individual'' has the meaning given such term in section 1560.3 
        of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
            (4) TSA material.--The term ``TSA material'' means signs, 
        videos, audio messages, websites, press releases, social media 
        postings, and other communications published and disseminated 
        by the Administrator of the TSA in Category X and Category I 
        airports for use by both traveling and non-traveling 
        individuals.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2021.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.